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Speakers List
The Society's invites a speaker each month to give a talk lasting approx 1 hours, below is a list of a the speakers since 2006
| Date | Subject | Speaker |
| Jan 2006 | William Cobbett, 1763 – 1835 | Chris. Hellier, Deputy Curator of
Farnham Museum
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| Feb 2006 | The Bevin Boys | Morris Pearce |
| Mar 2006 | No Talks | |
| Apr 2006 | Eye Surgery – Afloat in Bangladesh’ | David Moss
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| May 2006 | It’s a Monk’s Life (or is it?) | Brother John
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| Jun 2006 | Filming ‘Pride and Prejudice’ at Basildon House | Neil Shaw, House Steward |
| Jul 2006 | Tidgrove Warren Farm Excavations | Peter Goff, Keith Whiteman and Peter Woodman |
| Sep 2006 | Felons and Fingerprints | Michael Carrigan |
| Oct 2006 | Commons (especially Berkshire ones) | Oliver Jenks
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| Nov 2006 | The History of England through Pub Signs |
Greg Gregory
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| Jan 2007 | A Victorian Magic Lantern Show | |
| Feb 2007 | Land’s End to John O’Groats by Bicycle | Bryan and Christine Watson |
| Mar 2007 | Basingstoke Heritage Society | Debbie Reavell, its Secretary |
| Apr 2007 | Nepal and the Gurkhas | Major Davies, Curator of the Gurkha Museum, Winchester |
| May 2007 | The Blue Cross - 100 Years of Animal Care | Craig Burchell, Communications Manager |
| Jun 2007 | The Madding Crowd |
Mike Bailey, Musical Director of the Madding Crowd |
| Jul 2007 | Women in Khaki | Ian Bailey |
| Sep 2007 | The Whitchurch Silk Mill | Geoff. Hide |
| Oct 2007 | A Barrel Organ Bonanza | Keith Hilson and Richard Kerridge, local Collectors Extraordinaire |
| Nov 2007 | The Watercress Line – The Mid Hants Railway | Dave Yaldren, Volunteer Talks Organiser |
| Jan 2008 | Frank Hornby | John Holland, Willis Museum, Basingstoke |
| Feb 2008 | Down Memory Lane | a film show by Geoff Wheeler |
| Mar 2008 | Death and Disease in Medieval London | John Lloyd
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| Apr 2008 | The Creation of ‘Memories | |
| May 2008 | The Royal Berks Medical Museum | David Goodwin, Surgeon
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| Jun 2008 | Diving into History’: Nautical Archaeology | Ian Barefoot, Project Officer
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| Jul 2008 | Ufton Court - a House of Secrets | Jane Burrell
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| Sep 2008 | Freeman’s War - Experiences in World War II | Alan Freeman
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| Oct 2008 | Historic Syria | Richard Brown |
| Nov 2008 | Basingclog Morris | |
| Jan 2009 | The Great Western Railway comes to the Thames Valley | John Chapman
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| Feb 2009 | The Story of Southwark | Sally Botwright, London Blue Badge Guide |
| Mar 2009 | Jack of Newbury | Dr David Peacock |
| Apr 2009 | The History of Aviation in Berkshire | Ken (curator) and Jean (archivist) Fostekew |
| May 2009 | The Royal Berks Medical Museum | David Goodwin, Surgeon |
| Jun 2009 | TADS visit to the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) | Dr Roy Brigden, Keeper
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| Jul 2009 | Parish Life in late Medieval Reading. | Joan Dils
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| Sep 2009 | The Life of an MP | Sir George Young MP |
| Oct 2009 | The History of Policing in the Thames Valley | Ken Wells, Curator of Thames Valley Police Museum, Sulhamstead |
| Nov 2009 | A History of Punch & Judy | Alix Booth |
| Jan 2010 | No Talk | |
| Feb 2010 | The Story of Fleet Street | Val Pretlove, London Blue Badge Guide |
| Mar 2010 | Rituals Society & Power in and around Iron Age Berkshire | Dr Andrew Hutt
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| Apr 2010 | Life on the Edge of an Antarctic Ice Shelf: Halley 5 | David Stevenson of AWE
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| May 2010 | Dentaid, Dentistry is in the 3rd World | Dr Philip Postance |
| Jun 2010 | The Past In Stone (Thatcham, Berks.) | Malcolm Langford
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