Richard Dunkley
Richard Dunkley, a former builder and railway contractor, is well known in connection with the earlier phases of the London and North-Western Railway.
Roade Local History Society
Month: February 2024
Getting to know your military ancestors through photos and memorabilia
The speaker, Graham Bandy, has plenty of military family from Buckinghamshire so will also include useful local information.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Quiz Night
Work in teams of 4 and beat the quizmaster! Dinner will be quiche or sausage plaits with sides of ham and salad and delicious pudding.
Milton Keynes Museum
Foster Hill Road Cemetery
Foster Hill Road Cemetery in Bedford is the burial place of a suffragette, a religious leader and a Polish freedom-fighter.
North Crawley Historical Society
Bletchley Park – The People
Change of speaker. Speaker: David Marks.
Potterspury History Group
Pompeii and Herculaneum: a Moment in Time
A glimpse of life in these two bustling Roman cities in their final days in AD 79 when Vesuvius erupted and smothered them with ash, pumice and rock.
Olney Archaeological Society
Ladies of the Grand Tour
A look at a number of early lady travellers, some of whom ventured abroad for education and enlightenment, but many to avoid scandal.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution and Exbury Gardens
Francesca Murray’s talk will address her research on the Gardeners Royal Benevolent Institution and destitute gardeners of the 19th century.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Robert Keable, utterly immoral WW1 chaplain?
Simon Keable-Elliott has used letters, books, articles, interviews and a trip to Tahiti to produce a remarkable true story of his grandfather.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
80s Quiz
Your evening will start by exploring the I Grew up 80s exhibition – your last chance to take a trip back to the 80s in this nostalgia-filled exhibition.
Discover Bucks Museum