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2025 Programme
Date	Topic
Tuesday14th January 2025	'Women of Oxford'  (Jane Dickinson) Highlighting  a range of women linked to the University and the Town
11th February 2025	‘The Joys and Perils of being an Author’ (Crime and Murder Mystery writer: Colin Wade)
11th March 2025	AGM
Saturday 5th April 2025	Marston Community Market - Mortimer Hall (11am - 2pm)
Tuesday 8th April 2025	“Isle of Skye -  Off the Beaten Track” (John Rogers )
Tuesday 13th May 2025	“Every Object Tells a Story” Tales of the Unexpected from the Pitt Rivers Museum  (Lucy Gasson)
Friday 23rd May 2025	Meet at the Pitt Rivers Museum (in the Natural History Museum) to find the artefacts described in Lucy Gasson’s talk.
Tuesday 10th June 2025	Games evening (Choose your favourite board game to play with friends.)
Saturday 21st June 2025	Marston Community Market - Mortimer Hall (10am - 1pm)
Sunday 22nd June 2025	Love Marston Love Life - Mortimer Park (3 - 5pm)
Tuesday 8th July 2025	“Do Women make better spies than men?” (Melanie King)
Friday 8th August 2025	Visit to Waterperry Gardens - Meet in the teashop at 3pm
Tuesday 12th August 2025	“Isle of Skye - Off the Beaten Track” (John Rogers )  (We will be seeing the slides that we missed on his last visit.)
Tuesday 9th September 2025	CPR (Christian McGuiness)
Saturday 20th 2025 September	Charity Cream Tea - St Nicholas Church Hall (2-4pm)
Tuesday 14th October 2025	“Always a Nurse” (Mary McClarey) Mary will talk about her books and her career as a nurse
Tuesday 11th November 2025	“The legend of the Fair Rosamund and Henry II” (Jane Dickinson) Jane, a local historian, will be focusing on Wolvercote and Godstow Abbey
Tuesday 9th December 2025	Christmas Party - Bring and share refreshments

2024 Programme
Date	Topic	Extras
January 9th 2024	Bingo (Committee)
February 13th  2024	Hand Bell Ringers (Hugh Deam)
March 12th  2024	AGM & Quiz (Committee)	.
April 9th    2024	How do they do it?  Maxillofacial Surgery (Mr Pradeep Anand - JR Hospital)
May 14th  2024	The Mitford Sisters (Gillian Cane)
June 11th  2024	Make a summer floral arrangement (Wendy Mazey)	Bring greenery if you can
July  9th   2024	The Ascott Martyrs The women from Ascott under Wychwood who were imprisoned in 1873 for their role in founding the first Trade Union (Carol Anderson)
August 13th  2024	Summer Party           Make your own smoothies   (Jackie Whittaker)
September 10th  2024	Yoga Philosophy and Practice with a few easy-to-manage exercises (Catherine Huck)
October 8th  2024	Indian Block Printing A chance to try this traditional craft (Marea Brown)	Please bring £3.50  if you would like to print a bag or a tea-towel to take home
November 12th 2024	Beetle Drive
December 10th  2024	Make a Christmas Table                Decoration           (Wendy Mazey)	Bring greenery if you can
14th January 2025	'Women of Oxford'             (Jane Dickinson will be highlighting a range of women linked to the University and the Town.)
11th February 2025	‘The Joys and Perils of being an Author’. (Crime and Murder Mystery writer: Colin Wade)	There will be an opportunity to buy Colin’s books.
11th March 2025	AGM

2023 Programme
Date	Topic
January 10th	Quiz - 1960s Music
February 14th	Talk on canal boating (John Paine)
March 14th	AGM (Committee)
April 11th	Zumba
May 9th	Coronation Celebration Party & Quiz
June 13th	Crime Fiction (Peter Tickler)
July  11th	Marston Resident Norman Heatley;  one of the pioneers of penicillin (Jennie Burrow)
August 8th	Summer Party & Picnics Quiz (Committee)
September 12th	Child Labour in the Nineteenth Century (Liz Woolley)
October 10th	Pandemain: Setting up a micro-bakery in Marston (Catherine Paxton)
November 14th	Morris Minors & Films (Ann Ford)
December 12th	Make a Christmas Table Decoration (Wendy Mazey)