A TADS talk by Richard Marks Monday 12th February 2024; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU The railways came to Berkshire in the middle of the nineteenth century and according to history changed everything and created huge growth in the local […]

A TADS talk by Colin Oakes Monday 11th March 2024; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU The Versailles treaty of 1919 ended the war against Germany, but it is also seen as a great folly. It is more than 100 years […]

A TADS talk by Claire Tilson Monday 8th April 2024; 8.00 pm at Heath End Village Hall, Heath End Road, Baughurst, RG26 5LU The Vyne has been home to lords and ladies for over five centuries. Through the years it’s hosted Tudor kings and queens, been the home […]

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 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 […]

‘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 […]

A TADS talk by Andy Day   Wednesday 16 November 2022; 8.00 pm at St Paul’s Church, The Green, Tadley   An illustrated talk on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.   The full write-up of this talk is in the December 2022 TADS Newsletter Share this page

Join us for a TADS talk by Ian Burn. Wednesday 19 October 2022; 8.00 pm at St Paul’s Church, The Green, Tadley An illustrated talk on the history of Whiteknights Park in Reading, from the late 1700s through to the present day. The talk will start with the […]

A TADS talk by Richard Anderson Wednesday 21 September 2022; 8.00 pm at St Paul’s Church, The Green, Tadley   Richard will talk about the history of The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS),  where all officers in the British Army are trained to take on the responsibility of […]