{"id":267,"date":"2023-09-13T20:02:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=267"},"modified":"2024-02-26T19:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T19:53:11","slug":"silchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"26th February 2024: ROMAN SILCHESTER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space has-large-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:none\">Speaker: Prof. Michael Fulford<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space\">Monday 26<sup>th<\/sup> February 2023  7:30pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">(Doors open from 7:00pm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-488\" width=\"335\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture1.png 261w, https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture1-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Professor Michael Fulford was promoted to Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading in 1988, following previous appointments as Reader (1985) and Lecturer (1974).&nbsp; He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was appointed CBE in the New Years honours 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silchester has been a major aspect of his archaeological research.&nbsp; The Roman town of Silchester is unique among the towns of Britain.&nbsp; The Roman Emperor Nero has his stamp on tiles used in the settlement.&nbsp; Roman Silchester was a very important centre for settlement and trade in the Roman era.&nbsp; This will be a presentation of great local interest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center add-remove-bottom-space\">Bradfield Cricket Club Pavilion,<br> Heath Road, Bradfield Southend, RG7 6HH<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">(Car Parking Available)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">There is no entry fee, but a donation of \u00a34 per person towards expenses would be appreciated. No advance booking required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Organised by Professor Martin Parsons, Dorcas Ward, Bob Lyon and Gordon Patterson. For further information, contact Gordon on 07764 476361 or <a href=\"mailto:gnpatterson@btconnect.com\">gnpatterson@btconnect.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker: Prof. Michael Fulford Monday 26th February 2023 7:30pm (Doors open from 7:00pm) Professor Michael Fulford was promoted to Professor of Archaeology at the University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pastevent"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/south-wall-path-on-wall.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}