The Oxfordshire Local History Association has issued an invitation to SCLHS members (and members of other affiliated local history societies) to attend the OLHA’s AGM and Autumn Study Meeting via Zoom on Saturday 14th November 2020 11.00am - 12.30pm. For details click here.
The short AGM will be followed by an illustrated talk on Oxfordshire during the Second World War by historian Stephen Barker.
Stephen will explore the impact of the war on Oxfordshire, activities on the home front, and significant events in which Oxfordshire people were involved abroad.
Topics will include evacuation, prisoners of war, airfields, refugees, everyday life, rationing, war work, the evacuation of Dunkirk, Arnhem, and the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
There is no charge for attending the AGM and talk, but those wishing to do so should register by e-mailing the membership secretary, Liz Woolley, before 5pm on Thursday 12 November. They will then be sent instructions as to how to join the meeting via Zoom.
