CAVERSHAM HEIGHTS SOCIETY
|| 2009-2010 Programme || Visits & News ||
The society meets twice monthly on Wednesday evenings from September to March/April, for talks and presentations on a wide range of subjects. We also arrange visits to theatres and places of interest together with a four-day 'mini-holiday' usually in May. The talks and presentations, fourteen in number and mostly illustrated, are given by invited speakers. The venue is:
Caversham Heights Methodist Church Hall
74 Highmoor Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7BG
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Our 2009 MINI-HOLIDAY, from 8th to 11th May, to Derbyshire was based on the Holiday Inn, Sandiacre. From there we visited various places of interest in the area including Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum, Northamptonshire. Further pictures of the holiday can be seen by clicking on the link below.
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Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal |
A nearby picturesque cottage |
Our 35th season commencd at 7.30pm on Wednesday, 16th September 2009 with a short AGM
followed at 8pm with a talk by Peter Bean entitled:
A Personal Illustrated History of Salisbury
This talk was extremely interesting and Peter Bean has kindly put together a walking tour of Salisbury (plus map) illustrating many of the places of interest he covered in his talk. This can be accessed as a pdf file by clicking HERE
Numbers are limited by the size of the hall but there still some vacancies for the present season.
The subscription for 2009-2010 is £13 per person.
If you wish to contact us, or are interested in joining, please telephone 0118 934 5004.
Membership is NOT restricted to residents of Caversham.
There are many other activities and events going on in Caversham, also a variety of shops and eating places. Full information, including some very interesting historical facts, can be found on Caversham's very own websites at:
www.caversham.org.uk, www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/rg4
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Updated 7 October 2009
The drawing of the bridge is attributed to Pat Barker whom we are unable to trace.
