1 May 2021
For those who do not know May is Local history month. The society has previously taken part in this with a fact a day for the whole of May. A few of those facts: During the 1880’s there were about half a dozen smithies in the parish, probably the largest was that of Charles Wheeler …
22 April 2021
Chapel Street, which forms part of the A4, is often overlooked for its history and yet it is full of items from the medieval to the present. Starting from the West (the Broadway) end there are the often forgotten milestone and water pump. Milestones were placed on turnpiked roads and this stretch being turnpiked sometime …
13 February 2021
Welcome to 2021. Our plans for 2021 have already been altered due to Covid-19, an update of our programme is given later. For all the latest events and news please keep checking in regularly to the website, www.thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk. From the chair Firstly I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year! I hope …
23 November 2020
We had a talk, online, on the history of the pubs of Thatcham which resulted in a few enquiries and memories. The history of the pubs, as was seen from the talk, a long and sometimes complicated one. The speaker has more detail on his website and we have, with permission, a copy of some …
3 October 2020
On Monday 28th September 2020 Thatcham Historical Society made history of its own by holding their first online speaker meeting. With recent additional restrictions the society decided to suspend all face-to-face meetings until 2021 and as such have gone online. The chair, Dr Nick Young, gave a talk on the history of the Thatcham pubs. …