Aston Hill Climb
Aston Hill, in Aston Clinton, was one of the first motorsport venues during the pioneering years of the sport at the beginning of the 20th century.
Discover Bucks Museum
Month: August 2025
The Leak in Churchill’s Lavatory
Lynn Turner will explore the fascinating development of intercontinental communications in the first half of the 20th century.
National Museum of Computing
The ship of dreams: the life and death of RMS Titanic
Steve Dimmer will examine its journey through its conception, manufacture, triumphant launch and catastrophic maiden voyage.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Robert Fitzroy
A talk about Robert Fitzroy, the extraordinary story of the boy who grew up in Potterspury and went on to sail the Beagle for Darwin.
Bow Brickhill History Society
Cordwainers: are they just a load of old cobblers?
A tale of shoemakers, butchers, bakers and candlestick makers, Dick Whittington and his cat, cordwainers in London and connections with Northampton.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Chariot Burials of Britain
Finds of cariot burials in Britain are rare, virtually all in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the persons interred were presumably wealthy notables.
Olney Archaeological Society