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 […]

A TADS talk by Tony Keep Monday 10th June 2024; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU Tony Keep is a volunteer guide at the Thames Valley Police museum, Sulhampstead. He retired from Thames Valley Police as a Chief Constable in 1995 […]

A TADS talk by Michael Aris/Richard Bennett Monday 8th July 2024; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU This will be a return visit to TADS by Michael Aris and Richard Bennett who have previously given talks on the life and campaigns […]

A TADS talk by Dr Nick Young Monday 9th September 2024; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU From the earliest finds of the Stone Age to the Romans, Saxons and the present day. The second of a two – part talk […]

A TADS talk by John Goodchild Monday 14th October 2024; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU John Goodchild has been a member of Loddon Valley Lions for 37 years, during which time he was National Chair of the Lions in the […]

A TADS talk by Ian Burn (TADS Project Group) Monday 11th November 2024; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU Multi-talented Tadley resident Major George C Roller (1856-1941) was an artist, a soldier who served in both the Boer War and World […]

A TADS talk by William French Monday 8th January 2024; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU William joined the Royal Navy at 15 where he was trained as a chef but then moved on to become a No. 1 Steward.  Later […]

A TADS talk by Alan Matlock Monday 13 November 2023; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU Alan Matlock of The Spitfire Makers Charitable Trust tells the story of how the Supermarine Spitfire factory in Woolston was destroyed by the Luftwaffe, and […]

A TADS talk by Stewart Linford Monday 9 October 2023; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU Stewart Linford’s passion for woodwork started at school, he studied furniture making and wood science at High Wycombe College in the early 1970s. His final […]

A TADS talk by Dr Nick Young Monday 11 September 2023; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU Thatcham is truly an ancient town with archaeological finds covering every period from the Palaeolithic over 12,000 years ago, right up to today. Thatcham […]

‘Day to Day Costs’ of WORLD WAR 1 – 10th July 2023 A talk by TADS historian Roy Larkin Monday 10th July 2023; 8m, at Baughurst and Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU This is a replacement for the scheduled Livery Companies of London […]

A TADS talk by Richard Bennett and Prof John Missenden Monday 12 June 2023; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU The talk will capture the Duke of Wellington’s life from his birth in 1769 to his state funeral in 1852. Inevitably the […]

A TADS Project Group talk Monday 13 March 2023; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU Join the TADS Project Group on an illustrated virtual walk along the A340 through Tadley, from Dix Hill to the site of The Falcon public house. […]

A TADS talk by Susan Howe Monday 13 February 2023; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU Hear about the 19th century Dean of Westminster Abbey who barbecued bumblebees and cooked moles in batter to serve to his guests; unlikely heroes, such […]

A TADS talk by Dale Johnson Monday 9 January 2023; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU Dale will talk about talk about the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV) before it become known as the Home Guard. The Home Guard was set up […]