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An event is being organised to coincide with National Local History Month and also in memory of the late Peter Allen who passed away in May 2009. Hence the series of lectures is to be called “The Peter Allen Memorial Lectures.” The event is being organised by Thatcham Historical...

PAML 2010 supporting the British Heart Foundation

Tickets

All events are free, however, some venues have limited space and hence tickets are required for the following events: Thatcham Ephemera and Postcards; Genealogy of Thatcham families; A history of Thatcham. Tickets are free and available from The Family Bookshop, 58 The Broadway,...

The Family Bookshop

History of St. Mary’s Church

Mr Bill Butler and the Rev. Tom Moffatt will present "A History of St. Mary’s Church."  This will not only look at the history of the Church but also the wider historic events at the time.

Image related to the event.

Exhibition (2)

This exhibition will host not only local history groups but a variety of local community groups. Many of these are groups that the late Peter Allen was involved with. The exhibition will show wome of the work these groups are doing and allow you to gain a further insight and information on many of...

Exhibition image.

Thatcham Ephemera and Postcards

Graeme Stewart will present "Thatcham Ephemera and Postcards" in two 45 minutes sessions. Afterwards there will be a short, 20minute, session where visitors may bring their own items, postcards, etc. for Graeme and the team to look at and possibly help identify, or loan to Thatcham...

Picture of a postcard.

Genealogy of Thatcham families

This talk will be in four parts.  Alf Wheeler will present two short talks on "the history of a Thatcham building" and "family history of the Wheelers." Sue Broughton will talk about the "family history of the Tulls" and after a short break, Councillor Stephanie...

Picture of the Smith family.

A history of Thatcham

Dr Nick Young will present "A history of Thatcham" which will cover the highlights of Thatchams rich past and will include old photographs and postcards. Mr Tony Higgott will then follow with the talk "How to get started in local history." This talk will show you how to get...

View of Thatcham Broadway

Exhibition (1)

This exhibition will host not only local history groups but a variety of local community groups. Many of these are groups that the late Peter Allen was involved with. The exhibition will show wome of the work these groups are doing and allow you to gain a further insight and information on many of...

Exhibition image.
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Comments / Events

The events are virtually fixed. We will be issuing tickets at the end of the week via a local shop. More details on this at the end of the week. We ahve also now enabled registration and login for adding your comments.

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Site registration

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Preliminary

All content on this site is still preliminary information. We are working hard to finalise all of the details and information. Locations and speakers are all confirmed, but tickets and where to obtain them from is still being worked out as well as completing all of the speaker’s biographies. Please bear with us whilst we finalise arrangements.