Our Newsletter

In September 2014 our quarterly newsletter, produced to inform the membership about forthcoming talks and events, expanded into a monthly newsletter with articles and items of interest. This then split into two separate publications in July 2022, a monthly newsletter and a quarterly magazine. These are sent to members by e-mail although those members of the Society who do not have ready access to the internet do receive paper copies.

Previous editions of the newsletter are available here for those visiting our website who may be interested in finding out what we offer to members of the Bicester Local History Society:

BLHS Newsletter

Issue 16 - October 2023 - News and events for October
BLHS Newsletter 16
  • 2024 Calendar Launch
  • Victorian Christmas Talk
  • Date Stones
  • St Edburg's Christmas Coffee Morning
  • OLHA Study Day in Bicester
Issue 15 - September 2023 - News and events for September
BLHS Newsletter 15
  • 2024 Calendar Launch
  • Victorian Christmas Talk
  • Plea for Volunteers
  • Ghosts and Ghouls
  • Archaeology, Artifacts and a Career in Ruins Talk
Issue 14 - August 2023 - News and events for August
BLHS Newsletter 14
  • Annual General Meeting
  • 2024 Calendar Launch
  • A Question from the Chairman
  • 19th Century Women Travellers Talk
Issue 13 - July 2023 - News and events for July
BLHS Newsletter 13
  • Over the Hills to Glory Talk
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Local Historians of the Future
Issue 12 - June 2023 - News and events for June
BLHS Newsletter 12
  • Oxford Botanic Garden Talk
  • Over The Hills to Glory Talk
Issue 11 - May 2023 - News and events for May
BLHS Newsletter 11
  • 19th Century Women Travellers Talk
  • St Edburg's Church Coronation Coffee Morning
  • Oxford Botanic Garden Talk
  • Bicester Village Planning Application Approved
  • Buckingham Town Walk
Issue 10 - April 2023 - News and events for April
BLHS Newsletter 10
  • Archaeology, Artefacts and a Career in Ruins Talk
  • St Edburg's Church Coronation Coffee Morning
  • 19th Century Women Travellers Talk
  • Bicester: A Potted History
Issue 9 - March 2023 - News and events for March
BLHS Newsletter 9
  • Can Onions Cure Earache? Talk
  • Buckingham History Tour Outing
  • Coronation Celebrations in Bicester Display
  • Archaeology, Artefacts and a Career in Ruins Talk
  • Bicester: A Potted History
Issue 8 - February 2023 - News and events for February
BLHS Newsletter 8
  • Special Request for Help
  • From Doilies to 007 Talk
  • Their Finest Hour
  • Can Onions Cure Earache? Talk
  • BALH Publications for Loan
Issue 7 - January 2023 - News and events for January
BLHS Newsletter 7
  • History of Brewing in Oxford Talk
  • Coronation Memorabilia Appeal
  • Bicester's Manorial History Talk
  • Graven Hill Through Time Talk
Issue 6 - December 2022 - News and events for December
BLHS Newsletter 6
  • Christmas Social Event
  • St Edburg's Church Christmas Tree Festival
  • History of Brewing in Oxford Talk
  • Calendars Available - Last Chance
  • Stoke Lyne Hoard
  • Bicester Village Planning Application
Issue 5 - November 2022 - News and events for November
BLHS Newsletter 5
  • Bicester's Great War Talk
  • Calendar Available
  • St Edburg's Church Christmas Tree Festival
  • Christmas Social Event
  • 2022 AGM Report
Issue 4 - October 2022 - News and events for October
BLHS Newsletter 4
  • 2022/3 Subscriptions
  • Calendar Available
  • Michael Morgan
  • The River at War Talk
  • St Edburg's Church Christmas Tree Festival
  • St Edburg's Christmas Coffee Morning
Issue 3 - September 2022 - News and events for September
BLHS Newsletter 3
  • AGM Postponed
  • New Calendar for Sale
  • Subscriptions Due
  • Bicester Historian Quarterly Magazine
  • The River at War Talk
  • Public Consultation for Oxford Road Sports Ground
  • Accession of the New King
Issue 2 - August 2022 - News and events for August
BLHS Newsletter 2
  • Town Walks
  • July's Talk Postponed
  • Shelswell History Festival
  • Bicester Historian Quarterly Magazine
  • AGM & 2023 Calendar Launch
Issue 1 - July 2022 - News and events for July
BLHS Newsletter 1
  • Town Walks
  • Jubilee Market Stall
  • Shelswell History Festival
  • July's Talk
  • Town Trail Available
  • 2023 Calendar

Bicester Historian

Issue 89 - June 2022 - Changing Things Up
Bicester Historian 89
  • Gavray Meadows
  • Bicester's Boer War (part 4)
  • Talks Update
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Summer Walks
  • Alchester Talk
Issue 88 - May 2022 - Getting Back Out There
Bicester Historian 88
  • Geoff Miles
  • Bicester's Boer War (part 3)
  • Talks Update
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Summer Walks
  • Bicester Reflections Talk
Issue 87 - April 2022 - Flying into Trouble
Bicester Historian 87
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bicester's Boer War (2)
  • Talks Update
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Homes Fit for Heroes Talk
Issue 86 - March 2022 - 140 Years of a Valuable Source
Bicester Historian 86
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bicester's Boer War (1)
  • Talks Update
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Bicester Reflections Book
Issue 85 - February 2022 - Transportation - The Story of Martha Busby
Bicester Historian 85
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Town Walks
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bicester Reflections Book
Issue 84 - January 2022 - Edwardian Views
Bicester Historian 84
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Correction
  • Roll of Honour
  • 2022 Walks
Issue 83 - December 2021 - Christmas Quiz
Bicester Historian 83
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Membership Renewals
  • Roll of Honour
  • Oxfordshire and the Spanish Civil War Talk
Issue 82 - November 2021 - Return to the Old Ways
Bicester Historian 82
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Bicester Aerodrome?
  • Roll of Honour
  • Book Review
  • War Memorial
Issue 81 - October 2021 - Bicester's Spooky Side
Bicester Historian 81
  • Bygone Bicester - September
  • Bygone Bicester - October
  • Talks Update
  • Roll of Honour
  • Art as Historical Evidence Talk
Issue 80 - September 2021 - Bicestre Cottage Hospital
Bicester Historian 80
  • Bygone Bicester - June
  • Esme Timms
  • Oxford Canal & Tooley's Boatyard Talk
  • Bygone Bicester - July
  • Roll of Honour
  • Careless Talk Cost Them Their Jobs
  • Bygone Bicester - August
  • Wychwood Forest & Cornbury Park Talk
  • Talks Update
  • AGM 2021 - Chairman's Report
  • AGM 2021 - Treasurer's Report
  • AGM 2021 - Accounts
Issue 79 - May 2021 - Bicester's Bell Foundry
Bicester Historian 79
  • Joints and Braces Talk
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
Issue 78 - April 2021 - French Red Cross Day
Bicester Historian 78
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Salt in Prehistoric Britain Talk
Issue 77 - March 2021 - Look Mummy - Its Another Beauty!
Bicester Historian 77
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Incident at Stratton Audley
  • Bicester Memories
  • Talks Update
  • Roll of Honour
  • Tragedy of a Gifted Actor
Issue 76 - February 2021 - In for a Penny
Bicester Historian 76
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
Issue 75 - January 2021 - How Not to Choose a War Memorial
Bicester Historian 75
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Picture Puzzle
Issue 74 - December 2020 - Festival of Light & Hope
Bicester Historian 74
  • Election News for Christmas?
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Ten Tips for Christmas
  • Self Help Clubs
  • Christmas Traditions
Issue 73 - November 2020 - Oxford House and its Ethnographic Dealer
Bicester Historian 73
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bygone Bicester
Issue 72 - October 2020 - Worzel Captures Their Heads - and Hearts!
Bicester Historian 72
  • Roll of Honour
  • Under the Floorboards Talk
  • Bygone Bicester
Issue 71 - September 2020 - Changing Bicester
Bicester Historian 71
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • AGM - 2019 Minutes
  • AGM - Chairman's Report
  • AGM - Treasurer's Report
Issue 70 - August 2020 - Bicester's Hidden History
Bicester Historian 70
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bygone Bicester - July
  • Bicester, From a Brook - The Bobbies
  • Talks Update
  • Bygone Bicester - August
Issue 69 - June 2020 - 1970s Bicester
Bicester Historian 69
  • Bygone Bicester - May
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bicester, From a Brook - Fighting the Fires
  • Bygone Bicester - June
  • Talks Update
  • Mick Wall
Issue 68 - April 2020 - Nobby Clark's Commandos
Bicester Historian 68
  • Bicester, From a Brook - Stop Coachman!
  • Bygone Bicester - Bumper Edition
  • Talks Update
  • Interesting eBay Item
Issue 67 - March 2020 - "sicut tu quaedam vinum?"
Bicester Historian 67
  • Bicester, From a Brook - Between Two Fires
  • Caversfield County Primary School
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Picture Oxon Talk
Issue 66 - February 2020 - Busy Year Ahead
Bicester Historian 66
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Bicester, From a Brook - Another Royal Visitor
  • Cotswold Stone Barns Talk
Issue 65 - January 2020 - Counting the Days
Bicester Historian 65
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Bicester, From a Brook - History in Stone
  • Talks Update
  • Bicester's Great War Talk
Issue 64 - December 2019 - A Christmas Journey from Town
Bicester Historian 64
  • Talks Update
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Bicester, From a Brook - A Royal Visitor
  • Christmas Tree Festival
  • Oxford's Base & Brickish Skirt Talk
Issue 63 - November 2019 - Brookside School's 150th
Bicester Historian 63
  • Bicester From a Brook - An Old Window
  • Roll of Honour
  • Christmas Tree Appeal
  • Talks Update
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talking Maps
Issue 62 - October 2019 - Then and Then and Now
Bicester Historian 62
  • Bicester, From a Brook - Passers-by in Causeway
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Bygone Bicester
  • When Bicester Paid Tolls
Issue 61 - September 2019 - Wooden Anniversary
Bicester Historian 61
  • Bicester, From a Brook - Phase Three
  • Marj's Memories - The Crown Hotel and Cinema
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Bicester's Jubilee Buildings
Issue 60 - August 2019 - Mystery Solved
Bicester Historian 60
  • Bicester, From a Brook - Phase Two
  • Bicester Festival & Heritage Open Day
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Oxfordshire & the Norman Conquest Talk
Issue 59 - July 2019 - Out and About
Bicester Historian 59
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Museum Resource Centre Open Day
  • Bicester, From a Brook - Phase One
  • Upper Heyford Heritage Centre
  • New Library Display
  • Oxford Past & Present Talk
Issue 58 - June 2019 - A Wonderful Resource
Bicester Historian 58
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Fred Withington
  • Talks Update
  • Cholera Boy Nearly Buried Alive
Issue 57 - May 2019 - Building Site Treasure Trove
Bicester Historian 57
  • Lord Bicester
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • The Roaring 20s Talk
Issue 56 - April 2019 - Bombs Away!
Bicester Historian 56
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Marj's Memories - Bicester Post Office
  • Common Right to Private Property Talk
  • Gill King
  • Talks Update
  • St Mary's Church, Launton
Issue 55 - March 2019 - Battle of the Sexes
Bicester Historian 55
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Oxfordshire Mills Talk
  • Talks Update
  • St Peter's Church, Bucknell
Issue 54 - February 2019 - Memorial Bench Installed
Bicester Historian 54
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Churches Have Memories Talk
  • Talks Update
  • St Laurence's Church, Caversfield
Issue 53 - January 2019 - The Prize Medal Tailor
Bicester Historian 53
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Christmas Social Film Show
Issue 52 - December 2018 - Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Bicester Historian 52
  • Marj's Memories - Evans Yard & Alf Evans' Shop
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Oxfordshire in 50 Objects Talk
Issue 51 - November 2018 - We Did Remember Them
Bicester Historian 51
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Christmas Tree Festival
  • Marj's Memories - Death in the 1940s
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • A Few Old Adverts
Issue 50 - October 2018 - We Will Remember Them
Bicester Historian 50
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • 2018 AGM
  • Aynho Village Walk
  • St Edburg's Foundation AGM
  • Library Display
  • Talks Update
  • Marj's Memories - National Service at the Arncott Depot
Issue 49 - September 2018 - Extraordinary Women
Bicester Historian 49
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Chesterton Village Walk
  • Roll of Honour
  • Our Boys 1914-1918
  • Talks Update
  • Upcoming Events
Issue 48 - August 2018 - A Grand Day Out
Bicester Historian 48
  • AGM Notice
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Tribute to Pam Chivers
  • Roll of Honour
  • Summer Walks
  • Heritage Open Day
  • Talks Update
  • Poundon War Secrets Talk
Issue 47 - July 2018 - Festival Success
Bicester Historian 47
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Grandpont Walk
  • Roll of Honour
  • Railways Talk
  • Archive Update
  • Talks Update
  • Fire Station Open Day
Issue 46 - June 2018 - Pagans and Puritans
Bicester Historian 46
  • Meg Latham
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Walks and Outings
  • Roll of Honour
  • Marj's Memories - Traffic in the Fifties
  • Village History - Weston-on-the-Green
  • Talks Update
  • A Dark Night in 1940
Issue 45 - May 2018 - A New Lease of Life
Bicester Historian 45
  • Marj's Memories - Rationing During the War and After
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Village History - Wendlebury
  • Walks and Outings
  • Talks Update
  • Charles Dickens Talk
Issue 44 - April 2018 - A Window into Bicester's Architectural History
Bicester Historian 44
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Heritage Open Day
  • Village History - Upper Heyford
  • Marj's Memories - The Old and the Young in the 1930s & 40s
  • Talks Update
  • Launton Roll of Honour Appeal
Issue 43 - March 2018 - Bicester in the 1870s
Bicester Historian 43
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Village History - Stratton Audley
  • Roll of Honour
  • Marj's Memories - Cinemas in Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • History of Oxford University Talk
Issue 42 - February 2018 - Nurturing Future Local Historians
Bicester Historian 42
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Marj's Memories - The Garth in the Forties
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Village History - Stoke Lyne
  • Summer Walks Programme
  • Excavations at the Westgate Talk
Issue 41 - January 2018 - Another Successful Calendar
Bicester Historian 41
  • Marj's Memories - A Poem I Learned at School
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Village History - Souldern
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Canal Communities Talk
Issue 40 - December 2017 - Disaster Averted
Bicester Historian 40
  • Marj's Memories - Some of What My Mother Told Me
  • Roll of Honour
  • Village History - Somerton
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Christmas Tree Festival
Issue 39 - November 2017 - New Approach Pays Off
Bicester Historian 39
  • Marj's Memories - Juniper Hill
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Bicester Cakes Recipe
  • Village History - Shelswell
  • Talks Update
  • Roll of Honour
  • Evacuation to Bicester Talk
Issue 38 - October 2017 - Your Society Needs You / Read All About It!
Bicester Historian 38
  • Marj's Memories - St Edburg's Hall
  • Bygone Bicester
  • St Edburg's Heritage Day
  • Roll of Honour
  • Village History - Piddington
  • Talks Update
  • Bicester Brains Trust
Issue 37 - September 2017 - Hidden Bicester
Bicester Historian 37
  • Marj's Memories - Starting Work in Grendon Prison
  • Family History Fair
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Village History - Oddington
  • Talks Update
  • Peripatetic Poor Talk
Issue 36 - August 2017 - History Centre Saved (For Now)
Bicester Historian 36
  • Marj's Memories - The Old Workhouse
  • Church Heritage Day
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Village History - Noke
  • Talks Update
  • Glove Making Talk
Issue 35 - July 2017 - Vandalism in Church
Bicester Historian 35
  • Village History - Newton Purcell
  • Marj's Memories - A Song We Sang in the War
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Final Rotation
  • Roll of Honour
  • Church Heritage Day
  • Talks Update
  • Local History Talk
Issue 34 - June 2017 - Merry Morris in Kirtlington
Bicester Historian 34
  • Village History - Mixbury
  • Marj's Memories - Mr Truby and 'The Bikes'
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Full Steam Ahead
  • Talks Update
  • Shellswell History Festival
  • Bicester's Big Lunch
Issue 33 - May 2017 - Market Value
Bicester Historian 33
  • Village History - Middleton Stoney
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Marj's Memories - The Typing School in Oxford
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Roman Pottery Industry Talk
Issue 32 - April 2017 - St Edburg's Walk
Bicester Historian 32
  • Village History - Merton
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Oxfordshire History Centre
  • Summer Walks
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Marj's Memories - The Headmaster at the Senior School
  • Oxfordshire Castles Talk
Issue 31 - March 2017 - Law and Order
Bicester Historian 31
  • Village History - Lower Heyford
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Marj's Memories - The Eisteddfod
  • Roll of Honour
  • The Heyford Murder
  • Esme Nicholson
  • Talks Update
  • Library Events
Issue 30 - February 2017 - Bicester in Old Photos
Bicester Historian 30
  • Village History - Launton
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Society News
  • Marj's Memories - The Co-op
  • Talks Update
  • Old Photographs Talk
Issue 29 - January 2017 - Another Great Xmas Tree Festival
Bicester Historian 29
  • Village History - Kirtlington
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Marj's Memories - London Brick Company
  • Roll of Honour
  • Society News
  • Talks Update
  • Drovers' Roads Talk
Issue 28 - December 2016 - A Wartime Christmas
Bicester Historian 28
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Village History - Islip
  • Marj’s Memories - The Doctor's Surgery in Evans' Yard
  • Talks Update
  • Oxfordshire Historical Atlas Talk
Issue 27 - November 2016 - Bicester's Shopping Boon
Bicester Historian 27
  • Village History - Horton-cum-Studley
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Marj’s Memories - Rigdon Hall
  • Roll of Honour
  • 2017 Calendar
  • Talks Update
  • Mediaeval Women Talk
Issue 26 - October 2016 - A Spooky Tale
Bicester Historian 26
  • Village History - Hethe
  • Marj’s Memories - The Allotments
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Xmas Tree Festival Appeal
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Museum Resources Centre Open House
Issue 25 - September 2016 - Beyond the Priory
Bicester Historian 25
  • Village History - Hardwick
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Marj’s Memories - The Causeway Shops in the Forties
  • Roll of Honour
  • Family History Fair
  • Talks Update
  • The Real Candleford Green Talk
Issue 24 - August 2016 - The Pioneer Square Crows
Bicester Historian 24
  • Village History - Hampton Poyle
  • Buildings of Bicester Quiz
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Summer Events
  • Marj’s Memories - The Things We Didn't Have
  • Talks Update
  • Lost Villages of Oxfordshire Talk
Issue 23 - July 2016 - Our Darkest Time
Bicester Historian 23
  • Village History - Hampton Gay
  • Roll of Honour
  • Summer Walks & Outings
  • Marj’s Memories - Primrose Cottage
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Buildings of Bicester Quiz
  • Talks Update
  • Backyards of Bicester Walk
Issue 22 - June 2016 - Oxfordshire in 50 Objects
Bicester Historian 22
  • Village History - Godington
  • Marj's Memories - Faces of Bicester Town
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Big Lunch
  • Missionary Pageant at the Garth
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Dressing Up the Past Talk
Issue 21 - May 2016 - Priory Site Still at Risk
Bicester Historian 21
  • Village History - Fritwell
  • Marj's Memories - Cookery Lessons at the Grammar School
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • 30 Years of BLHS Talk
  • Talks Update
Issue 20 - April 2016 - BLHS Anniversary
Bicester Historian 20
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Village History - Fringford
  • Marj's Memories - The Radcliffe Infirmary
  • Bygone Bicester 1986
  • Remembering The Old Star
  • Talks Update
  • Votes for Women Talk
Issue 19 - March 2016 - Priory Site Redevelopment
Bicester Historian 19
  • Village History - Finmere
  • Marj’s Memories - The Stables in the Causeway
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Talks Update
  • Exploring Your Roots Talk
Issue 18 - February 2016 - Town Development
Bicester Historian 18
  • Marj’s Memories - The Depot in the 50s
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Village History - Enslow, Fencott & Murcott
  • Talks Update
  • Beer, Sausages & Marmalade Talk
Issue 17 - January 2016 - New Year, New Library
Bicester Historian 17
  • Marj’s Memories - St Edburg's Church
  • Members, We Need You!
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Village History - Cottisford
Issue 16 - December 2015 - A Forest of Fairy Lights
Bicester Historian 16
  • Marj’s Memories - Bell Ringing in St Edburg’s Church
  • Volunteers Wanted
  • Roll of Honour
  • Haunted Bicester (by Esme Timms)
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Village History - Chesterton
  • Talks Update
  • Putting Bicester on the Map Talk
Issue 15 - November 2015 - Health and Safety Culture
Bicester Historian 15
  • Marj’s Memories - World War II
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Dutch War Dead
  • Festive Social Event
  • Roll of Honour
  • Village History - Charlton-on-Otmoor
  • Talks Update
  • Oxfordshire on the Home Front Talk
Issue 14 - October 2015 - All Change at Bicester
Bicester Historian 14
  • Marj’s Memories - The Wireless
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Prisoners of War
  • AGM Report
  • Roll of Honour
  • Village History - Caversfield
  • Talks Update
  • Industrial Archaeology in your Shed, Garage or Attic Talk
Issue 13 - September 2015 - Back to School
Bicester Historian 13
  • Old Priory Dig
  • Village History - Bucknell
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bob Hessian Interview
  • Marj’s Memories - Home Shopping Clubs
  • Talks Update
  • Bygone Bicester
Issue 12 - August 2015 - Summer Fun for Everyone
Bicester Historian 12
  • Marj’s Memories - The Sunday School Song
  • Books of Interest - Bicester Blue Coats School & The People of Bicester
  • Out & About
  • Roll of Honour
  • Bygone Bicester
  • AGM Announcement
  • Autumn Dig Announcement
  • Village History - Bletchingdon
  • Talks Update
  • Tin Helmets and Gas Masks Talk
Issue 11 - July 2015 - Ringing the Changes
Bicester Historian 11
  • Marj’s Memories - When the Circus Came to Town
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Member News
  • Out & About
  • Roll of Honour
  • Village History - Blackthorn
  • AGM Announcement
  • Talks Update
  • Oxford’s Victorian Entertainment Talk
Issue 10 - June 2015 - Residents Don't Want a "Shanty Town"
Bicester Historian 10
  • Marj’s Memories - When Teachers Came Back From The War
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Archive Update - Pankhurst’s Directory for 1917
  • Roll of Honour
  • Village History - Beckley
  • Bicester’s Big Lunch
  • Talks Update
  • Oxford’s Historic Waterways Talk
Issue 9 - May 2015 - First Visit of a Reigning Monarch
Bicester Historian 9
  • Chairman’s Ramblings - Coker Cookery Book
  • Quick Quiz
  • Brunch Scramble
  • VE Day
  • My Memories - Brian Clifton
  • Marj’s Memories - VE Day
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Election Fever
  • Walks and Outings
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Travelling in the Middle Ages Talk
Issue 8 - April 2015 - Big Babies, Beer & Buckled Wheels
Bicester Historian 8
  • Chairman’s Ramblings - Allotments
  • St Albans Trip
  • Archive Update - 1965 Exhibition Leaflet
  • Marj’s Memories - Buckingham’s Lane
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Seven-a-Side Rugby
  • Luftwaffe Crash
  • Village History - Bainton
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • The History of the English Parish Talk
Issue 7 - March 2015 - A New Era for an Old Stalwart
Bicester Historian 7
  • Marj’s Memories - Our Lamp
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Chairman’s Ramblings - Aircraft Postcard
  • Project Updates
  • Interview with Gill King
  • Appeal for Information
  • Wordsearch
  • Village History - Arncott
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Building Materials Talk
Issue 6 - February 2015 - Not Bicester's First "Civic Centre"
Bicester Historian 6
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Marj’s Memories - Molly Jackson’s Sweet Shop
  • Chairman’s Ramblings - RAF Weston-on-the-Green
  • A Rich Heritage from a Poor Town
  • Archive Update - Old Photographs
  • Regal Movie Quiz
  • Village History - Ardley
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Apples! Talk
Issue 5 - January 2015 - January Sales 1965 Style
Bicester Historian 5
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Archive Update - Event Posters
  • Marj’s Memories - The Winter of 1946/7
  • Chairman’s Ramblings - Sirett’s Cycle Shop
  • Shopping in Bicester
  • Christmas Tree Festival
  • Christmas Quiz Answers
  • Village History - Ambrosden
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Bicester Pubs Talk
Issue 4 - December 2014 - Christmas Shopping
Bicester Historian 4
  • Archive Update - Bicester Magazine
  • Marj's Memories - A Typical 1940s Christmas
  • Chairman's Ramblings - Bicester Advertiser & The Bicastrian
  • Christmas in Bicester
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Bicester in the Snow
  • Festive Fare
  • Christmas Quiz
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Princess Mary's Xmas Box
Issue 3 - November 2014 - Medical Care for the Masses
Bicester Historian 3
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Archive Update - School Magazines
  • Marj's Memories - The Gospel Hall Sunday School
  • Chairman's Ramblings - Walter George & the Coker Chest
  • Pat Tucker Interview
  • Christmas Tree Festival
  • Where Are We?
  • Members Questionnaire
  • Roll of Honour
  • Talks Update
  • Lost Railways Talk
Issue 2 - October 2014 - The Railway Comes to Bicester
Bicester Historian 2
  • AGM Report
  • Archive Update - Rugby Union Programmes
  • Brackley & Evenley Walks
  • Roll of Honour
  • Marj's Memories - The Old and the New
  • Where Are We?
  • Book Review - Oxfordshire Through Time
  • Old Priory Dig
  • Mark Lawrence Interview
  • Talks Update
  • Children and War Talk
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Naval Disaster
Issue 1 - September 2014 - Europe at War!
Bicester Historian 1
  • New Format Newsletter
  • Bygone Bicester
  • Archive Update - Certificates
  • Roll of Honour
  • Out and About
  • Marj's Memories - Mr Whetton, The Gardening Teacher
  • Recent Events
  • Where Are We?
  • Sally James Interview
  • New Church, New Times
  • Member News
  • Talks Update
  • Colonial Murder
  • Methodist Bicentenary

BLHS Quarterly

Issue 13 - June 2014 - Gavray Drive Meadows
BLHS Quarterly 13
  • Village & Countryside Walks - Middleton Stoney, Bletchingdon & Brackley
  • Outings
  • Archaeological Dig
  • Help Needed
  • Donated Items
  • Projects
  • Next Meeting
  • Gavray Drive Meadows
Issue 12 - December 2013 - A Christmas Card
BLHS Quarterly 12
  • Bicester Through Time & Bygone Bicester
  • History Exhibition
  • Annual Expedition!
  • Changing Faces of Bicester - Index
  • Christmas Tree Festival - St Edburg?s Church
  • WWI Commemoration
  • Gavray Drive Meadows
  • HELP!
  • Dates of next meetings
Issue 11 - July 2013 - Bicester Through Time' Book
BLHS Quarterly 11
  • Forthcoming Meetings
  • Can you please help?
  • Local History Walks
  • History & Archaeology Exhibition ? Saturday 28th September 2013
  • ?Bicester Through Time? Book and Oral History DVD
  • Bicester Big Lunch
Issue 10 - April 2013 - Oral History DVD
BLHS Quarterly 10
  • Forthcoming Meetings
  • Can you please help?
  • Local History Walks - Stratton Audley, Finmere, Tackley & Deddington
  • History & Archaeology Exhibition ? Saturday 28th September 2013
  • Oral History DVD
  • Oxfordshire Museum Resources Centre
Issue 9 - January 2013 - New Meeting Venue
BLHS Quarterly 9
  • Forthcoming Meetings
  • Our New Meeting Venue
  • Can you help please?
  • Local History Walks
  • Oral History DVD
  • Can you recognise anything about this mystery photograph?
Issue 8 - October 2012 - Old Priory Dig
BLHS Quarterly 8
  • Forthcoming Meetings
  • Our New Meeting Venue
  • Get ?Down and Dirty!?
  • Can you help please?
  • Local History Walks
  • The end of an era
Issue 7 - July 2012 - Houses of Parliament Visit
BLHS Quarterly 7
  • Forthcoming Meetings
  • BLHS Annual General Meeting
  • Local History Walks
  • Where do you want to go on Monday nights?
  • Visit to the Houses of Parliament
  • Get ?Down and Dirty!?
  • ?The Queen?s Diamond Jubilee? Celebrations
  • Community Archaeology Conference
  • The Mystery Picture
Issue 6 - April 2012 - Formation of a Bicester Museum Trust
BLHS Quarterly 6
  • Forthcoming Meetings
  • The Formation of a Bicester Museum Trust
  • The Garth
  • History Walks - Lower Heyford, Brill, Chesterton & Islip
  • Community Archaeology Conference
  • Oral History
  • Skeleton and Pottery Washing at Beckley
  • Visit to the Houses of Parliament
  • One off Events
  • Jubilee Celebrations June 2012
  • Volunteer?s Meeting
  • Bicester & World War I
Issue 5 - January 2012 - Pottery Washing at Beckley
BLHS Quarterly 5
  • Forthcoming Meetings
  • A Museum/Heritage Centre for Bicester
  • History Walks - Lower Heyford, Brill, Chesterton & Islip
  • Oral History
  • Skeleton and Pottery washing at Beckley
  • Visit to the Houses of Parliament
  • Bicester Ghost & Foul Deeds Walks
  • Increasing Membership
  • A One Off Event - 25th Anniversary
  • A Mystery Picture
Issue 4 - October 2011 - Carnival Spirit
BLHS Quarterly 4
  • Forthcoming Meetings
  • BLHS gets into the Carnival Spirit
  • History Walks - Fritwell, Kirtlington, Launton & Steeple Aston
  • Oral History
  • A Museum/Heritage Centre for Bicester
  • Bicester Priory Excavations
  • Bicester Ghost & Foul Deeds Walks
Issue 3 - July 2011 - The Society's 25th Anniversary
BLHS Quarterly 3
  • Forthcoming Meetings
  • Anniversary History Exhibition
  • Georgian Fire Pump Restoration
  • AGM
  • Other News
Issue 2 - April 2011 - Anglo-Saxon Origins
BLHS Quarterly 2
  • History & Heritage Exhibition
  • Oral History
  • Ancestral Remains?
  • Other News
  • Help Required
Issue 1 - January 2011 - BLHS 25th Anniversary
BLHS Quarterly 1
  • Forthcoming Meetings
  • History & Heritage Exhibition
  • Oral History
  • Other News