Olney Town North End Guided Walking Tour
Discover the stories of yesteryear, including the Great Fires of Olney and life and trades of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Month: March 2025
Battle for Warsaw and the birth of Poland
Alan Leakey will examine events leading up to the Polish-Soviet war, the sweeping manoeuvres of hastily assembled armies and its dramatic conclusion.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
An audience with Charlie Ross
Back by popular demand. From the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. £10.00 per person (including a glass of wine).
Buckingham Old Gaol
The art of the steal: Nazi looting during WWII
This lecture by Shauna Isaac sets the scene in Nazi Germany, discuses Hitler’s obsession with art and tells how the Monuments Men recovered art.
Arts Society North Bucks
Mother’s Just Planted Petunias
Forgotten comedy songs. Speaker: Kevin Varty. Non members entrance fee £3.00.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Our parents’ war
Members’ evening. Please bring along an object to tell us all a little about your father’s or mother’s wartime service, either at home or abroad.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Garden Visit to Adwell Manor and Estate
A guided tour by the head gardener, Colin Roberts, including the church, which was rebuilt in 1865 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. Followed by a cream tea.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
HMS India
Rebecca gives and account of the fate of HMS India and the life of her grandfather-in-law, who was interned in Norway during World War One.
Bucks Family History Society
Bradwell Abbey/Flagons
Paul Cox is the author of ‘Bradwell Abbey Farm and Beyond’. His website describes his collection of local bottles and flagons.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Richard III, the king under the car park: Solving a 500-year old mystery
Speaker: Mathew Morris. Greyfriars, Leicester, was a friary of the Order of Friars Minor, the Franciscans, established on the west side of Leicester.
Olney Archaeological Society