Secrets and Scandals of Canons Ashby
1,000 years of the history of Canons Ashby, told through the lives of the people who lived there. In person and via Zoom.
Towcester and District Local History Society
News
Gems
Jason Middleton’s company supplies the jewellery market with loose and finished gemstones, specialising in pearls and semi-precious stones.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
My Father’s Journey through WW2
Andy Tennet’s talk follows his father’s service in WW2, from volunteering in early 1940 through to Berlin in 1946. Non-members £4.00.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Victorian and Early 20th C Baby Farming
The speaker, Eve Bacon, will explain how the law made this darkest of businesses viable and how it was eventually brought to an end.
Bucks Family History Society
The Monastic Heritage of Old Warden Parish Church
Henry VIII insisted on demolishing Warden Abbey, but the parish church escaped virtually unscathed. Non members £3.00. All welcome.
Bow Brickhill History Society
Dorset’s hillfort people : In search of the Durotriges
Speaker: Dr Martin Papworth, National Trust Archaeologist. Via Zoom.
Olney Archaeological Society
The Sculptures at Stowe
Gillian Mason has been very involved in the restoration and replacement of the sculptures at Stowe. Many of the original statues were sold.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Honorary Fellowship for Mike Woodger
Mike Woodger, who celebrated his 100th birthday in March, was a key contributor to the development of two programming languages, Algol 60 and Ada.
National Museum of Computing
Organising Your Research and Findings
Speaker: Emma Cox. How many times have you missed that vital clue because the information was not organised properly? A Zoom talk for BFHS members.
Bucks Family History Society
Northamptonshire Archaeological Resource Centre (ARC)
Ben Donnelly-Symes’s Zoom talk will cover the first year of the ARC based at the Chester House Estate in Irchester being open. Donation of £5.00 welcome.
CLASP