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If you are interested in the history of our surroundings, this group
may be for you.
The aim of the Group is to delve into the history of local areas by
visiting local historical places and arranging guided tours or having a
speaker on a topic of local historical interest. Meetings
are
held on the last Thursday in the month.
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The January meeting includes planning of the programme for the year, and already a number of talks and visits are planned.
We also plan to start a project on Places of Worship in the Bracknell
area, so it will be interesting to learn more about the variety of
churches and different denominations that are available locally.
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A Risk Assesment for this Group can be found here.
Before attending a meeting of this Group for the
first time please contact the coordinator as below.
For
more information please email:-
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Recent Activities
In May we visited the Battle of Britain bunker at Uxbridge. This proved
to be a fascinating exhibition showing how Britain’s air defences were
developed from the First World War through to the end of the Second
World War. A guide explained to us how the plotting map worked,
tracking incoming enemy aircraft and the RAF response by our fighter
pilots. The system designed by Sir Hugh Dowding in about 1937 used
radar and observation points which sent information on aircraft
movements to the group headquarters, so giving an overall picture of
what was going on. We marvelled at the success of the design and all
that it achieved.
The exhibition also includes
first-hand accounts of people who worked in the bunker during the
Battle of Britain, some of the aeroplanes and equipment of the time,
and the contribution of the Polish Air Force.
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