Category Archives: Local History
Local History Group Meetings
WT U3A Local History Group Meetings – September 2017 to February 2018
Now that summer is officially over we are back to talks at the WT Chapel Rooms on the 4th Tuesday of each month. I hope that you have all had a good summer with holidays and no doubt grandchildren duties. With regards to the forward programme I have talks arranged through February 2018 (what? another year will have gone by!) and I hope that there is sufficient variety of topics that you will find interesting.
Glyn White. localhistory@wtu3a.org.uk
Meetings are posted in the Diary and detailed below
| Tuesday 26th Sep 2017 – “Amy Johnson, ‘ The Aeroplane Girl” |
| Tuesday 24th Oct 2017 “Claydon House and the Verney family” |
| Tuesday 28th Nov 2017 – “Shops and Shopkeepers of Princes Risborough” |
| Tuesday 26th Dec 2017 – No Meeting |
| Tuesday 23rd Jan 2018 – “The famous Aylesbury Duck and the not so famous Aylesbury Prune” |
| Tuesday 27rd Feb 2018 – “Archaeological Findings from the Proposed Developments around Weston Turville” |
WT U3A Local History Group Meetings – Update
WT U3A Local History Group Meetings from April to October 2017
Below is an update to the schedule for the talks and visits of the Local History Group. The schedule takes us up to end October and I am working on the November meeting. Please note that there is no meeting in June but two in July. I have arranged for a visit to the Aylesbury Museum Archives in Halton and the best date they have is Monday 3rd July. I hope that there is sufficient variety of topics that you will find interesting.
Glyn White. localhistory@wtu3a.org.uk
Meetings are posted in the Diary and detailed below
| Tuesday 25th April 2017 – “Wild, Wild Women” |
| Tuesday 23rd May – “The History of Grafton Regis” |
| Monday 3rd July 2017 – Aylesbury Museum Archives |
| Tuesday 25th July 2017 – Visit to Grafton Regis |
| Tuesday 22nd August 2017 – No meeting |
| Tuesday 26th September 2017 – Amy ‘Johnnie’ Johnson |
| Tuesday 24th October 2017 – Clydon House and the Verney family |
Upcoming WT U3A Local History Group Meetings
WT U3A Local History Group Meetings from March to September 2017
Below is an update to the schedule for the talks and visits of the Local History Group. The schedule takes us up to end of August and I am working on talks for September, October and November. Please note that there is no meeting in June but two in July. I have arranged for a visit to the Aylesbury Museum Archives in Halton and the best date they have is Monday 3rd July. I hope that there is sufficient variety of topics that you will find interesting.
Tuesday 28th March 2017
Barry Tomlinson has agreed to give us a talk on “The History of RAE Bedford”.
Construction of RAE Bedford began in 1947 with wind tunnels for testing up to Mach 5 and new airfield. Many of the well known aircraft, including Tornado, Jaguar & Harrier Jump Jet, as well as helicopters were tested at RAE Bedford. It has thus played an important part in our aircraft history and is a fascinating story.
Meeting is in the WT Chapel Room from 10:30 – 12:30pm. Entrance of £3.
Tuesday 25th April 2017
Hugh Grainger has agreed to give us a talk entitled “Wild, Wild Women”. read more …
Local History Group – Meetings Schedule February 2017
Glynn White has drawn up a descriptive schedule for the next few Local History meetings listed and detailed below
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28th February | Royal Observer Corps Early Warning Bunker that existed in Weston Turville |
| 28th March | “The History of RAE Bedford” | |
| 25th April | “Wild, Wild Women” | |
| 23rd May | The History of Grafton Regis | |
| 27th June | Visit Aylesbury Museum Archives – Halton | |
| 25th July | Visit to Grafton Regis | |
| 22nd August | No Meeting |
For full details click here
Local History Group – Meetings Update January 2017
Glynn White has drawn up a descriptive schedule for the next few Local History meetings listed and detailed below
Tuesday 24th January 2017 – “The rise and fall of Percy Pilcher … and the Art of Flight”.
Tuesday 28th February 2017 – “The Royal Observer Corps Early Warning Bunker that existed in Weston Turville”.
Tuesday 28th March 2017 – “The History of RAE Bedford”.
Tuesday 25th April 2017 – “Wild, Wild Women”.
For full details click here
