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1981 |
Rebuilding Wallingford Castle |
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The Regal Dig
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1982 |
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
– a village history |
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Cheers!
– a history of glass
drinking vessels |
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The Bunk
– life, death and
re-birth of the Wallingford branch line
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1983 |
Goring – scenes from
a village history |
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Men of Iron
– the history of the Wilder family of ironfounders |
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Talking Machines
- a hundred years of
recorded sound
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1984 |
Tirrold and Upthorpe
- a portrait of the Astons |
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Pagan Priest and Pastor
- 15 centuries of
worship in Wallingford |
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Be Prepared!
- 75 years of Scouting around Wallingford
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1985 |
Crowmarsh History -
scenes from village life through the centuries |
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On the Parish
- looking after Wallingford’s poor since 1500 |
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POW Sketchbook on the Kwai
- the drawings of Will Wilder
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1986 |
Celebrations -
pictures of special events in Wallingford’s past |
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Buttons
- the development of buttons through the centuries |
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Change at Cholsey
- a thousand years of village history |
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Domesday Book
- the 900th anniversary |
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Playthings of the Past
- children’s toys through the centuries
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1987 |
The Great Exhibition 1851 |
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Wallingford at War |
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Ewelme
- village life through the centuries
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1988 |
Project Thames - visual
study of Thames from source to estuary |
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Water Under the Bridge
- a history of the Thames at Wallingford
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1989 |
Country Cousins -
glimpses of village life around Wallingford |
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Post Haste to Wallingford
- a history of the
town’s postal services
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1990 |
Witta’s People - a
history of Long Wittenham through the ages |
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Payne and Son
- Two centuries of a family firm
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1991 |
South Stoke – a
Dove’s Eye View |
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Kegs & Ale
– malting, brewing and drinking in Wallingford
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1992 |
Museum closed for
refurbishment
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1993 |
Museum reopened (except Norreys Room)
The Wallingford Story
(temporary) &
Wallingford Bypass
– the archaeology
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1994 |
Travel Through Time
– transport in and around Wallingford
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1995 |
POW Sketchbook
- the drawings of Will Wilder
& opening of new gallery, The Wallingford Story in the
Norreys Room
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1996 |
Wallingford & the Civil War - the full
story
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1997 |
Putting Wallingford on the Map - all about
maps of Wallingford
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1998 |
A Touch of Nostalgia
– a history of Wallingford School
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1999 |
Snapshots of the Century
– the craft of the local photographer
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2000-01 |
Battlements & Beyond
– the story of the Wallingford Castle site
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2002 |
‘Sweet Thames Run Softly’
– life & work of wood engraver Robert Gibbings & |
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Golden Jubilee
– Royal Celebrations in Wallingford
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2003 |
Sir William Blackstone
– his life and work & |
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The Thames in Flood
– the photographic evidence
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2004 |
Above & Beyond – a
history of RAF Benson & |
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Books Birds & Bones
– an impression of the Free Library & Literary Institute and the
Museum it once contained
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2005 |
1155 & All That! –
850 Years of Wallingford’s Charter & |
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Books, Birds & Bones
continued
& |
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Wallingford’s Historic Documents
– a special
exhibition for the 850th Charter Celebrations
[downstairs]
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2006 |
From Cross-stitch to
Computers -
75 Years of Cranford House School & |
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Wallingford Underground
– 40 Years of Town Archaeology & |
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2007 |
1155 & All That
continued "I Remember That..!" - thousands of
everyday items from the last 60 years |
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2008 |
In Touch with Our Ancestors
– how and what we know about the way people lived in the past
&
Wallingford's Artistic
Legacy - the Victorian
Painters (Leslie, Hayllar and Rowbotham) and their pupils
(particularly Kate Latter) and descendants &
Burh to Borough Project -
a report on progress as it happens in the first year of this
major archaeological project.
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2009 |
Raising the Roof
–
Wallingford's Homes & their Families.
A detailed look at the history of twelve representative old
buildings in Wallingford (and one 20th century one), with
particular emphasis on the people who lived in them +
Discovering Oxfordshire's Buildings (Oxford Building Record
loan exhibition) &
Burh to Borough Project 2
- a report on progress as it happens in the second year of this
major archaeological project.
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2010 |
Wallingford Before the Town.
Our first exhibition devoted entirely to the prehistoric, Roman
and early Saxon periods before the building of Alfred the
Great’s defensive town or burh &
Celebrating Wallingford Schools - - looking at Education
in and around Wallingford in the 20th century with the spotlight
on local schools &
Burh to Borough Project 3
- an update on progress in the final year of this major
archaeological project.
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