Winter’s Tales
Stories of old Cosgrove with Wendy Page. Cosgrove is a village about 2 miles north of Stony Stratford. Donations for Cosgrove Church Masonry Fund.
Wednesdays, from 5th February to 25th March 2020
Speaker meetings
My Ancestor was a Brushmaker
Ken Doughty is the founding member of the Society of Brushmakers’ Descendants and has written books and articles on the subject.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Wednesday, 5th February 2020
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Research and Recording Project
The Trust’s Research and Recording group explores the legacy of historic parks gardens and other designed landscapes in the county.
Olney Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 4th February 2020
Bawdy Georgians
Tom Jones, a Trustee of the Cowper & Newton Museum, will give an interesting and amusing talk based on Olney’s links to wider Georgian society.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Tuesday, 4th February 2020
Death in the Garden
Learn from Michael Brown the truth about many of the plants which may well be growing in your garden! His book ‘Death in the Garden’ was published in 2018.
Lavendon Village History Group
Pictures in the Parlour
Developments in the lanterns from their heyday in the 1870s up to their demise in the 1950s. The talk ends with a recreation of a Magic Lantern Show.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Purchasing Paradise: the money that financed the great gardens
Speaker Professor Sir Roderick Floud is an economic historian. His book, An Economic History of the English Garden, was published in November 2019.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
A Christmas Carol
Steve Dimmer acts as a one-man presentation of A Christmas Carol playing all the characters, with sound effects. Party with wine and mince pies.
Hanslope and District Historical Society
Mad Men and Artists: how the advertising industry has exploited fine art
From the Renaissance through to the present day fine art provides opportunities to enhance brand imagery with admiration, humour, satire and irony.
The Arts Society North Bucks
The National Leather Collection
The talk will feature an introduction to the National Leather Collection, the museum’s history and how it came to be located in Northampton.
Towcester & District Local History Society