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.
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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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| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15Project Committee Meeting 10:00 - 12:00Project Committee MeetingTime: 10:00 - 12:00 Join TADS Project Committee and help us research the past of Tadley and the Surrounding area. Topic: Project Committee Meeting Time: Jan 15, 2021 10:00 AM London https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82487005425?pwd=cGR4VFpTVDJHcGdGYzM1amdHV2hRQT09 Meeting ID: 824 8700 5425 Passcode: 100558 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 18 | 19 | 20"The remarkable story of our National chair" 20:00 - 21:30  "The remarkable story of our National chair"Time: 20:00 - 21:30An online talk by Stuart Linford
This classic design was created in the Thames valley at the beginning of the 18th Century. Windsor chairs are a large family of designs ranging from simple stickbacks through to interlaced Gothics. They all share one construction method; all Windsor chairs have a solid wooden seat into which the arms, legs and back are socketted. Put simply Windsor construction means a piece of wood with holes in that all the parts are driven into.
Online Zoom talk - free for members£3 for non-members Topic: Windsor Chair Zoom 20 Jan 2021 Time: Jan 20, 2021 08:00 PM London | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |||
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