Category: Talk

  • Curtain’s Up: The History of Reading’s Art Venues

    Curtain’s Up: The History of Reading’s Art Venues

    This is the second of three talks in the Autumn Potpourri Talks Series. You may book tickets for individual events or for all three talks in the series for a reduced price.  Katie Amos is known as the Local Studies Lead for Reading Library, but she has also been a member of the Reading Arts Front…

  • Tea Before Victoria

    Tea Before Victoria

    This is the first of three talks in the Autumn Potpourri Talks Series. You may book tickets for individual events or for all three talks in the series for a reduced price.  We are all very familiar with the concept of Afternoon Tea as a very agreeable social event. Before this mini-meal was conceived in the…

  • A Potpourri of Social History Talks – Autumn Series

    A Potpourri of Social History Talks – Autumn Series

    This all series ticket covers all three talks in the Autumn “Potpourri of Social History” talks series, for the discounted price of £12.50 (members £10.00). You may also book each talk individually – see each separate event page. All three talks are on Thursdays at 2pm and last about an hour. Afterwards there will be…

  • Industrial Archaeology in Berkshire

    Industrial Archaeology in Berkshire

    This is the first of three talks in the Industry and Archaeology Talks Series. The other talks take place on 8th August and 12th September. You may book tickets for individual events or for all three talks in the series for a reduced price. As the secretary of the Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group (BIAG), Jo Alexander-Jones,…

  • The Watlington Hoard

    The Watlington Hoard

    This is the second of three talks in the Industry and Archaeology Talks Series. The other talks take place on 11th July and 12th September. You may book tickets for individual events or for all three talks in the series for a reduced price.  Metal-detectorist James Mather will begin by talking about metal detecting and some…

  • More than Biscuits, Beer and Bulbs – Reading’s Other Industries

    More than Biscuits, Beer and Bulbs – Reading’s Other Industries

    This is the last of three talks in the Industry and Archaeology Talks Series. The other talks take place on 11th July and 8th August. You may book tickets for individual events or for all three talks in the series for a reduced price.  While Reading is rightly renowned for its baking, brewing and seed businesses,…

  • Industry & Archaeology Talks Series

    Industry & Archaeology Talks Series

    This all series ticket covers all three talks in the “Industry & Archaeology” talks series, for the discounted price of £12.50 (members £10.00). You may also book each talk individually – see each separate event page. All three talks are on Thursdays at 2pm in The Centre for Heritage and Family History, Reading. They last…