Tadley and District History Society (TADS)

General Brock and the Maiwand Lion – 13th May 2024

A TADS talk by Mike Cooper

Monday 13th May 2024; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU

The Maiwand Lion in Forbury Gardens, Reading commemorates a battle fought in Afghanistan in 1880. The lion is posed in snarling defiance to the north – towards Russia. This talk looks at the Battle of Maiwand against the backdrop of Anglo- Russian rivalry in Asia – The Great Game and the history of the Lion itself.


TADS Newsletter by Richard Brown  – Click HERE!

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With the current interest in the proposed housing development in south Tadley, here is a link to the recent TADS Paper on the Portway Roman road which runs close to the development.

The Portway and other Roman Roads in the Tadley area

And here is a link to a short video produced by TADS on the Portway’s route in south Tadley:

TADS’s Portway video


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Hampshire Archive Trust Grant applicationTime: 14:00
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18 19Jane Austen and the Military – 8pm Aug 19th 2020
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Jane Austen and the Military – 8pm Aug 19th 2020Time: 20:00 - 21:30
Tadley and District History Society provides monthly external talks on history related topics at 8 pm on the third Wednesday of the month. This months talk is by Rupert Mathews. Jane Austen includes several characters in her novels who are (or have) been in the military. This is not surprising as through most of her writing career Britain was locked in a titanic struggle against Napoleonic France in which battles such as Trafalgar and Waterloo were fought. But what does she tell us about the military of her time, and how accurate are her accounts? Characters to be touched upon include: George Wickham (Pride & Prejudice); Colonel Brandon (Sense & Sensibility); Sir John Middleton (Sense & Sensibility); Mr Weston (Emma); William Price (Mansfield Park); Mr Price, snr (Mansfield Park); Frederick Wentwork (Persuasion); Admiral Croft (Persuasion); James Benwick (Persuasion).
Scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: TADS Online Talk - Jane Austin 8pm Wed Aug 19th 2020 Meeting ID: 825 0315 4106
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