Next Lecture & AGM

Thursday 18th Sept 2008

Abingdon Oddfellows
Speaker John Foreman



Venue Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, Abingdon OX141NS   MAP

Annual Programme


What Else is On

Latest Ock Street Exhibition
At Helen’s Church between Saturday, 2nd August 2008 and Monday, 15th September 2008.



MG Exhibition at the Museum (In Main Hall)

More Info abingdonmuseum.org.uk


Abingdon History Hot Topics

Ock Street Remembered: an Abingdon community

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MG Exhibition

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1913 Stert St Flash Flood

abingdonfloods.co.uk

www.mjfh1.demon.co.uk/flood.htm 3 Stert St (Michael Harrison)

The Ghosts of Abingdon Gaol

Click here for more details about a very sad case

Video of Accurate Model of Abingdon Station

Excellent Video of Abingdon Railway (Model)

How to Keep up with Abingdon History News

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Abingdon Museum Exhibition

Ock Street Remembered: an Abingdon community

12 Jan 2008 - 27 Feb 2008

The exhibition highlights the trades and industries and the cultural and leisure activities of Ock Street, Abingdon, in the 19th and 20th centuries, and especially the families who were involved. With displays, videos, interviews and children's activities. If you have memories of your own, bring them along on a Saturday. Exhibition open 10.30am-4pm.

Ock St Group Website

When 10:30 - 16:00 7 days a week

Where
County Hall Museum
Market Place
Abingdon
OX14 3HG


AbingdonMuseum Exhibition

MG Exhibition

Until 28th April 2008

MG Factory Exhibition Every Weekend in Abingdon Museum a must visit for MG Enthusiasts Click here for more details

When 10:30 - 16:00 Weekends

Where
County Hall Museum
Market Place
Abingdon
OX14 3HG


1947 Abingdon Flood Memories

We were flooded at Caldecott Farm House in 1946 or 47. That time there was no warning and I came downstairs to find my wooden clogs floating in a foot of yucky river water in the kitchen.

Because I was a child it was a novelty and school was cancelled but it was heartbreak for the adults who had to shovel out the slimy mud and survey the damage once the water receded. The fetid aroma of the Ock remained for months. J.C. Canada

2007 Abingdon Flood Photos

In the early hours of Sunday morning (22nd July) the Police frantically woke Abingdon residents in forty streets to warn of the impending floods. Many of those residents went downstairs and stepped barefoot into cold water; the Ock had burst its banks.

Click here for Abingdon Flood Photos

AAAHS Summer Visit Sunday July 15th

Marcham/Frilford Roman Dig

The official guided tour for AAAHS members was on Sunday July 15th at 4pm - meet at the dig - on the A338 turn left just before the Ock bridge at the former Noah's Ark pub - 600m south of the Frilford traffic lights at Frilford garage (Budgens), two miles west of Abingdon via the A415

http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/research/research_projects/marcham

www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/frilford_roman.html

Abingdon in Wikipedia Many sections need updating, eg there is nothing on Marcham

www.abingdon-canal.co.uk

History of a street Ock St Group

Recent "Day in the life of a Roman Lecture"


Two Photos of Simon from the Summer Dig 2005 of St Helen's Porch







Tesdale House WWI Military Hospital

Milton Hill House WWI Military Hospital

Who are these people?

Abingdon's Lost Railway Line (to Radley)



Click here for English Heritage Photos of Abingdon

St Helen's Dig Summer 2005

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Activity: Samuel Pepy's Walk 1668

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AAAHS Aerial Photos 2005

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Abingdon's First World War Roll of Honour

Sue McIntyre has supplied us with an original copy of the Roll of Honour. This has now been scanned, this is a list of all Abingdonians who served in the Great War, not just those who died.
Roll of Honour

40th Anniversary of Abingdon's Terrible Aircrash July 1965

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The Vale Islanders: 17th Century Dancers

Diggers : Archaeological Section

The Society organises archaeological excavations around the Abingdon area, and has an enthusiastic digging team. There are usually several excavations running at any one time Click here for Digger Website Section.

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Local history studies are encouraged, and several members have their own areas of study which they actively pursue..

AAAHS Lectures are usually given on the 3rd Thursday of every month (July and August excepted) at 19:45 in the Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road OX141NS (Click here for a Map).

Talks embracing archaeology and history, both locally and around the world, are given by specialists in various fields, often describing their current research projects. The meetings provide an opportunity for members to meet socially and exchange news. Non-members are welcome.