Previous years' programmes

TADS invites a speaker each month to give a talk, lasting approximately one hour. Below is a list of the talks from 2004-17.

2004

Date	Topic	Speaker
21 January	The sinking of the Lakonia	Christopher Smallbone
18 February
17 March	The squires and estates of the Kennet Valley	John Trigg
21 April
19 May
16 June
21 July	The Living Paintings Trust
15 September	The Roman Road at North Waltham	Richard Tanner
20 October	The Treloar Trust
17 November

2005

Date	Topic	Speaker
19 January	Early medical potions (19/20th Century)	Mrs Jenks
18 February	Who pays the parson - funding the clergy	Oliver Jenks
16 March	To Everest base camp	Bryan & Christine Watson
20 April	Life at Hackwood Park (part 2)	Brian Spicer
18 May
15 June
20 July	The coroner's service
21 September
19 October
16 November	History of policing in Hampshire	Caroline Edwards

2006

Date	Topic	Speaker
18 January	William Cobbett (1763-1835)	Chris Hellier
15 February	The Bevin Boys	Morris Pearce
15 March	Basingstoke history - tape/slide show of 1964	Last minute substitution
19 April	Eye surgery in Bangladesh	Dr Lynette & David Moss
17 May	It's a monk's life	Brother John of St Cross Hospital
21 June	Filming 'Pride and Prejudice' at Basildon House	Neil Shaw
19 July	Tidgrove Warren excavations	Peter Goff, Keith Whiteman and Peter Woodman
20 September	Felons & fingerprints	Michael Carrigan
18 October	Commons (especially Berkshire ones)	Oliver Jenks
15 November	The history of England in pub signs	Greg Gregory

2007

Date	Topic	Speaker
17 January	A Victorian Magic Lantern Show	Bill Arnott
21 February	Land's End to John O'Groats by bicycle	Christine and Bryan Watson
21 March	Basingstoke Heritage Society	Debbie Reavell
18 April	The Gurkhas	Major Davies
16 May	The Blue Cross - 100 years of animal care	Craig Burchell
20 June	The Madding Crowd - early church music	Mike Bailey
18 July	Women in khaki	Ian Bailey
19 September	Whitchurch Silk Mill	Geoff Hide
17 October	A Barrel organ bonanza	Richard Kerridge & Keith Hilson
21 November	The Watercress line (Mid Hants Railway)	Dave Yalden

2008

Date	Topic	Speaker
16 January	Frank Hornby, the man who made Meccano, etc.	John Holland
20 February	Down memory lane (film show)	Geoff Wheeler
19 March	Death and disease in Medieval London	John Lloyd
16 April	The creation of memories (Aldermaston village history)	Sally-Anne Martin
21 May	An attractive impediment - the life of Patrick Campbell	Nick Thomas
18 June	Nautical archaeology	Ian Barefoot
16 July	Ufton Court, a house of secrets	Jane Burrell
17 September	Experiences in WWII (Royal Engineers)	Alan Freeman
15 October	Historic Syria	Richard Brown
19 November	Basingclog Morris	Basingclog Morris

2009

Date	Topic	Speaker
21 January	The Great Western Railway comes to the Thames Valley	John Chapman
18 February	The Story of Southwark	Sally Botwright
18 March	Jack of Newbury	Dr David Peacock
15 April	The History of aviation in Berkshire	Ken & Jean Fostekew
20 May	The Story of the Royal Berks Medical Museum	David Goodwin
15 July	Parish Life in Late Medieval Reading	Joan Dils
16 September	The life of an MP	Sir George Young
21 October	The History of policing in the Thames Valley	Ken Wells
18 November	A History of Punch and Judy	Alix Booth

2010

Date	Topic	Speaker
20 January	Watermills on the Thames (meeting cancelled due to illness of speaker and weather)	Brian Eighteen
17 February	The story of Fleet Street	Val Pretlove
17 March	Rituals, society & power in and around Iron Age Berkshire	Dr Andrew Hutt
21 April	Life on Halley 5 - an Antarctic research station	David Stephenson
19 May	Dentaid - dentistry in the third world	Philip Postance
16 June	The past in stone (Thatcham, Berks)	Malcolm Langford
15 July	Transport in and around the Thames Valley 1920-1950	Paul Lacey
15 September	The people who made the Salvation Army what it is!	Major Stephen Grinstead
20 October	60 Years of AWE	Kate Pyne
17 November	My railways and their development (West coast main line)	Dr Peter Ellis

2011

Date	Topic	Speaker
19 January	The Humble brick	Alan Pritchard
16 February	The story of the town crier	brian Sylvester
16 March	Computers and tea - Lyons's electronic office	Quintin Gee
20 April	A history of Hampshire's maps, 1575-1820	Gill Arnott
18 May	The Duke of Wellington's house at Stratfield Saye	Bigadier Michael Aris
15 June	The History of the Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals	Marshall Barr
20 July	William Sandys, builder of the Vyne, Lord Chamberlin to Henry VIII	John Jenkins
21 September	Frost, freezes and fairs	Ian Currie
19 October	Basingstoke and its contribution to world culture	Rupert Willoughby
16 November	The Story of Thornycroft	Christopher tree and friends

2012

Date	Topic	Speaker
18 January	The work of a Registrar	Steve Thirkettle
15 February	Timber framed buildings in Tadley and North Hampshire	Bill Fergie
21 March	The secret Thames	Duncan McKay
18 April	Berkshire lady fliers	Geoff & Val Beckett
16 May	The banknote makers - the history of Portals	Dave Stone
20 June	Glimpses of 19th centuary Berkshire and beyond	John trigg (very late substitute)
18 July	An unexpected pot-pourri of historical chat!	Hannah Monger & Richard brown (On the night subs)
19 September	The life and times of Sir William Paulet - the willow of Basing	Alan Turton
17 October	The Basingstoke Canal - The last six miles	Roger Cansdale
22 November	Farnborough: early flying in the UK and Samuel Franklin Cody	David Wilson

2013

Date	Topic	Speaker
16 January	Submarine history and the Gosport Submarine Museum	David Ottley
20 February	The Basingstoke Riots	Bob Clarke
16 March	Signposts and village signs	Bob Locock
17 April	The Victorian defences of Britain	Michael Forrest
15 May	A cockney childhood of the 1960s	Maggie Filkins
19 June	A dip into the Willis Museum's archives	John Holland
17 July	Women in Tudor and Stuart Berkshire	Joan Dils
18 September	Castles of Wessex	Alan Turton
16 October	Roman uniforms	John Smith
20 November	The history of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Rex Hora

2014

Date	Topic	Speaker
15 January	Winchester: bishops, buildings and bones	Andrew Negus
19 February	Basingstoke Workhouse	Barbara Large
19 March	The 1914 Mobilization	Dan Allen
16 April	The Ladies of the Tower of London	Tony Strafford
21 May	World War I memories	TADS Members
18 June	Living with Jane Austen	Richard Tanner
16 July	Codebreaker Bletchley Park	John Davis
17 September	Medieval Southampton	Jack Wilson
15 October	The English pub	Phil Wood
19 November	Dickens at Christmas	Vera Hughes and David Walker
17 December	AGM and social evening

2015

Date	Topic	Speaker
21 January	Going Shopping with the Victorians	Tony King
18 February	Living Heritage – 300 years of bells, ringing and bell-ringers	John Harrison
18 March	Place Names of West Berkshire	David Peacock
15 April	The Bare Necessities – The History of Underwear	Ruth King
20 May	The Battle of Waterloo	Rupert Matthews
17 June	Stories in Symbols - The Secret Language of Heraldry	David Nash-Ford
15 July	Eccentric London – Part 2	Alan Copeland
20 August	Summer break - no meeting
16 September	The Abbey and the Castle – Reading in the Middle Ages	Mike Cooper
21 October	Major Ralph Henry Sneyd of Heckfield	Keith Haines
18 November	The Last Days of Charles I	Alan Turton
16 December	AGM and social evening

2016

Date	Topic	Speaker
20 January	Secrets of the Box	Tony Weston
17 February	The Plague	Dr Tim Mason
16 March	Flora Thompson – Beyond Candleford	John Owen-Smith
20 April	The Great Exhibition of 1851	Rosina Brandham
18 May	The Benedictine Way of Life	Reg Fletcher
15 June	Birth of the English Parish Church	Dr Francis Hurd
20 July	Children’s Experiences of the Second World War in Oxford	Liz Woolley
17 August	Summer break - no meeting
21 September	The Mary Rose	Alan Turton
19 October	Sanders of the River	Mike Hurst
16 November	The Death of King Rufus	Gordon Lewis
21 December	AGM and social evening

2017

Date	Topic	Speaker
18 January	Gilbert White, the gardener	David Standing
15 February	Tree rings – a time and a place	Andy Moir
15 March	History minus the boring bits	Susan Howe
19 April	Englishness – a look at traditions and how they started	Chris Hutchinson
17 May	Where is – what is that? Curiosities in Hampshire	Jill Daniels
21 June	Padworth House’	David Peacock
19 July	Forgotten wrecks of World War I	Steve Fisher
16 August	Summer break - no meeting
20 September	An introduction to surname studies	Heather Lawn
18 October	Silchester Environs Project	Mike Fulford
15 November	Woman of Wax; the remarkable life of Madame Tussaud	Tony Weston
20 December	AGM and social evening

2018

Date	Topic	Speaker
17 January	A History of Hampshire Through Ten Objects	Tony Cross
21 February	Brickwork	John Harrison
21 March	A History of Tea	Terri Reid
18 April	Metal Detecting	John Forster
16 May	The Nabobs of Berkshire	Clive Williams
20 June	The AA Man	Vera Hughes and David Weller
18 July	Brunel and the Great Western Railway	Lionel Williams
15 August	Summer break - no meeting
19 September	Major Roller - a Tadley Hero	Ian Burn
17 October	Spies in Petticoats	Carol Brown
21 November	Everyday life in the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt	Anne Roberts
19 December	AGM and social evening

2019

Date	Topic	Speaker
16 January	Top of the Greasy Pole	Mike Brook
20 February	Coaches and Coachhorns: their story from the golden age to the present day	Colin Pawson
20 March	The Mysteries of Stonehenge	Graham Loxton-Best
17 April	Major Roller a Tadley Hero	Ian Burn
15 May	A Place Apart: The Story of Park Prewett Hospital	Malcolm lsted
29 June	The History of Blood Letting	Tim Smith
17 July	The Edwardians (1901-10)	Tony King
21 August	Summer break - no meeting
18 September	My Antiques Roadshow find out about your treasures	Simon Jones
16 October	The History and Restoration of the Kennet and Avon Canal	Graham Horn
20 November	A Celebratory History of Christmas	Andy Thomas
18 December	AGM and social evening

Page updated: Friday 10 January 2020.
Review date: 31 December 2020.