Or interested in #Thatcham #history , then checkout the Thatcham Historical website at thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk

A talk on #RAF Welford in #Newbury on May 13; not to be missed. West Berkshire Heritage WW2Talk WW2 Airfields Archive Newbury Today Visit Newbury Thatcham Historical Mirek Gosney

In c.1276 the old hundred of #Thatcham was divided into the hundreds of Faircross and Reading. thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk/history/facts/…

Old postcard view of the Thatched cottages on Chapel Street (the A4) in #Thatcham . Official listing says 17th Century. They are clearly built in at several phases. They have been altered (5 dwellings to 4 in 1970s), original roof timbers largely destroyed by fire.

Our next speaker meeting will see a talk on 'An introduction to conservation cleaning in a historical environment 'by Aeyrn Townley, then out May talk will be Dr Nick talking on 'Thatcham: 50 Years a town?'

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Last year I took part in #allaboutthatplace with 'Thatcham: Whats in a name?' - see youtube.com/watch?v=1U9jYQ…. Looking at doing it again this year, short 10 min piece. Looking at possibly Roman Thatcham, Saxon Thatcham
or Dunston House (our last manor house). Thoughts? Suggestions?

We are being joined by historian Dr Lionel Williams who will talk on History of the Hospitals in Reading from 1121 to the present day, 25th March. Meetings held at Kennet School. More details at thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/2024/hi…

We are looking forward to our first speaker meeting of the year & finding out more about the history of RAF Greenham Common. All welcome, guests £3 on the door. Meetings start 7.30pm, 6th Form Common Room, Kennet School - details at thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/.

Our Dr Nick has been researching the development of the place name #Thatcham for a while. Check out his article on the subject on the Nickbits blog ( nickbits.co.uk/blog/2022/05/a… ) or the video he did for #allaboutthatplace (@SocGenealogists) youtube.com/watch?v=1U9jYQ…

We are looking forward to our first speaker meeting of the year & finding out more about the history of RAF Greenham Common. All welcome, guests £3 on the door. Meetings start 7.30pm, 6th Form Common Room, Kennet School - details at thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/.

That is our AGM done, will add some details about it to the website soon. Our next meeting, hosted at Kennet School is the history of RAF Greenham Common by Jonathan Sayers. Details at thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk

We have our AGM tonight, 29th Jan 2024 (thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/2024/an…). Next month we have Greenham historian Jonathan Sayers talking about the history of RAF Greenham Common (thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/2024/a-…)

Or if you want to walk #history in #Thatcham check out the Thatcham Historical Chapel Street walk at thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk/history/walkin… or The History Trail at thatchamhistorytrail.info

We are very much looking forward to hearing more about RAF Greenham Common. All welcome, members free, visitors £3 on the door. More details at thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/2024/a-…

Will be doing a talk to #Thatcham Historical Society on Feb 26 on the history of #RAF Greenham Common at 19.30. All welcome. West Berkshire Heritage Greenham Control Tower Newbury Today 211 (Newbury)Sqn ATC Thatcham Historical @Kingsclere West Berkshire Museum #Newbury #Berkshire

Our 2024 programme is now on our website - thatchamhistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/ - and will be on our social media channels shortly.

The House of Toomer exhibition was originally planned to finish in January 2024, but good news, the exhibition will now remain open until 11 August 2024, Wednesday-Sunday 10am-4pm. #Toomers #Newbury