News & Reports
January 31, 2018|Reports
“Suffragettes” by Paul King
Fifty nine Wickham History Society Members and Visitors came to our January talk celebrating the 100th Anniversary of women getting the vote in 1918. We all think we know that the suffragettes won women the vote at the end of the Great War – but Paul King, a local historian and dramatist demonstrated that a little…
Find Out More »December 19, 2017|Reports
“Pantomime and the Role of the Dame” by John Pitman
There was a very full house for the joint Wickham Society / Wickham History Society Christmas meeting on December 5th. The evening began with a presentation to Maggie and David Smith who are moving to be nearer their family. Maggie has fulfilled the role of Treasurer of the History Society for over 15 years with…
Find Out More »November 29, 2017|News
Summer Visit to Little Woodham
Wickham History Society joined with Wickham Society to enjoy a combined summer outing. We visited the Little Woodham Living History Experience, a 17th century village at Gosport. The villagers were pleased to tell us about their way of life and demonstrate their skills – the potter, blacksmith, weaver, lacemaker, herbalist, innkeeper, and the scribe. …
Find Out More »November 29, 2017|Reports
“Once Upon a Time in Wickham” by David Warwick
Just under 60 members and visitors came to hear David Warwick share his boyhood memories of Wickham and its people. David, a retired author of 40+ academic books and just one novel (“Chorus Endings” partially based in Wickham but with a changed name), is a member of the well-known Wickham family. Dorothy, his mother, was…
Find Out More »November 1, 2017|Reports
“SS London” by Simon Wills
51 members and visitors were treated to an well-researched and enthralling account of the loss of this Victorian ship, given by Simon Wills, a maritime genealogist. In 1866 the London was a modern ‘luxury’ vessel, travelling from London to Australia with 269 persons on board plus substantial cargo. The SS London was a “hybrid” at…
Find Out More »October 1, 2017|News
WHS at the Taste of Wickham 2017
Wickham History Society joined “Taste of Wickham” again this year with a display celebrating the ‘Butchers of Wickham’. Did you know we can trace the first known butcher in Wickham back to 1398 ? He was called John Boucher (John the Butcher)! There has been a butcher’s shop where Meon Valley Butcher’s is today for…
Find Out More »May 29, 2017|Reports
Wickham History Society: Annual Report 2016 -2017
Chair’s Introduction: A written report, in addition to the financial report, is an innovation but there have been many activities which merit a report. We hope that you might want to get involved with some of the projects and contribute to or use our archives and website. Do encourage others to join the Society too….
Find Out More »April 30, 2017|Reports
“20 Million Bricks: History of Brickmaking & of Bursledon Brickworks” – Carolyne Haynes
Our talk on April 4th to 48 members and visitors was given by Dr Carolyne Haynes, a retired architect, who has spent the past five years becoming ‘passionate about bricks’ and helping Bursledon Brickworks in its objective to become the country’s leading brick museum and award winning example of industrial archaeology. The first part of…
Find Out More »May 31, 2016|Reports
“Akenhaten: Heretic King?” – Mike Hollis
Mike Hollis, local Wickham historian and Egyptologist, gave a fascinating talk to twenty four members of the History Society on Egypt’s ‘Heretic Pharaoh’. Akenhaten ruled for just seventeen years, but in that short time he created a new state religion, built a new capital and lost an empire. Akenhaten ruled during the Egyptian New Kingdom…
Find Out More »April 30, 2016|Reports
Female lnebriates in Victorian England – Jane Fox
What a title! ln a change from our published programme, Jane Fox, an expert local genealogist, spoke of coming across a mysterious house on the same street while studying her own family history. Number 99 Southam Street in North Kensington had a matron, a deputy matron and 9 ‘inmates’. lt was the Victorian equivalent of today‘s…
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