There will be a series of lunchtime history talks in St Nicolas Church at 12.30 p.m. starting next Wednesday (“you are welcome to bring your own lunch“). This year the running order has:

• 20th June ‘The Restoration of St Nicholas’ Church In 1880/81-changes and riddles’ Mr Dick Barnes
• 27th June ‘The History of Harwell, 1905-1955’ Mr Nick Hance MBE
• 4th July ‘St Nicolas Church during the Civil War’ Revd Peter Doll
• 11th July ‘Reform and Improvement in 19th Century Abingdon’ Mr Trevor Davies

Next year, I would like to hear a talk on the ‘The History of the Takeaway in Abingdon’