Visit to Frogmore Paper Mill
A paper making machine powered by a reciprocating steam engine originally built in 1895 remains in the mill.
MKHA
Month: April 2019
Sweet Swan of Avon
In this lecture we explore what is known about Shakespeare’s life in the turbulent and often dangerous world of Elizabethan and Jacobean England,
The Arts Society North Bucks
The Killing of the Iron Twelve
Hedley Malloch will detail how, in 1915, the Germans shot 11 British soldiers who had been lost during the retreat to the Marne, and one Frenchman.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Breaks in the Circuit: From 17th century slave trade to 21st century Milton Keynes
Magnus John has published a novel, Breaks in the Circuit, set in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery, a process which took over 40 years.
Grafton Regis Historians
Tudor and Stuart Glimpses
Wendy Page will be presenting an illustrated talk covering some of the earliest clues that we have to life in Cosgrove and Furtho.
Cosgrove and Furtho History Talks
Northampton in the 1970s – where it all went wrong
Richard Deacon will take us into the 1970s with photographs to show the dramatic changes to our county town in that decade.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Roman Medicine
We present artefacts and replicas which give insight into how the Romans thought the body worked and what they did to treat disease and injury.
Olney Archaeological Society
John Newton (Sailor, Rector, Hymn Writer of Olney)
Newton’s life is well-known: his involvement in the slave trade; his friendship with Cowper and Wilberforce; his gift as a hymn writer; and his ministry.
North Crawley Historical Society
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
The Corps is the world’s longest established uniformed ‘military’ voluntary organisation for women – and today, the only all-women unit left in the UK.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
‘Scandal at Simpson’: the life and times of the Reverend William Rice
Rev. William Rice, Rector of Simpson, was the subject of complaints from parishioners to the Bishop of Oxford on account of his behaviour.
Simpson History Group