ODHS PROGRAMME FOR 2013
Meetings are held at 7.30 pm on the third Tuesday of each month
in the Main Hall of the Olney Centre, High Street, Olney, Bucks
To check past Society visits, click here
Tuesday, 15th January
Old Trades of Olney
Alan Richardson - Local Historian
(& Annual General Meeting)
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Tuesday, 16th July
Industrial Development and Decline in Harrold
John Tusting -
Local Leather Goods Manufacturer and Farmer
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Tuesday, 19th February
History of Morris Dance - including several dancers from the Moulton Morris Men
Barry Care will present a potted history back to ER1
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August
Summer Outing - To be advised
ODHS Summer Outing
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Tuesday, 19th March
Lost Ways
Dr Steven Hollowell -
Author of ‘Enclosure Records for Historians’
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Tuesday, 17th September
Medieval History of the East of the County Border
Kim Taylor-Moore - Mature PhD Student
Thesis on the History of the N Bucks Border
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Tuesday, 16th April
Sinking of the Laconia
Jo Pratchet -
Survivor of the ship torpedoed off Africa in 1942
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Tuesday, 15th October
A Day in the Life of Time-Team
Paul Blinkhorn - Time Team’s Pottery Expert
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Tuesday, 21st May
Aspects of Church Recording
for Gayhurst and Haversham
Jill Burgis - Society Member
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Tuesday, 19th November
Followers of Fashion Shoe Styles Through the Ages
Rebecca Shawcross Shoe Resources Officer, Northampton Museum
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Tuesday, 18th June
Bedfordshire Railways
A Study of the Railway Age in Bedfordshire
Nigel Lutt - Beds Records Office, Operations Manager
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December
Christmas Social Event - To be advised
ODHS Annual Event
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FORTHCOMING VISITS
August 2013
To be advised
PAST ODHS VISITS
August 2012
Ham House & Gardens,
Richmond upon Thames, Surrey
August 2011
Deene Park & Drayton House
July 2010
Syon House & Gardens
August 2009
Eltham Palace, London SE9
August 2008
Audley End, Nr Saffron Waldon
August 2007
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles
August 2006
Guided tour of Hughendon Manor, High Wycombe
August 2005
Huntingdon Cromwell Museum and a guided walk around the town.
September 2004
Oundle and Peterborough Cathedral
August 2003
Wilton House, Nr Salisbury - Visit Report