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
Month: September 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
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
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
The History of Olney
Tom Jones, from Olney’s Cowper and Newton Museum, is coming to talk to the Society about the History of Olney.
Sherington Historical Society
Royal Bastards – A Quest for the Crown
This talk, a sequel to Royal Mistresses given in 2018 will reveal the several “Royal Bastards” children of royals and the illicit lovers.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Coaching Inns
Speaker: Julian Hunt – Local historian and well known local speaker.
Olney & District Historical Society
The rebuilding of the town of Ypres after its total destruction in the Great War
This lecture is illustrated by original photographs of Ypres before World War I. Further photographs illustrate the same buildings after their destruction.
The Arts Society North Bucks
The History of Phipps Brewery in Towcester and Northampton
Speaker: Alaric Neville. Along with brother Quentin, Alaric was responsible for reviving Phipps IPA. In 2014 he restored the Albion Brewery in Northampton.
Milton Keynes Museum Society
My Father’s journey through WWII
Andrew Tennet’s father volunteered in February 1940, serving until March 1946. He was part of the original BEF and had to escape from occupied France.
Towcester and District Local History Society