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Meeting date :- 20 September 2000
Subject and speaker :- History of Hedgerows - Bill Trumper & Peter Sheasby
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Meeting date :- 18 October 2000
Subject and speaker :- History of Bellringers in Oxfordshire - Barry Davis
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Meeting date :- 15 November 2000
Subject and speaker :- AGM Followed by Blenheim Palace Illustrated Tour - John Edwards
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Meeting date :- 17 January 2001
Subject and speaker :- Tanning - An Unknown Trade - Alan Raistrick
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Our January meeting got us off to an interesting start for the new year with Alan Raistrick coming from Chinnor to talk to us about Tanning. He began with a photo of his grandfather and others in the early 1900s in Bronte country carring out tanning. He outlined for us the varied uses of leather, and the processes that skins have to go through before becoming the finished product. There was originally a great use if it in the textile trade and other industrial machines, but as machines changed there was less of a need for the leather belts. From being an 'unknown trade' to us , it is now unfortunately becoming a dying trade. He concluded a most interesting talk with some samples including one made from kangarro skin.
Author :- James Sheppy
Date written :- 21/03/06
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Meeting date :- 21 February 2001
Subject and speaker :- Oxfordshire in the Second World War - Malcolm Graham
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Meeting date :- 21 March 2001
Subject and speaker :- St Luke's New County Archives - Carl Boardman
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Meeting date :- 18 April 2001
Subject and speaker :- Upper Thames Patrol - Bill King
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Meeting date :- 16 May 2001
Subject and speaker :- History of Child Rearing - Jan Warner
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