| Events:
Next events --Friday, December 2nd 2011 7.30 pm, Alice Marshall Hall, Middle Barton.Annual Autumn talk:Will Wyatt CBE - "The Fun Factory - A Life in the BBC".Will joined the BBC in the mid-1960s at a time that could be described as the birth of television. He has offered to give us an inside view of the Corporation and some of its more colourful characters. With his insight into the development of television over several decades, we look forward to a behind-the-scenes look at the BBC. Past events --Sunday, September 11th 2011 2:30 pm - Westcote Barton Church and Fox Lane History walk.Chris Edbury lead another history walk to Westcote Barton Church and parts of Fox Lane.
Saturday May 14th 2011 9:30am onwards. Sports and Social Club, Middle Barton.The Oxford Local History Association hosted an Oxfordshire garden history day. In the morning, there was a talk by James Bond entitled 'Plats, Parterres, Propects and Planting Schemes: Garden History from Tudor to Victorian Times' and in the afternoon a guided tour of Rousham gardens. The day also included a short OLHA AGM and a short talk by John Madden on 'History in the Bartons'.
Sunday March 13th 2011 2:30 pm - Folder/Photo display and brief Annual General Meeting. Sports and Social Club, Middle Barton.History Group folders and photographs wereavailable for historical rummaging. Recently donated photos of WW II Land Army workers were on display with other WW II material. The meeting was concluded with the Group's (brief) fourth Annual General Meeting.
Sunday, February 20th 2011 2:00 pm - Steeple Barton Village History Walk and snowdrops!
Chris Edbury led another group of ~25 people around the site of the medieval settlement of Steeple Barton. In winter, with less vegetation, it became clearer how extensive the settlement was in the 14th century. Notes from the walk can be found here.Friday November 26th, 2010 7:30 pm. Alice Marshall Hall.
A talk by Josceline Dimbleby on 'Family Secrets' and Kiddington Hall. Approximately 45 people attended the talk and Josceline entertained the meeting with her recollections of childhood visits to Kiddington, and her detective work on the relationship between Edward Burne-Jones and Mary Gaskell of Kiddington Hall. Arthur Goffe helped the meeting along with village tales from long ago.Saturday and Sunday 25th and 26th September, 2010. 150th anniversary of the Methodist Chapel.An Open weekend was held at the Methodist Chapel on South Street to celebrate this anniversary. History folders and photos were examined and pored over, and an excellent document and photograph display provided background to their celebrations. New photos were added to our archive which may be found here.Sunday, July 25th 2010 2:30 pm - Steeple Barton Village History Walk.Around 24 people enjoyed a guided walk through the centuries and across the fields of Steeple Barton. Notes from the walk can be found here.Sunday, January 24th 2010 at 2.30 pm. Presentation and short 2010 Annual General Meeting.Approximately 35 people attended a web-site presentation, folder rummage and general history gossip followed by a brief AGM. New photographs were provided of the West family and more information volunteered on missing photograph titles. In the AGM, the existing committee was re-elected, nemine contradicente. Denise Roberts also kindly agreed to join the committee and was duly elected. Many thanks to our helpers for the delicious teas and cakes.
Friday, October 16th 2009 at 7:30 pm. Flora Thompson evening in the Alice Marshall Hall.Forty people enjoyed an illustrated talk by local author Christine Bloxham in the village hall. Christine talked about the life and times of Flora Thompson and her book Lark Rise to Candleford. She also gave us a virtual tour of Flora's village, Juniper Hill, which is not far from Middle Barton, just south-east of Banbury. Her new book, The World of Flora Thompson Revisited was available and made a hit as 2009 Christmas presents. Thank you very much Christine.A photograph of Christine signing books can be found here. Sunday, September 27th 2009 at 2.00 pm - North Street Village History Walk.The group had a successful walk led by Chris Edbury from the Alice Marshall hall to The Carpenters Arms. Notes from the walk can be found here.North Street photographs can be found here and here.
|