Talks / Events

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Talks are usually held in the Cricklade Town Hall annexe, doors open at 7.00pm for 7.30 pm with refreshments available on arrival.
Members free – Non-Members £5

The Museum is open most Wednesdays 2pm – 4pm and Saturdays 10am – 12pm (Free admittance) – see here for opening times

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1 peb01dt1 peb01dt1 06/01/2025 07:18 AM AGM 06/01/2025 07:18 AM 19/02/2025 07:30 PM Town Hall Annexe Members & Visitors welcome More details
2 peb01dt1 peb01dt1 06/01/2025 07:23 AM This England just where did it come from? 07/01/2025 07:53 PM 19/03/2025 07:30 PM Town Hall Annexe The Rev’d Dr. Nicholas Henderson “An often forgotten and mysterious period in English History and Architecture, but the legacy lingers and is with us visibly and linguistically to this day. An exploration into the great upheavals in society and community as reflected in architecture and cultural change that disrupted and formed two great English cultures.”

Canute, to William the Conqueror, to the Tudors and everything in between. The Anglo-Saxons and the Normans - gave us an enduring legacy, but so did the Danes and the Church. An often forgotten and mysterious period in what was to become ... 'English' history. The legacy lingers on visibly and even audibly in architecture, linguistics and society. An exploration into the great upheavals in society and community that dis-rupted and formed the cultural feeds into what was to become England and eventually Great Britain
Members & Visitors welcome More details This-England-2-150x150.png
4 peb01dt1 peb01dt1 07/01/2025 07:01 AM Aircraft production at South Marston 07/01/2025 08:23 AM 16/04/2025 07:30 PM Town Hall Annexe Bill King The history of the South Marston aircraft factory from it’s opening in 1940 until it’s closure and demolition in 1985. With many local references. Members & Visitors welcome More details
5 peb01dt1 peb01dt1 07/01/2025 07:13 AM WW2 The Starr Brothers 07/01/2025 07:52 PM 21/05/2025 07:30 PM Town Hall Annexe Paul Gentleman Covers three airmen from WW2. The Starr Brothers from Swindon – Harold and John, plus Harold’s brother-in-law. Covers the Battle of Britain, the Great Escape and the attack of the V1 bomb by Germany. Members & Visitors welcome More details
6 peb01dt1 peb01dt1 07/01/2025 07:17 AM Guide Walk - Tracing the "Route of the Saxon Walls" of Cricklade 07/01/2025 07:55 PM 06/06/2025 07:00 PM Cricklade Museum Walk starts: Museum – 7.00pm (approx 1.5hrs)
(Partly over uneven terrain) .
Finishes: Cricklade Museum where refreshments will be served.
FREE TO ALL ~ DONATIONS ARE WELCOME More details
7 peb01dt1 peb01dt1 07/01/2025 08:26 AM The North Wessex Way 07/01/2025 08:26 AM 18/06/2025 07:30 PM Members & Visitors welcome David Mitchell When David was given an almost 400 year old map – number 79 from an old atlas – showing a route running between Oxford and Bristol via Wiltshire, a ten year journey of discovery began. Romans, Kings and Armies have all marched along a road that has been forgotten in time. More details
8 peb01dt1 peb01dt1 07/01/2025 08:29 AM Guided Walk - Topic TBC 07/01/2025 08:29 AM 24/08/2025 02:00 PM Town Hall - Car Park More details
9 peb01dt1 peb01dt1 07/01/2025 08:36 AM To be confirmed 07/01/2025 08:36 AM 17/09/2025 07:30 PM Town Hall Annexe Mark Clarke Members & Visitors welcome More details
10 peb01dt1 peb01dt1 07/01/2025 08:38 AM War to Wildlife Project 07/01/2025 08:38 AM 15/10/2025 07:30 PM Town Hall Annexe Vince Povey “With a lean towards the cold war wireless experiments.” Members & Visitors welcome More details