Romeo and Juliet
Experience Shakespeare’s famous love story in the atmospheric surroundings of the church of St Lawrence brought to you by the ‘This is my theatre’ group.
Friends of St Lawrence, Broughton
Month: May 2019
Bletchley Park and D-Day
Dr David Kenyon will be hosting a lecture about his new book ‘Bletchley Park and D-Day’ which reveals how preparations had started at Bletchley in 1942.
Bletchley Park
Film and Sound Archives for Historians
Kathy Chater is a historian, writer and genealogist who will explain how to find records of ancestors walking, talking and maybe acting.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Tingewick’s Survivors of the Great War
Launch of Tingewick’s Survivors of the Great War, the stories of over 140 service men and women who returned safely at the end of World War One.
Tingewick Historical Society
‘Secrets and Scandal’ at West Wycombe Park
The National Trust’s specialist in garden history, Richard Wheeler will conduct us around the Dashwood family’s Buckinghamshire estate.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Look at Life
Attractions include:microscope safaris – wildlife on a tiny scale, displays and activities from visiting wildlife groups and nature-themed crafts.
Milton Keynes Museum
The BBC and Glenn Miller in WW2 Bedford
The Co-Partners Hall in Bedford became the Miller band’s radio station and recording studio. Live broadcasts were conveyed to London for the BBC.
Lavendon History Group
Death and Burial of Richard III
The speaker is Peter Liddle, Honorary Visiting Fellow at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, Leicester University.
Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society
An Icon of the Sky – The Spitfire and its people
After the original designer RJ Mitchell died, his successor Joe Smith made it faster and more powerful giving the RAF a critical edge over the Luftwaffe.
Olney & District Historical Society
NatureFest
How much do you know about the rich MK wildlife? Meet with experts who will teach their field of expertise, like bats, birds, trees, insects and more.
Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre