ODHS PROGRAMME 2026-27
All meetings take place in the United Reformed Church, Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, RH8 0AA, beginning at 8.00 pm.
6 October Dr. Peter Shipley: Alternatives to No. 10 - Victorian Prime Ministers' London Residences
20 October Stuart Dennison: Border Reivers and Control of the Marches - The Scottish Frontier 1513-1603
3 November Julian Pooley: John and Edward Hassell - nineteenth century artists of Surrey
17 November Jim Pedersen: The Vietnam War
1 December Laura Hayworth: Colditz
15 December Talk to be confirmed, followed by the Christmas Party
2027
5 January Dr. Nicholas Dixon: King George IV and Catholic Emancipation - The Religious Crisis of 1829
19 January John Sherlock: Renaissance Architecture
2 February Dr. Geoffrey Mead: Daniel Defoe’s Tour of South East England
16 February Prof. Andrew Lambert: The British Way of War
2 March Dr. Maria Grasso: Medieval Wonders of Westminster Abbey
16 March AGM and Short Talk (to be announced)