EVENTS
Silent Auction and Christmas Quiz
Monday 2nd Dec 2024
The Soane Space and Pantry
Town Hall
Silent auction of the paintings left to the Friends by Sidney Gold in the Soane Space, with Friends’ Christmas Quiz in the Pantry.
The Pantry opens at 10:00 and the programme starts at 11:00
Book Group
Saturday 4th Jan 2025
The Pantry
Town Hall
’The Remains of the Day’ (1994) by Kazuo Ishiguro. Discussion of the Merchant Ivory film (DVD) of the book (2001) and the MERL Reading University Special Collections linked item, ‘Cliveden Set Correspondence, 1938 - 1939’.
Meet in The Pantry at the Town Hall from 2 - 4 p.m. New members are always welcome.
Talk
Monday 3 Feb 2025
The Pantry
Town Hall
Jenny Morgan, master beekeeper: Honeybees and how they are adapted to carry out their work with examples of how bees and flowers communicate .
The Pantry opens at 10:00 and the programme starts at 11:00
Book Group
Saturday 1st March 2025
The Pantry
Town Hall
‘Mud Larking: Lost and Found on the River Thames’ (2019) by Lara Maiklem. Of linked interest: Thames Museum (pop-up with temporary exhibitions in various venues) and plans to establish a permanent collection telling the history of the Thames through mud larking finds. Website: www.thamesmuseum.org
Meet in The Pantry at the Town Hall from 2 - 4 p.m. New members are always welcome.
Talk
Monday 3rd March 2025
The Pantry
Town Hall
Tom Fort, author: Rivets, Trivets and Galvanized Buckets. The tale of a humble hardware shop in a local nondescript village and how it was saved.
The Pantry opens at 10:00 and the programme starts at 11:00
Book Group
Saturday 3rd May 2025
The Pantry
Town Hall
’The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones’, (2015) by Thomas Ashbridge. One of history’s most illustrious knights, the telling of his story is informed, in part, by a 13th century biography. William Marshal died at his Caversham Manor House in 1219; an informative commemorative panel about his life can be viewed on the Caversham Bridge viewing platform.
Meet in The Pantry at the Town Hall from 2 - 4 p.m. New members are always welcome.