Coronavirus: The ODAS Meetings Programme has been suspended until further notice
Online Meetings using ‘Zoom’
A series of online meetings for members is being planned. If you are not a member, but are interested in attending an individual meeting as a ‘guest’, please contact odaszoom@btinternet.com for further information.
The meetings shown below will not take place as planned. Online meetings will be arranged where possible instead.
Members meet at 8 p.m. usually on the first Wednesday of each month (except January and August).
Meetings are held at Christ Church (United Reformed), Tudor Way, Petts Wood, BR5 1LH. More details of the location are given below.
Meetings include illustrated talks on a variety of archaeological and historical subjects by visiting speakers and sometimes by ODAS members.
ODAS PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS IN 2020
| 1st January | No Meeting |
| 5th February | Nigel Jeffries MCIfA & FSA Senior Specialist – Medieval and Later Ceramics and Finds Museum of London ArchaeologyWhich bottles are ‘witch bottles’? Exploring Ralph Merrifield’s legacy in the field of early modern bottle magic in England |
| 4th March | Dr Roger Squires
Historic Rotherhithe |
| 1st April | Members Meeting Pamela ZollicofferThe Mysterious Stone Ornament |
| 6th May | Joe Brooks Pre-Construct ArchaeologyExcavations at The Adrian Boult Music Centre, Westminster Abbey |
| 3rd June | Professor D. Perrett Greater London Industrial Archaeological SocietyFive Decades of Change in London’s Industrial Archaeology |
| 1st July | Dr Andrew Richardson, Outreach and Archives Manager Canterbury Archaeological TrustDressed to Kill: Costume and Grave Goods in Kentish Funeral Rites |
| 5th August | No Meeting |
| 2nd September | Andy Burnham, Chartered Electronics & Systems Engineer
The Megalithic Portal |
| 7th October | Elliott Wragg, Project Officer Thames Discovery Programme Museum of London ArchaeologyFrom County Hall to The Foreshore: Nautical Archaeology and a Volunteer Force |
| 4th November | Dr Simon Elliott Author, Historian, Archaeologist and BroadcasterFrom Ragstone to Riches: The Building of Roman London |
| 2nd December | ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING |
Location of meetings:
Christ Church (United Reformed), Tudor Way, Petts Wood, BR5 1LH, junction of Tudor Way and Willett Way, entrance via Willet Way.
Please note Google Maps is inaccurate, the map below indicates the correct location.
