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)
Tuesday, 16th July
Industrial Development and Decline in Harrold
John Tusting -
Local Leather Goods Manufacturer and Farmer

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

August
Summer Outing - To be advised
ODHS Summer Outing

Tuesday, 19th March
Lost Ways
Dr Steven Hollowell -
Author of ‘Enclosure Records for Historians’
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
Tuesday, 16th April
Sinking of the Laconia
Jo Pratchet -
Survivor of the ship torpedoed off Africa in 1942
Tuesday, 15th October
A Day in the Life of Time-Team
Paul Blinkhorn - Time Team’s Pottery Expert

Tuesday, 21st May
Aspects of Church Recording
for Gayhurst and Haversham
Jill Burgis - Society Member

Tuesday, 19th November
Followers of Fashion – Shoe Styles Through the Ages
Rebecca Shawcross –Shoe Resources Officer, Northampton Museum
Tuesday, 18th June
Bedfordshire Railways –
A Study of the Railway Age in Bedfordshire
Nigel Lutt - Beds Records Office, Operations Manager
December
Christmas Social Event - To be advised
ODHS Annual Event


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