Our new programme of activities is available in the November newsletter for Members and is listed in greater detail in our Events Calendar on this website.
As we approach Christmas, we have social events at which members can meet old friends and make new ones. There’s an Afternoon Tea Party on 22 November at the Cotswold Lodge Hotel with sandwiches, scones and cakes on offer (forget your diet that afternoon!). We’re also introducing monthly informal Coffee Mornings providing an opportunity for members to meet at the Weston Library café for a chat over a cup of tea or coffee from 10.30am on the last Tuesday of the month, starting on 29 November (no December meeting).
The 2022 programme ends on 13 December with a lecture at Magdalen College Auditorium, in which National Trust Conservator Hilary Jarvis describes how the Trust deals with the dangers of pest infestation in its collections.
Into the New Year….
We’re planning a group visit to Evita, performed by Oxford Operatic at Oxford Playhouse, on 26 January, with the option of a pre-theatre supper. And there’ll be informal Coffee Mornings at the Weston Café on 31 January, 28 February and 28 March.
We have organised a couple of lectures via Zoom in January and February for our Members to view in their own homes. The first will be a talk on Preserving Chastleton House, and the February lecture is on Oxford Botanic Garden at 400 with Professor Simon Hiscock, Director of the Botanic Garden.
A visit to the fascinating Roman Baths in Bath is sure to prove a popular outing by coach from Oxford on 14 March, with newly installed interpretative displays, film projections and soundscapes making this a unique experience.
The AGM of Oxford Centre will be held at Magdalen Auditorium on 21 March 2023, followed by a lecture entitled Colonial Photographic Collections at the National Trust.