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Diary Dates of AOUG in the South (02)

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Members and guests from any Region/Nation are welcome to all of these events.
Colin Reed, Executive Representative

Portsmouth and South Downs

Friday April 23rd 2010, 2.00 pm
Group visit to Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch, Hampshire. A unique early 19th.
Century textile mill with skilled weavers operating during Tuesday - Friday.
Guided Tour starts at 2.00 p.m.  Please arrive earlier if you wish to visit the
Café and shop.  Paying visitors may bring a picnic.
Cost £4.00   to include the tour.

Wednesday 19th May 2010, 11.00 a.m.
Coffee Morning at the Toby Carvery, Hilsea.  Followed by lunch for those who can stay. An opportunity to discuss a forthcoming trip to the Theatre in August or September please come with ideas!

Sunday 20th June 2010, 2.00 - 4.00 p.m
Porters Garden, Portsmouth Dockyard. Strawberry tea with entertainment.
£5.00 per person.  Please let Jean Swetnam know if you want a ticket.

Thursday 21st October 2010 [Trafalgar Day], 11.30 - 12.30

‘Nelson’s Multicultural Navy’ -  The international origins of the men who helped Nelson win the Battle of Trafalgar.  A free drop-in gallery talk at the Royal Naval Museum. Followed by tea, coffee or lunch nearby for any members who wish to stay and chat.

Wednesday 1st December 2010, 11.00 a.m
Coffee Morning and A.G.M  at the Toby Carvery, Hilsea.
Followed by Festive Celebration lunch.

Oxford and Area
Friday 14th May 2010, at 12.00 noon
Visit to Oxford University Press Museum in Great Clarendon Street, Oxford. The history of the University's involvement in printing and publishing is traced from the fifteenth century to the present. Displays include the first edition of  'Alice in Wonderland', and the evolution of the 'Oxford English Dictionary'. Entry to the Museum is free, but they need to know numbers in advance, so please let Colin Reed know if you are coming. Meet at the Museum entrance.

Saturday 26th June 2010, at 11.30 a.m
Visit to Didcot Railway Centre. Meet at the entrance, which is through Didcot Parkway Station. During the visit you may either have lunch in the Refreshment Room, or enjoy your own food in the picnic area. This is an enhanced steamday, with three trains running, including broad gauge. Signalling is in operation and travelling post office demonstrations. Entry fee is £9.00 per person (£8.50 for concessions). Please let Colin Reed know if you are coming.

Thursday 5th August 2010, at 2.15 p.m
The Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, St. Aldates, opposite Speedwell Street. The Collection celebrates the development of musical instruments in the Western Classical tradition from the medieval period to the present day. Entry is free. Meet at the gate. Afterwards, at about 3.30 p.m., retire to the Café Loco, which is also in St Aldates, opposite Christ Church Gardens, for a cream tea or, if you wish to indulge yourself, a "Mad Hatter's Tea Party".

Saturday 18th September 2010, at 11.30
This is the annual walk organised by the Oxford Group; this year with a new venue. Meet at Aylesbury Bus Station waiting room. The walk, which should take about one hour, is along the canal to The Doghouse for a pub lunch. Afterwards, either retrace your steps, or walk for a further 15 minutes then catch the bus back to Aylesbury. To get to Aylesbury by public transport, catch the 280 bus from the centre of Oxford, or from opposite Thornhills Park & Ride. Travelling from London there is an excellent train service from Marylbone.

Saturday 6th November 2010 at 12.00 for 12.30
The Autumn Lunch is to be held at The Mitre, corner of Turl Street with the High Street. Members and friends from any Region or Nation will be welcome to join us. If you would like to attend please contact Colin Reed. by e-mail or on 01235 815548, as he will need to reserve a table.

Thursday 16th December 2010, at 11.00 a.m
Coffee morning in the Ashmolean Museum's rooftop café. Afterwards, stroll round the Museum.

LOCAL CONTACTS
Oxford and Area - Colin Reed colin@crv-reed.demon.co.uk

Portsmouth and South Downs - Jean Swetnam swetnam@tinyworld.co.uk

Berkshire and Buckinghamshire - Don Bastin   busman6443@yahoo.co.uk

Guernsey - Andy Mauger   marand@cwgsy.net

Portsmouth and South Downs

Wednesday 19th May 2010, 11.00 a.m.
Coffee Morning at the Toby Carvery, Hilsea.  Followed by lunch for those who can stay. An opportunity to discuss a forthcoming trip to the Theatre in August or September please come with ideas!

Sunday 20th June 2010, 2.00 - 4.00 p.m
Porters Garden, Portsmouth Dockyard. Strawberry tea with entertainment.
£5.00 per person.  Please let Jean Swetnam know if you want a ticket.

Thursday 21st October 2010 [Trafalgar Day], 11.30 - 12.30

‘Nelson’s Multicultural Navy’ -  The international origins of the men who helped Nelson win the Battle of Trafalgar.  A free drop-in gallery talk at the Royal Naval Museum. Followed by tea, coffee or lunch nearby for any members who wish to stay and chat.

Wednesday 1st December 2010, 11.00 a.m
Coffee Morning and A.G.M  at the Toby Carvery, Hilsea.
Followed by Festive Celebration lunch.

 

Oxford and Area
Friday 14th May 2010, at 12.00 noon
Visit to Oxford University Press Museum in Great Clarendon Street, Oxford. The history of the University's involvement in printing and publishing is traced from the fifteenth century to the present. Displays include the first edition of  'Alice in Wonderland', and the evolution of the 'Oxford English Dictionary'. Entry to the Museum is free, but they need to know numbers in advance, so please let Colin Reed know if you are coming. Meet at the Museum entrance.

Saturday 26th June 2010, at 11.30 a.m
Visit to Didcot Railway Centre. Meet at the entrance, which is through Didcot Parkway Station. During the visit you may either have lunch in the Refreshment Room, or enjoy your own food in the picnic area. This is an enhanced steamday, with three trains running, including broad gauge. Signalling is in operation and travelling post office demonstrations. Entry fee is £9.00 per person (£8.50 for concessions). Please let Colin Reed know if you are coming.

Thursday 5th August 2010, at 2.15 p.m
The Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, St. Aldates, opposite Speedwell Street. The Collection celebrates the development of musical instruments in the Western Classical tradition from the medieval period to the present day. Entry is free. Meet at the gate. Afterwards, at about 3.30 p.m., retire to the Café Loco, which is also in St Aldates, opposite Christ Church Gardens, for a cream tea or, if you wish to indulge yourself, a "Mad Hatter's Tea Party".

Saturday 18th September 2010, at 11.30
This is the annual walk organised by the Oxford Group; this year with a new venue. Meet at Aylesbury Bus Station waiting room. The walk, which should take about one hour, is along the canal to The Doghouse for a pub lunch. Afterwards, either retrace your steps, or walk for a further 15 minutes then catch the bus back to Aylesbury. To get to Aylesbury by public transport, catch the 280 bus from the centre of Oxford, or from opposite Thornhills Park & Ride. Travelling from London there is an excellent train service from Marylbone.

Saturday 6th November 2010 at 12.00 for 12.30
The Autumn Lunch is to be held at The Mitre, corner of Turl Street with the High Street. Members and friends from any Region or Nation will be welcome to join us. If you would like to attend please contact Colin Reed. by e-mail or on 01235 815548, as he will need to reserve a table.

Thursday 16th December 2010, at 11.00 a.m
Coffee morning in the Ashmolean Museum's rooftop café. Afterwards, stroll round the Museum.

LOCAL CONTACTS
Oxford and Area - Colin Reed colin@crv-reed.demon.co.uk

Portsmouth and South Downs - Jean Swetnam swetnam@tinyworld.co.uk

Berkshire and Buckinghamshire - Don Bastin   busman6443@yahoo.co.uk

Guernsey - Andy Mauger   marand@cwgsy.net