Living Archive Band Album Launch
The songs on A Bob a Bloody Day, a new album from The Living Archive Band, depict local people’s experiences throughout the Great War.
Living Archive Milton Keynes
Sunday, 3rd November 2019
MKHA member events
The Silk Road: art, history and exploration
Susan Whitfield will recount stories of the arts, history and explorations of the Silk Road, based on her 25 years experience of research.
The Arts Society North Bucks
Tuesday, 22nd October 2019
Roman Villa Landscapes of the South Midlands
This conference on the theme of Roman villas will explore their place in the landscape, with reference to recent studies of Roman rural settlement patterns.
Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands
Sunday 20th October 2019
The East African Campaign in Kenya 1914 -16
Kevin Patience vividly describes the campaign in Kenya, explores the battlefields in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro and shows what is left today.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Friday, 18th October 2019
Alfred Cockerill, Northampton’s Forgotten Philanthropist
Speaker Bob Farey hopes that Northampton will recognise all the good and generous deeds the philanthropist Alfred Cockerill did for the town.
Roade Local History Society
Wednesday, 23rd October 2019
Admiral Isorocu Yamamoto – Architect of Allied Victory?
Lecturer: Lt-Col Roger Laing, a retired Army officer, MOD. Yamamoto was the Japanese commander-in-chief during the early years of the Pacific War.
Olney Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 15th October 2019
Cropredy Bridge
The battle of Cropredy Bridge in 1644 was indecisive, the repercussions proved a massive setback for the parliamentarian cause.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Tuesday, 15th October 2019
The Horrible History of Halloween
Steve Dimmer traces the evolution of this celebration, beginning in pagan days and showing how the ceremonies and superstitions changed.
Lavendon History Group
Monday, 21st October 2019
Visit to Sandham Memorial Chapel
The Trust will visit Stanley Spencer’s Sandham Memorial at Burghclere. The Chapel, now Grade II listed, was designed by Lionel Pearson in the 1920s.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Tuesday, 15th October 2019
Wolverton – the first Railway Town
Speaker: Phil Marsh Phil is on the editorial team of Railnews, the rail industry paper. He is also a volunteer at The Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway.
Wolverton & District Archaeological & Historical Society
Wednesday, 16th October 2019