L.T.C. Rolt, Pioneer of Canal and Railway Preservation
Tom Rolt helped found the IWA and set up the first organisation to save and run a railway with a mainly volunteer workforce.
Olney Archaeological Society
Month: October 2022
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Mike Chapman is a speaker from the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Scone weekend
Visitors will be able to enjoy scones and a hot drink, attend a drop scone demonstration and get a recipe card to make the scones at home. £6.50.
Milton Keynes Museum
In Search of Artists’ Gardens in Buckinghamshire
The talk follows a road trip the speaker, Claire de Carle, embarked on in the autumn of 2020 with Clare Butler.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
War artists, spies and the art of deception
Nicholas Reed will tell us about famous and lesser-known war artists like Ravilious and Tomas Harris, and intriguing tales of double-agents.
Arts Society North Bucks
The Every brothers
Film recording of the play by Ron Johnson originally performed in 2021 which follows the story of three brothers from Northampton, all lost in WW2.
Roade Local History Society
Breaking 19th Century Encrypted Newspaper Ads with Modern Means
In the 19C encrypted newspaper advertisements were a common method of communication. Breaking and reading these messages is a fascinating task.
The National Museum of Computing
Richard III – A misjudged villain
Richard III is usually regarded as a treacherous usurper who committed many evil crimes. But, is this image correct or was it constructed afterwards?
Towcester and District Local History Society
“What is life if full of care …”
Who wrote these well-known lines? W H Davies (1871 – 1940). John Roberts will illustrate an account of his extraordinary life.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
AGM
Yardley Gobion History Group