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Old Basing WI

12:24pm Thursday 21st April 2011

IT’S been a busy couple of months for Old Basing.

Hants & Berks Motor Club

12:23pm Thursday 21st April 2011

THE club provides a focus for motoring enthusiasts in the area.

North Waltham, Steventon, Ashe & Deane History Society

11:41am Tuesday 12th April 2011

A THOUSAND years of history and only one change of owner – that’s Chawton House, built by the Knights after they bought Chawton estate some 500 years ago.

Basingstoke Archaeological and Historical Society

11:10am Thursday 31st March 2011

NICK Stoodley, of The University of Winchester, gave the lecture on “The archaeological evidence for Saxons in Hampshire” at the society’s monthly meeting.

Basingstoke University of the Third Age

11:25am Tuesday 22nd March 2011

IT WASN’T University Challenge of the Third Age, but when a few “Eggheads” and “Masterminds”

Oakley and Deane WI

11:23am Tuesday 22nd March 2011

MEMBERS of Oakley and Deane learned a lot of interesting facts about Basingstoke at their March meeting, when they were given a talk by a member of the Basingstoke Heritage Society.

Basingstoke Archaeological & Historical Society

10:40am Tuesday 1st March 2011

THE society’s programme of monthly lectures continued on February 10, when the subject of the lecture given by Kris Strutt, of Southampton University, was “Archaeological Surveying in Syria and Egypt.”

Old Basing WI

10:16am Tuesday 22nd February 2011

THERE was a sad start to our February meeting when we remembered a much-loved former secretary, Carol Steptoe, who died recently.

Basingstoke Civil Service Retirement Fellowship

10:13am Tuesday 22nd February 2011

ON FEBRUARY 2, we had another talk by Geoff Lunn – “Wildlife on your Doorstep.”

Hants & Berks Motor Club

11:27am Wednesday 16th February 2011

THE club provides a focus for motoring enthusiasts in the area. Throughout the year, we offer a wide range of activities – monthly meetings covering a variety of motoring interests including navigational rallies, classic car tours and visits to interesting car collections etc.

Basingstoke Morning Townswomen’s Guild

11:25am Wednesday 16th February 2011

FOLLOWING on from the December carol concert, members were in a position to make a donation towards the local MacMillan Palliative Care Nurses who are based in Basingstoke hospital. A vote was taken for the 2011 charity of our choice which will be for the local Salvation Army.

Basingstoke Archaeological and Historical Society

11:09am Tuesday 8th February 2011

THE society’s programme of monthly lectures resumed on January 13, when ‘Amphitheatres in Roman Britain’ was the topic chosen by speaker Tony Wilmott, of English Heritage.

North Waltham, Steventon, Ashe and Deane History Society

11:24am Tuesday 1st February 2011

IMAGINE the military band marching up the streets of Basingstoke on a Sunday, its young captain calling the drinkers out of the pubs to save them from the devil.

Oakley and Deane WI

10:39am Tuesday 25th January 2011

AT THE first meeting of 2011, members enjoyed a most delightful slide show with appropriate background music presented by Wyn Voysey.

Old Basing WI

10:36am Tuesday 25th January 2011

IT WAS great to see a well-filled parish room for our January meeting to hear our speaker, Brian Spicer, who gave us an informative and historically interesting talk about ‘The Sale of the Century’ concerning the rise and fall (and subsequent sale) of Hackwood House and Park. He took us back through the famous dynasties which owned it from the 1600s onwards.

Basingstoke Morning Townswomen’s Guild

11:08am Tuesday 11th January 2011

IN DECEMBER, the month began with the federation carol service which was held at the Methodist Church, in Sarum Hill.

Basingstoke Astronomical Society

12:12pm Tuesday 21st December 2010

BASINGSTOKE Astronomical Society is a group of enthusiastic amateurs who meet at Cliddesden Primary School on the fourth Thursday of each month.

Old Basing WI

10:15am Tuesday 14th December 2010

NOVEMBER is an important month in our WI when we have traditionally held our AGM, reflected on the events of the year and chosen our new committee.

Basingstoke Writer’s Circle

10:14am Tuesday 14th December 2010

BASINGSTOKE Writers Circle’s most honoured guest this month was Dave Holby, or “Dave the rower,” as he is affectionately known to his many fans.

Basingstoke Astronomical Society

11:08am Tuesday 7th December 2010

THE phases of the Moon began this month with the new Moon on December 5. The first quarter is on December 12-13.

Basingstoke Morning Townswomen’s Guild

11:09am Tuesday 7th December 2010

WE HAD a very interesting talk in November. It was given by Mary Bryant who, with her husband, cycled for two years around the world. Hence the title of the talk and her book “Four Cheeks to the Wind”.

Basingstoke Archaeological and Historical Society

11:45am Tuesday 30th November 2010

JULIAN Richards, a TV presenter of archaeological programmes, gave an informative and often amusing lecture entitled ‘Stonehenge: the Debate Continues’ at a well-attended meeting of the society on November 11.

Hants & Berks Motor Club

11:17am Tuesday 23rd November 2010

THE club provides a focus for motoring enthusiasts in the area. Throughout the year, it offers a wide range of activities – monthly meetings covering a variety of motoring interests including navigational rallies, classic car tours and visits to interesting car collections etc.

Oakley and Deane WI

11:13am Tuesday 23rd November 2010

THE November meeting of Oakley and Deane WI was the annual meeting when members received a round-up of the very varied and interesting meetings and activities held during the year.

Basingstoke Archaeological and Historical Society

10:19am Tuesday 16th November 2010

WINTER lectures returned to Church Cottage on October 14, when Professor Barbara Yorke, of The University of Winchester, described the settlement, language, scholarship and religious and secular importance of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria.