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Bill King started with ancient history about the importance of the Thames and defence measures in the south of England at the time of the...

Bodleian Library Book Storage Facility (BSF), South Marston, UTRNTA visit 5 March 2025   Compared with the historic reputation of the...

Stella's funeral   will be on Friday 7th March at 12 30pm at St Andrews church Shrivenham.  The committal will follow at Kingsdown...

Stewart Smith with some of the information passed onto us. February 11th 2025 How valuable  it is to learn about secret activity that...

Raising a glass to Stella Tidmarsh, the organiser of countless holidays and outings, for the UTRNTA who recently passed away Once again a...

In January, we said goodbye to Christian Walker and have given new General Manager, Keith Assirati-Wilkie, a warm welcome. A reflection...

Lew Lawton's talk on the  Chinese Terracotta Warriors also included a short introduction and explanation of some of their hieroglyphics,...

Having walked down from the car park under a glorious clear blue sky, we were welcomed in the porch with a brief history of Chastleton...

Three Trees coffee shop was the venue for our last coffee meeting of the year. After the dire weather at the weekend it was a pleasure to...

William Cavendish, 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Devonshire, was a man who, according to one of his contemporaries, “couldn’t leave home...

This has been my first year as Chairman of the UTRNTA and so this is my first annual report, and I really want to report just what a good...

Lucille Terry has belonged to this group for YEARS. I am sure she has introduced many others, besides my husband and I, to this local...

Outing to Chedworth October 11th   What a fabulous visit. The outing could not have been arranged on a finer day, the sun shone, the sky...

Numbers attending the first of the winter talks were swelled with several Shrivenham residents as Dr Margaret Andrews  shared her account...

September 11th 2024     Led by the indefatigable Stella Tidmarsh for the very last time, a full coach set out for Waddesdon on a fine...

The first Skills Conference at the Skills Centre on  Friday 20 September  is now confirmed and I wanted to share these details with you. ...

Some brief notes about our Buscot picnic. Some of you will remember this day when you may have had a very unexpected morning...

30 members were treated to a fascinating day at the National Trust village of Coleshill. In the morning we had a tour of Home Farm and...

A full coach took us to Dorney Court in Buckinghamshire. First stop was the Pineapple pub 'Famous for its sandwiches'.  They were...

Spring Holiday We set off for Pembrokeshire after the final pick-up in Cirencester on a very soggy Saturday morning driven by our capable...