Wednesday 3rd September 2008:- Dr Brian O’Callaghan

MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS FROM BURGUNDY AND CANTERBURY - A BERKSHIRE REDISCOVERY

All Saints’ Church Hall, The Causeway, Marlow at 8 P.M.

£2.50 members/£3.50 visitors - free refreshments 

Dr Brian O’Callaghan is Head of the School of Continuing Education, University of Reading and Senior Lecturer in History of Art and Architecture. He researchs into Medieval Stained Glass in the ancient county of Berkshire.

This lecture will describe how important 12th and 13th century stained glass came to be discovered in a storeroom on the military garrison at Arborfield. Much of this early glass can be shown to have originated in Canterbury Cathedral, whilst other panels are traceable to a thirteenth-century church in Burgundy.

 NOT TO BE MISSED!

Julian Richards

Thursday 2nd October 2008:-

STONEHENGE, THE STORY SO FAR

Liston Hall, Marlow at 8 P.M.

£7.50 for non members and £5.00 members.

The presenter of BBC's 'Meet The Ancestors' returns to MAS! 

Julian is an authority on Britain's most famous ancient monument.

He will discuss the latest findings from this year's excavations on the site.

Thursday 6th November 2008:- Cyril McCombe

THE STORY OF CAST IRON FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

All Saints’ Church Hall, The Causeway, Marlow at 8 P.M.

£2.50 members/£3.50 visitors - free refreshments 

Cyril is a world authority on cast iron.

Thursday, 27th November 2008: - Gary Marshall

'CLIVEDEN- THE ARCHAEOLOGY'.

Holy Trinity Parish Centre, Church Gate, Cookham Village at 8 p.m.

(There is a plenty of car parking space).

£2.50 members/£3.50 visitors - free refreshments 

Gary is the NT archaeologist for the Thames & Solent Region and will talk about the findings from a major survey of Cliveden estate’s archaeology carried out by Wessex Archaeology.