The Friends of Reading Abbey Lectures & Events

Saturday meetings are at 2.30pm. Friday meetings are at 7.30pm
Black print denotes lectures, and red denotes other events.
Most of the lectures take place in the Silverthorne Room of Reading Town Hall.

Date

Sat. 18 Oct. 2008
Sat. 28 June 2008
Fri. 28 March 2008
Sat. 27 Oct. 2007
Thur. 28.06.07
Sat. 24.03.2007
Sat. 28.10.2006
Thur. 22.06.2006
Fri. 31.03.2006

Sat. 22.10.2005
Fri. 17.06.2005
Fri. 08.04.2005
Sat. 16.10.2004
Fri. 23.04.2004
Sat. 22.11.2003
Fri. 04.04.2003
probably cancelled
Sat. 07.09 2002
Fri. 19.04.2002
Sat. 06.10.2001
Sat. in Nov. 2001
Fri. 02.03.2001
24.11.2000
Fri. Spring 2000
Fri. 22.10. 1999
Fri. 30.10.1998

Subject

AGM, followed by "A Visit to Santiago de Compostela"
Visit to Pamber End & remains of priory church
Restoration of ancient churches
AGM & Powerpoint: Decorated Cloisters of Aix & Arles
Visit to Abingdon Abbey
Day School at Douai Abbey
AGM & King Henry II
Visit to the Abbey at Dorchester-on-Thames
Jane Austen & Reading Abbey

AGM & Monastic Music, Past & Present
Picnic in the Dormitory area of Reading Abbey
Westminster Abbey in the time of Queen Mary I
AGM & Forbury Gardens Project & tour
Excavation of Reading Oracle Site
AGM & Abbey Stones
Stained Glass of Christchurch, Reading
Reading Abbey Waterfront Excavations
AGM & Skeletons in E. Berkshire
From the Cartularies
AGM & Stained Glass of Berkshire
Lottery Bid; Isle of May, Abingdon + conservation
AGM & Early Christianity in Berks.
Mediaeval Wall Plaster
AGM & Mediaeval Stained Glass
AGM & Santiago de Compostela
AGM & TV Archaeology

Speaker

Dr Joan Dils

Bob Bennett MBE
Sylvia Chumbley

Five specialists
Dr Julia Boorman
Prof. Brian Kemp
Dr Tony Corley

Fr Gervase Holdaway
Leslie Cram
Br Placid Hughes
Andy Lockwood
Ben Ford
Dr Ron Baxter
Mr John Sims
Peter Fasham, BABTIE
Ken Beachus
Prof. Brian Kemp
Dr Brian O'Callaghan
J. Butler, L.Head, L.Cram
Dr David Farmer
Jill Channer of EH
??
Vincent Kelly
Phil Harding

There may be omissions or errors in the above list

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