Behind the Barbed Wire Fence – Canada’s Internment Programme
A long-hidden secret: In October 1914, some 5,500 men, women and children were rounded up and interned in 24 POW camps across Canada.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
News
Vanbrugh’s Garden Legacy at Stowe
Richard Wheeler explores Sir John Vanbrugh’s influence on the early development of Stowe’s landscape gardens and the legacy of his ideas.
Stowe House
Later Anglo-Saxon Illuminated Manuscripts – 850 to 1050
This lecture explores the revival of learning by King Alfred the Great and his heirs which revived the literary and artistic aspirations of England.
Arts Society North Bucks
Windmill Street – The street that never was!
Have you ever wondered where the grid road names in Milton Keynes came from, or why some people refer to grid roads as the H5 or V8?
Cosgrove History Group
A County of Squires and Spires
Tonight we’re going to imagine being on a mystery coach trip and take a whistle stop tour around some of Northamptonshire’s towns and picturesque villages.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Women in Aerial Combat
MKAS presents a special evening looking back at the remarkable experiences of women who served in the air forces of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia.
Milton Keynes Aviation Society
Guided walk to William Cowper’s Alcove
Join a leisurely and fact-filled historical guided walk though Olney to Weston Underwood, approximately 3 miles each way.
Cowper & Newton Museum
History Festival
This is your chance to experience 2000 years of history in one setting when the Museum grounds are taken over by re-enactors.
Milton Keynes Museum
Earls Barton Archaeology Day
This conference will look at some of the varied strands of archaeological research that have recently been undertaken in the village of Earls Barton.
Council for British Archaeology – South Midlands
Paranormal After Hours
The paranormal group Spirit Chasers will have designated lead investigators to help guide you through the building with full use of their equipment.
Discover Bucks Museum