Paul Tate | Old Linslade Holy Well excavations | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 5th March 2025 at 8.00 pm Bow Brickhill Community Hall, … |
Claire Moores | Studying the Three Rs | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 28th February 2025 at 8.00 pm Claire Moores will talk … |
Victoria Thomson | Small but Perfectly Formed: A History of Entrance Lodges | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 22nd February 2025 at 2.30 pm Aylesbury Methodist Church and Centre, … |
Peter Hodgkinson | Superstition and Religion in the Trenches | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 21st February 2025 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Eve Bacon | The Fight for Suffrage | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 21st February 2025 at 7.30 pm North Crawley Institute, North … |
Michael Curtis | Life & Death in the Countryside: Rural Northamptonshire in the Roman Period | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 19th February 2025 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Bridget Flanagan, Keith Grimwade | The Watermills and Landscape of the River Great Ouse, Cambridgeshire: Modelling the Impact of Watermilling in a Lowland Valley | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 18th February 2025 at 10.00 am Olney Centre, High Street, Olney … |
Don Hurst | Newport on fire | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 18th February 2025 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Mike Palmer | Bucks Dinosaurs and Sea Monsters | Discover Bucks Museum Thursday, 13th February 2025 at 1.00 pm Church Street, Aylesbury HP20 2QP … |
Magdalen Evans | Oak trees, the Royal Navy and the shipyards of East Anglia | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 13th February 2025 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Andy Tennet | Queen Eleanor of Castile: a cycle through history | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 12th February 2025 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Dianne Sutton | Windmill Street: The street that never was | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday, 11th February 2025 at 2.30 pm Stony … |
David Marsh | The Great Geranium Robbery | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 8th February 2025 from 2.30 to 4.30 pm Aylesbury Methodist Church … |
Ted Barnes | Grandad’s War | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 6th February 2024 at 7.30 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Mike Chapman | The CWGC: an introduction to the history and ongoing work of the Commission | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 5th February 2025 at 8.00 pm Bow Brickhill Community Hall, … |
John Flewin | An Emigration Story | Bucks Family History Society Wednesday, 5th February 2025 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, Queensway, Fenny … |
Barry Goodman | Traditional customs | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 4th February 2025 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Richard Osgood | Broken pots, mending lives: the archaeology of Operation Nightingale | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 4th February 2025 at 10.00 am Olney Centre, High Street, Olney … |
Rebecca Clark | Internment during WWI of Arnold Clark | Bucks Family History Society Friday, 31st January 2025 at 8.00 pm Rebecca Clark will talk … |
Kevin Varty, Steve Parkin | Best foot forward | Potterspury History Group Wednesday, 29th January 2025 at 7.30 pm Potterspury Village Hall, 27 Church … |
Christian Jennings | Talk and book signing: Christian Jennings | Bletchley Park Saturday, 25th January 2025 at 2.00 pm Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 … |
Richard Luscomb | The World War 1 Hospital at Wrest Park | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 24th January 2025 at 7.30 pm North Crawley Institute, North … |
Michael Curtis | Lost to the waves: the study of the Greek and Roman harbours of Crete | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 21st January 2025 at 10.00 am Olney Centre, High Street, Olney … |
Kay Andrews | Canal-crafty art | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 21st January 2025 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Mike Chapman | WW1 codebreaking by Unit MI1b | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 17th January 2025 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Alan Biggins | On Foot in the Intelligence Zone – The Many Voices of the Whaddon Web | Milton Keynes Aviation Society Tuesday, 14th January 2025 at 8.00 pm Kents Hill Community Centre, … |
Antonia Gatward Cevizli' | The big three in Florence: Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 9th January 2025 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Lesley Armstrong | Volunteering at the Northamptonshire Records Office | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 8th January 2025 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Helen Frost | When the land ships came to town | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 7th January 2025 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Sean Lang | France under the Occupation | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 7th January 2025 at 10.00 am Olney Centre, High Street, Olney … |
Stephen Upex | Some English customs, games and festivals | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 17th December 2024 at 10.00 am Carlton House Club, 38 High … |
Tyler Butterworth | Pantomime: when the Fairy’s over 50 | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 12th December 2024 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Kevin Varty | A Magic Lantern and German Christmas | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 11th December 2024 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Chris Brockbank | RAF Bomber Command in WW2: The People | Milton Keynes Aviation Society Tuesday, 10th December 2024 at 8.00 pm Kents Hill Community Centre, … |
Stephen Barker | Ox and Bucks on the Somme | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday, 10th December 2024 at 2.30 pm Stony … |
Oliver Gilkes | The discovery of Butrint, Illyrians, Greeks and Romans on the Ionian Sea | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 3rd December 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Carolyn Young | Young’s Nurseries – A Journey Through Time | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 27th November 2024 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Sophie Kay | What’s That Job | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 22nd November 2024 at 8.00 pm Butcher, baker, candlestick maker: … |
Ian Cockburn | Moorish art and architecture of Spain | Arts Society North Bucks Tuesday, 19th November 2024 from 10.30 am to 3.30pm Carlton House … |
Michael Brown | Gardens in the Age of Chivalry | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 19th November 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Mike McMahon | 200 Years of RNLI | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 19th November 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Bruce Hedge, Doug Stuckey, Julian Munby, Liz Woolley, Michael Dawson, Tom Hassall | The Archaeology of Transport and Industry | Council for British Archaeology – South Midlands Sunday, 17th November 2024 from 10.00 am to … |
Amanda Saladine, Ruth Cammies | The History of Walton Hall and The Open University | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 15th November 2024 at 7.30 pm North Crawley Institute, North … |
Jim Nicolson | The Lost Battalion | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 15th November 2024 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Gavin Plumley | John Singer Sargent: the private radical | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 14th November 2024 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Peter Stratton | The Gunpowder Plot | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 13th November 2024 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Roger Brown | The History of Toys | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday, 12th November 2024 at 2.30 pm Stony … |
Christine Rowe | The Gunpowder Plot | Potterspury History Group Friday, 8th November 2024 at 2.15 pm Potterspury Village Hall, 27 Church … |
Jean Yates | Bess of Hardwick, an Elizabethan survivor | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 6th November 2024 at 8.00 pm Bow Brickhill Community Hall, … |
Roger Young | History of Postcards | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday, 6th November 2024 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, Queensway, Fenny … |
Linda McDougall | Women on the Cusp of Power: climbing the political ladder | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 5th November 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Geoff Morris | Gunpowder Treason and Plot | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 5th November 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Daniel Winter | Evenley Wood Garden: A new chapter | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 26th October 2024 from 2.30 to 4.30 pm Aylesbury Methodist Church … |
Ian Waller | Wartime Volunteer Medics | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 25th October 2024 at 8.00 pm Ian Waller’s talk looks … |
Alex Wood | Theatre In Northampton | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 23rd October 2024 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Alan Wakefield, Helen Frost, Jerry Porter, Nigel Crompton | The Great War Miscellany | Milton Keynes Western Front Association Saturday, 19th October 2024 from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm … |
Julian Hunt | English Coaching Inns | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 18th October 2024 at 7.30 pm North Crawley Institute, North … |
Graham Evans | How to be a King | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 15th October 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Paul Stamper | The Decline of the Great Estates | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 15th October 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
James Bolton | Vita Sackville-West and Sissinghurst | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 10th October 2024 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Martin Sirot-Smith | The Washingtons and the Wool Trade | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 9th October 2024 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Eve Bacon | The Fight for Suffrage | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday, 8th October 2024 at 2.30 pm Stony … |
Graham McKechnie | Walter Tull | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 3rd October 2024 at 7.30 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Gerard Lynch | The Bedford Estate brick wall | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 2nd October 2024 at 8.00 pm Bow Brickhill Community Hall, … |
Martin Papworth | A Date with the Cerne Abbas Giant with Uffington and Wilmington | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 1st October 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Don Hurst | Newport Pagnell Presentation | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 1st October 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Phil Isherwood | Free antiquarian resources on the Internet | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 27th September 2024 at 8.00 pm On the Internet it … |
Maggie Smith | The History of Roade WI | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 25th September 2024 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Steve Parkin | John Hellins and the Royal Society | Potterspury History Group Wednesday, 25th September 2024 at 7.30 pm Potterspury Village Hall, 27 Church … |
David Saunders | Cursus Monuments of Buckinghamshire and the Great Ouse Valley | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 17th September 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Simon Whitehouse | The world’s greatest paintings: 200 years at the National Gallery | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 12th September 2024 at 11.00 am The Carrington Suite, Holiday … |
Steve Bacon | Bow Street Runners | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday, 10th September 2024 at 2.30 pm Stony … |
David Marks | Fitzroy | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 5th September 2024 at 7.30 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Adam Smith | Follies and Foibles | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 4th September 2024 at 8.00 pm Bow Brickhill Community Hall, … |
Matthew Lewis | Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 3rd September 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
David Abrutat | Sailors and Dogs: Sandybed Lane Y Station | Bletchley Park Saturday, 10th August 2024 at 11.00 am Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 … |
Richard Holt | From beech woods to bodgers | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday,7th August 2024 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, Queensway, Fenny Stratford, … |
Jennie Dott, Robin Goodfellow | Destroyers and Restorers | Friends of St Guthlac’s Church, Passenham Wednesday, 31st July 2024 from 7.00 to 8.00 pm … |
Richard Holt | Charity Records | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 26th July 2024 at 8.30 pm Richard Holt (https://holtsfamilyhistoryresearch.co.uk/) identifies … |
Jennie Dott, Robin Goodfellow | The Greatest Story Ever Told … | Friends of St Guthlac’s Church, Passenham Wednesday, 24th July 2024 from 7.00 to 8.00 pm … |
Robert Gawłowski, Tim Flack | Marian Rejewski | Bletchley Park Saturday, 20th July 2024 at 11.00 am Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 … |
Adam Prime | India’s Great War | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 19th July 2024 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Jennie Dott, Robin Goodfellow | The Lord of the Manor | Friends of St Guthlac’s Church, Passenham Wednesday, 17th July 2024 from 7.00 to 8.00 pm … |
Roger Kitchen | 40 years of The Living Archive Milton Keynes | Willen Village Heritage Association Saturday, 13th July 2024 at 3.00 pm St Mary Magdalene Church, … |
Jennie Dott, Robin Goodfellow | The Beauty of Holiness | Friends of St Guthlac’s Church, Passenham Wednesday, 10th July 2024 from 7.00 to 8.00 pm … |
Terry Whenham | The history of the CWGC and its work today | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 4th July 2024 at 7.30 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Annabel Westman, Patrick Baty | Uncovering the Past: The research and science behind the interior restoration of Stowe House | Stowe House Wednesday, 3rd July 2024 at 6.00 pm Stowe, Buckingham, MK18 5EH Join leading … |
Ian Waller | Research before Parish Registers | Bucks Family History Society Wednesday, 3rd July 2024 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, Queensway, Fenny … |
Roy Larkin | Repairs and maintenance on the Western Front | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 21st June 2024 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Jack Metcalfe | Horsforth: HMS Aubrietia, Enigma and Ultra | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 19th June 2024 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm Block … |
Carole Petipher | The trials and tribulations of Vincent Van Gogh as seen through his works | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 13th June 2024 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Helen Frost | The Women’s Land Army in the First World War | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 12th June 2024 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
David Muston | If only walls could talk | Willen Village Heritage Association Saturday, 8th June 2024 at 3.00 pm St Mary Magdalene Church, … |
Mike Chapman | The Commonwealth War Graves Commission | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 6th June 2024 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm Oak … |
David Ingham | From Iron Age to Saxon: ordinary life and unusual death at RAF Cardington | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 4th June 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Denise Bates | Using Historical Newspapers | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 24h May 2024 at 8.30 pm Denise Bates (www.denisebates.co.uk) includes … |
David Saunders | Cursus Monuments of Buckinghamshire and the Great Ouse Valley | Buckingham Old Gaol Thursday, 23rd May 2024 at 7.00 pm Market Hill, Buckingham MK18 1JX … |
Robert Hannigan | Counter-Intelligence: What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-solving and Creativity | Bletchley Park Thursday, 23rd May 2024 at 6.30 pm Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 … |
Helen Westlake | Village healthcare before the NHS | Potterspury History Group Wednesday, 22nd May 2024 at 7.30 pm Potterspury Village Hall, 27 Church … |
Polly Feeley | Music & Memories from 1960s Adolescence | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 22nd May 2024 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Geoff Morris | The Rest of the Night will be Fine | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 21st May 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Stephen Upex | The history of cartography | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 21st May 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Daniel Weinbren | Now the War is Over | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 17th May 2024 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Mykola Shcherbyna | The Ukrainian Personal Computers that Rebooted the USSR | National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 15th May 2024 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm Why did … |
Brian Giggins, Steve Young, Tony Howard | Towcester Local Heritage Days | Towcester & District Local History Society Saturday, 11th May 2024 from 9.30 am to 4.30 … |
Tom Bridle | 40 years of Camphill in Willen | Willen Village Heritage Association Saturday, 11th May 2024 at 3.00 pm St Mary Magdalene Church, … |
Dominic Riley | The Whole Art of the Book | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 9th May 2024 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Gerald Lovell | Silverstone from WWI to Formula I | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 8th May 2024 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Marion Turner | Chaucer and Fourteenth Century Europe | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 7th May 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Helen Frost | Woman’s Land Army WWl | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 7th May 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Phil Marsh | Royal Train | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 2nd May 2024 at 7.30 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Kevin Varty | The Victorian way of death | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday, 1st May 2024 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church Hall, Queensway, … |
David Baker, Jeremy Oetgen, Jo Pine, Josh Hargreaves, Kathy Pilkinton, Mike Luke, Tori Guy, Yvonne Wolframm-Murray | Bedfordshire Archaeological Review | Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands Sunday 28th April 2024 from 10.00 am to 5.00 … |
Karen Evans | Where does my family come from? | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 26th April 2024 at 8.30 pm Unlocking the secrets of … |
Andy Tennet | Virginia Bradford | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 24th April 2024 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Alan Burkitt-Gray | East London and its Role in the Development of International Telecoms | National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 24th April 2024 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm Alan Burkitt-Gray’s … |
Simon Seligman | Chatsworth: its treasures, gardens and chatelaines | Arts Society North Bucks Tuesday, 23rd April 2024 from 10.00 am to 3.30pm Carlton House … |
Gemma Ross, Robert Ross | Sid James: Carry On and beyond | Discover Bucks Museum Saturday, 20th April 2024 at 6.45 pm Church Street, Aylesbury HP20 2QP … |
David Critchley | St Firmin’s Rood Screen and the Church Roof | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 19th April 2024 at 7.30 pm St Firmin’s Church, High … |
Graham Kemp. | The U-Boat Campaign 1914-18 | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 19th April 2024 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Charles Baily | Following the Faultline, Gaziantep and Zeugma to Cavus Tepe | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 16th April 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Bob Errington | Shipwreck on the Dorset Coast | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 16th April 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Oleksandr Bezrukavyi, Yurii Yushchenko | MEOM: Ukraine’s Iron-Curtain computer, its pioneers and their legacy | National Museum of Computing Tuesday, 16th April 2024 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm One of … |
Jerry Breslin | Samuel Pepys: the Hooke and Busby connections | Willen Village Heritage Association Saturday, 13th April 2024 at 3.00 pm St Mary Magdalene Church, … |
Jane Gardiner | 18th century English porcelain: Chelsea, Worcester, Bow and Derby | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 11th April 2024 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
John Walford | Geophysical surveying in archaeology | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 10th April 2024 at 7.45 pm refreshments for an 8.00 … |
Stephen Barker | Warrior Women of the English Civil War | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday,9th April 2024 at 2.30 pm Stony Stratford … |
Analiza Jones | Culture of the Philippines | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 4th April 2024 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm Oak … |
Rob Westlake | I-Spy Along the Way | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 4th April 2024 at 7.30 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Steve Bacon | A very lucky sailor | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday, 3rd April 2024 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church Hall, Queensway, … |
Rhiannon Clarricoates | Unveiling the Past – Revealing The East Staircase Wall Paintings | Stowe House Wednesday, 3rd April 2024 at 6.30 pm Stowe, Buckingham, MK18 5EH Celebrating 25 … |
David Jacques | Reconstructing the landscape at Blick Mead: what the latest science has revealed | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 2nd April 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Dick Hennessey, Hilary Spurrier | Richard Dunkley | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 27th March 2024 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Graham Bandy | Getting to know your military ancestors through photos and memorabilia | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 22nd March 2024 at 8.30 pm The speaker, Graham Bandy, … |
Colin Woolf | Foster Hill Road Cemetery | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 22nd March 2024 at 7.30 pm North Crawley Institute, North … |
David Marks | Bletchley Park – The People | Potterspury History Group Wednesday, 20th March 2024 at 7.30 pm Potterspury Village Hall, 27 Church … |
Jill Eyers | Pompeii and Herculaneum: a Moment in Time | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 19th March 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Jean Yates | Ladies of the Grand Tour | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 19th March 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
rancesca Murray | Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution and Exbury Gardens | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 16th March 2024 from 2.30 to 4.30 pm Aylesbury Methodist Church … |
Simon Keable-Elliott | Robert Keable, utterly immoral WW1 chaplain? | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 15th March 2024 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Mike Palmer | The Aylesbury Duck | Discover Bucks Museum Thursday, 14th March 2024 from 1.00 to 3.00 pm Church Street, Aylesbury … |
Lucrezia Walker | William Hogarth | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 14th March 2024 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Steven Goodwin | 20 GOTO 10 : Discovering Retro | National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 13th March 2024 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm An online … |
Jackie Uí Chionna | Queen of Codes – The Secret Life of Emily Anderson | Bletchley Park Friday, 8th March 2024 at 6.00 pm Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 … |
Andy Tennet | Virginia Bradford | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 7th March 2024 at 7.30 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Carole Rawcliffe | Outside the Camp? The leper hospitals of Medieval England | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 5th March 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Speaker: Professor … |
Dianne Sutton | Windmill Street (the street that never was) | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 5th March 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Jerry McCarthy, Peter Hoath | Using Colossus with Russian teleprinter traffic | National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 28th February 2024 from 6.00 to 7.30 pm Block H, … |
Paul Rabbitts | A concise history of our Great British parks | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 24th February 2024 from 2.30 to 4.30 pm Aylesbury Methodist Church … |
Thomas Cheetham | Y Stations – What, Where, When, Y | Bletchley Park Saturday, 24th February 2024 at 2.00 pm Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 … |
Linda Hammond | Mind Mapping in relation to genealogical research | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 23rd February 2024 from 8.30 pm An online talk by … |
Gerald Lovell | RAF to Formula 1 – Silverstone | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 21st February 2024 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Patrick Lambert | The Return to the Roman World of Priors Hall | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 20th February 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Barry Goodman | Good Morning, Lords and Ladies | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 20th February 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Michael Sheil | The Doughboys 1917-18 | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 16th February 2024 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Steve Dimmer | The life and crimes of Agatha Christie | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 14th February 2024 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Adrian H Perkins | Ghost Detective Work | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday,13th February 2024 at 2.30 pm Stony Stratford … |
Janet Few | Coming Here: Records of immigration | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 9th February 2024 at 8.30 pm General records are considered … |
Lynne Gibson | Alchemy and Adventure: a history of exotic colours and poisonous pigment | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 8th February 2024 at at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver … |
Julian Hunt | Bucks Coaching Inns | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday, 7th February 2024 at 7.30 pm Queensway Methodist Church, Queensway, … |
Andy Mason | A Landscape Reimagined | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 7th February 2024 at 8.00 pm Bow Brickhill Community Hall, … |
James Wright | In Search of Britain’s Oldest Pubs | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 6th February 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Don Hurst | The History of Chandos Hall | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 6th February 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Giles Oakley, Mark Lawson | Tea Tasters, Two Spoons | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 1st February 2024 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm Oak … |
Roger Brown | History Of Toys | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 1st February 2024 at 7.30 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Kevin Varty | Magic Lantern Show | Potterspury History Group Wednesday, 31st January 2024 at 7.30 pm Potterspury Village Hall, 27 Church … |
Vivien Sieber | Kino and Kinder: A family’s journey in the shadow of the Holocaust | The National Museum of Computing Monday, 29th January 2024 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm Kino … |
David Marsh | Puzzle Pictures | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 27th January 2024 from 2.30 to 5.00 pm Aylesbury Methodist Church … |
Adam Prime | India’s Great War | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 19th January 2024 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Kevin Varty | Blame it on Dora | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 16th January 2024 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Anthony Denzer | The Incredible Life of Brigadier John Tiltman | The National Museum of Computing Tuesday, 16th January 2024 from 6.30 to 8.00 pm Join … |
Graham Evans | How to become King in Medieval England | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 16th January 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Simon Cottle | Taking the lead: British glass 1600-1900 | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday 11th January 2024 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Jon-Paul Carr | Northamptonshire Past in the Winter | Towcester & District Local History Society Wednesday, 10th January 2024 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Kevin Varty | Nostaligic TV Programmes | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 4th January 2024 at 7.30 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Nicholas James | Whose was the Inca Empire? | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 2nd January 2024 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
James Walvin | Amazing Grace: a cultural history of the beloved hymn | Cowper & Newton Museum Thursday 14th December 2023 at 11.00 am Market Place, Olney, Bucks … |
James Campbell | Shepard’s Christmas | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday 14th December 2023 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Stuart Macfarlan | A Great War Christmas | Towcester & District Local History Society Wednesday, 13th December 2023 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Ron Johnson | Catch Me If You Can | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 13th December 2023 at 7.30pm St Mary’s Church Hall, Butlins … |
Eay Rowlson, Jenny Rowlson | The Silk Road | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday, 12th December 2023 at 2.30 pm Stony … |
Ian Porter | Young Dickens and how he Invented Christmas | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 8th December 2023 at 8.30 pm Ian Porter (www.familyhistoryfederation.com/family-history-speaker-hampshire-ian-porter)will talk … |
Michael Brown | A Medieval Christmas | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 5th December 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Jonathan Foyle | Elizabethan Houses and the Transformation of Britain | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 5th December 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Ted Barnes | Grandad’s War | Potterspury History Group Wednesday 29th November 2023 at 7.30 pm Potterspury Village Hall, 27 Church … |
David Kenyon | Arctic Convoys: Bletchley Park and the War for the Seas | Bletchley Park Saturday, 25th November 2023 at 3.00 pm Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 … |
John Hanson | FindMypast | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 24th November 2023 from 8.30 pm John Hanson is making … |
Graham McKechnie | Walter Tull and Frank Anderson | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 22nd November 2023 at 7.30pm St Mary’s Church Hall, Butlins … |
Mike Chapman | Commonwealth War Graves revisited | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 21st November 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Michael Curtis | In Search of the Catuvellauni: Tribal Influence and Changing Landscape | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 21st November 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Bill Griffiths | Introduction to the Museum drop-in | Milton Keynes Museum Saturday, 18th and Sunday, 19th November 2023 at 11.30 am and 2.30 … |
Julian Walker | ‘He Didn’t Talk About It’ – Analysing Veterans’ Silence | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 17th November 2023 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Julia Marwood | The exciting years of Scottish art from the Glasgow boys to the Scottish colourists | Arts Society North Bucks Tuesday, 14th November 2023 from 10.00 am to 3.30 pm Carlton … |
Laura Malpass | The Secrets and Scandals of Canons Ashby | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday 14th November 2023 at 2.30 pm Stony … |
Alison Bailey | Modernist Architecture in Amersham | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 11th November 2023 from 2.30 to 4.30 pm Aylesbury Methodist Church … |
Roger Johnson | Kathleen Booth | National Museum of Computing Thursday, 9th November 2023 from 6.00 to 7.30 pm Kathleen Booth … |
Stuart Harvey | Highlights of the Vatican Museums. frescoes and Sistine Chapel | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 9th November 2023 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street … |
Graham Evans | The Battle of Edgcote | Towcester & District Local History Society Wednesday, 8th November 2023 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Colin Shindler | The making of Gone with the Wind | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 7th November 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Kevin Varty | Pictures in the Parlour | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 2nd November 2023 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm Oak … |
Lesley Armstrong | Volunteering at Northamptonshire Records Office | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 25th October 2023 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Steve Young | Annual General Meeting | CLASP Wednesday, 25th October 2023 at 7.00 pm Harpole Bowls Club, Larkhall Lane, Harpole, Northampton … |
Patrick Lambert | The weird and wonderful Roman villa estate at Priors Hall, Corby | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 17th October 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Roger Kitchen | The work of the Living Archive, Milton Keynes – looking back over 40 years | Sherington Historical Society Tuesday, 17th October 2023 at 7.30 pm Sherington Village Hall, Church Road, … |
Giles Oakley, Mark Lawson | Two Spoons Tea | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 17 October 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Alexandra Churchill, Gary Bain, Helen Frost, Michael O'Brien, Peter Hart | Seminar | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Saturday, 14th October 2023 from 9.30 am to 4.30 … |
Dermot Turing, Todd Holloway | Alan Turing’s Reflections: ChatGPT Through the Lens of Sir Dermot Turing and Todd Holloway | National Museum of Computing Friday, 13th October 2023 from 6.30 to 8.00 pm This online … |
Howard Smith | 1950s Britain through the eyes of the Picture Post | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 12th October 2023 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Patrick Lambert | Priors Hall Romano-Celtic Site, Corby | Towcester & District Local History Society Wednesday, 11th October 2023 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
John Hanson | Why Family History? | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday 10th October 2023 at 2.30 pm Stony … |
Zara Matthews | The Panacea Society in Bedford | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 6th October 2023 at 7.30 pm North Crawley Institute, North … |
Graham McKechnie | Blair Swannell, Saint, Lion and Anzac | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 5th October 2023 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Anna McEvoy | Stowe House | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 5th October 2023 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm Oak … |
John J. Geoghegan | Five Unusual Inventions That Failed: Why Being “Brilliant” Isn’t Everything | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 4th October 2023 from 6.30 to 8.00 pm Author … |
Katie Tucker | Past Lives: Telling Tales from Human Skeletal Remains | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 3rd October 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
John Hanson | The 1939 Register | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 3rd October 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Andrew Tennet | The Queen Eleanor Bike Ride – a cycle through history | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 27th September 2023 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Diane Sutton | Astwood to Woburn Sands | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 22nd September 2023 at 8.30 pm Diane Sutton will be … |
Don Hurst | Pictures of Old Newport | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 19th September 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Roger Laing | The Battle of Waterloo | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 19th September 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Jonathan Swinton | Meet the author: Alan Turing’s Manchester | National Museum of Computing Tuesday, 19th September 2023 from 6.30 to 8.00 pm In this … |
Anne Samson | Logistics of the East Africa Campaign | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 15th September 2023 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Shirley Smith | Caravaggio: the master of light and shadow | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 14th September 2023 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street … |
Jerry McCarthy | Soviet Computing – Kateryna Yushchenko | National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 13th September 2023 from 6.00 to 7.30 pm Kateryna Yushchenko … |
Tony Howard | The Towcester Hundred | Towcester and Disctrict Local History Society Wednesday 13 September 2023 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Athina Becket | The Heritage, History and Restoration of the Buckingham Canal | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Tuesday, 12th September 2023 at 2.30 pm Stony … |
Don Hurst | Mrs Hurst Dancing | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 7th September 2023 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm Oak … |
Stephen Wass | The gardens of Baddesley Clinton and Packwood House, Warwicks | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 5th September 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Speaker: Dr … |
Geoff Morris | A Victoria Cross for Newport Pagnell | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 5th September 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Bruce Hindmarsh | Amazing Grace with Professor Bruce Hindmarsh | Cowper & Newton Museum Saturday, 2nd September 2023 at 2.00 pm Market Place, Olney, Bucks MK46 … |
Geoff Swindells | Bucks in the Commonwealth Period | Cowper & Newton Museum Tuesday, 29th August 2023 ay 11.30 am Market Place, Olney, Bucks … |
Geoff Swindells | Life During the Commonwealth | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 25th August 2023 at 8.30 pm Geoff Swindells will be … |
Geoff Swindells | Olney’s Poor Law Books | Cowper & Newton Museum Friday, 25th August 2023 from 11.30 am to 12.00 noon Market … |
Marion Swindells | Child Lace Workers and the Lace Schools | Cowper & Newton Museum Tuesday, 22nd August 2023 from 11.30 am to 12.00 noon Market … |
Kate Bostock | John Newton’s Friendship with Alexander Clunie | Cowper & Newton Museum Friday, 18th August 2023 from 11.39 am to 12.00 noon Market … |
Marian Swindells | Lacemaking in Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 28th July 2023 at 8.30 pm This talk by Marian … |
Michael O'Brien | ‘Britannia’s unruly stepchildren’, Americans in the British Armed Forces | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Friday, 21st July 2023 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working Men’s … |
Derek Blunt | Saints, Sinners, Stars & Scandals | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 6th July 2023 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Laragh Quinney | NLS Map Collections | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 23rd June 2023 at 8.30 pm Laragh Quinney of the … |
Stephen Young | Northamptonshire Bannaventa: The southern extra mural and suburb area Part 2 | CLASP Thursday, 22nd June 2023 at 6.30 pm Stephen Young will build upon the archaeological … |
Daniel Weinbren | Now the War is Over | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Friday, 16th June 2023 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working Men’s … |
Corin Brearley | Arms and Armour of the Wars of the Roses | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 14th June 2023 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Mark Cottle | A photographic odyssey: Shackleton’s Endurance expedition | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 8th June 2023 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street … |
Mike Luke | Life as an archaeologist: from Sussex to Sharnbrook (via South Wales, Saltburn, Sandy and Syria) | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 6th June 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Alison Leighton | Hayes Boatyard in Stony Stratford: An Inland Phenomenon | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 1st June 2023 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm The … |
Graham Sutherland | Development of the police | Bucks Family History Society Friday, 26th May 2023 at 8.30 pm Graham Sutherland will be … |
Stephen Young | Northamptonshire Bannaventa: the southern extra mural & suburb area | CLASP Thursday, 25th May 2023 at 6.30 pm Stephen Young will interpret the evidence observed … |
Derek Blunt | That’s Unusual! | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 24th May 2023 at 7.30 pm St. Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Michael LoCicero | I shall hope to try an officer and at least one corporal for cowardice | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Friday, 19th May 2023 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working Men’s … |
Martin Clarke | A Lecture Recital on Amazing Grace | Cowper & Newton Museum Wednesday, 17th May 2023 from 7.00 to 9.00 pm St Peter … |
Lucia Gahlin | Art for an afterlife: Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings in the British Museum | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 16th May 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Carolyn Leder | Sir Stanley Spencer: an autobiography in pictures | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 11th May 2023 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Jason Middleton | Gems | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 4th May 2023 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm The … |
Andy Tennet | My Father’s Journey through WW2 | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 4th May 2023 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Eve Bacon | Victorian and Early 20th C Baby Farming | Bucks Family History Society Wednesday, 3rd May 2023 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, Queensway, Fenny … |
Margaret Roberts | The Monastic Heritage of Old Warden Parish Church | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 3rd May 2023 at 7.45 pm for refreshments with an … |
Martin Papworth | Dorset’s hillfort people : In search of the Durotriges | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 2nd May 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Speaker: Dr … |
Gillian Mason | The Sculptures at Stowe | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 29th April 2023 from 2.30 to 4.00 pm Gillian Mason has … |
Emma Cox | Organising Your Research and Findings | Bucks Family History Society Friday, 28th April 2023 at 8.30 pm Speaker: Emma Cox. How … |
Ben Donnelly-Symes | Northamptonshire Archaeological Resource Centre (ARC) | CLASP Thursday, 27th April 2023 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm Ben Donnelly-Symes’s Zoom talk will … |
John Coffey | Reluctant Abolitionist? Reopening the Case of John Newton and the Liverpool Slave Trade | Cowper & Newton Museum Wednesday, 26th April 2023 at 7.30 pm Market Place, Olney, Bucks … |
Mark Hill | Understanding antiques | Arts Society North Bucks Tuesday, 25th April 2023 from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm Carlton … |
Bruce Cherry | Jig-a-jig Tommy | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 21st April 2023 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Bob Fare | Alfred Cockerill: Northampton’s Forgotten Philanthropist | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 19th April 2023 at 7.30 pm St … |
Peter Liddle | Further Excavations at the Rutland Villa | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 18th April 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Ian Swankie | The Medieval Guidhall – London’s nerve centre for 2,000 years | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 13th April 2023 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Barbara King, Helen Westlake | Potterspury, Yardley Gobion & Furtho Benefit Club | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 6th April 2023 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Cathy Shelbourne | In the wake of the Mayflower | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 6th April 2023 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm The … |
John Hanson | The 1939 Register | Bucks Family History Society Wednesday, 5th April 2023 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, Queensway, Fenny … |
Matthew Pope | From Boxgrove to La Cotte de St Brelade: Neanderthal archaeology from La Mancheland | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 4th April 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon The speaker … |
Neil Lyon | The Best Burglar in the County | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 4th April 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Graham McKechnie | The Story of Blair Swannell | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 29th March 2023 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm St Mary’s … |
Ian Waller | Manorial records | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 24th March 2023 at 8.30 pm Ian Waller will be … |
Paul Stamper | Northamptonshire farm buildings | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 21st March 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Kevin Varty | Optical Illusions | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 21st March 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Alison Bailey | Arts and Crafts architecture in Amersham | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 18th March 2023 from 2.30 to 4.00 pm A Zoom talk … |
Phil Tomaselli | The Russian front | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 17th March 2023 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Sarah-Louise Miller | The women behind The Few | Bletchley Park Saturday, 11th March 2023 at 2.00 pm Sherwood Drive, Bletchley MK3 6EB Dr … |
Deborah Hayter | Lost villages of Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 10th March 2023 at 8.30 pm Deborah Hayter tells how … |
Janusz Karczewski-Slowikowski | 18th century Georgian furniture | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 9th March 2023 at 11.00 am This lecxture by Janusz … |
James Wright | Medieval Mythology: Stonemasons and Sculptures | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 7th March 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon The lived … |
Roger Brown | The History of toys | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 7th March 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Neil Lyon | The Best Burglar in Northamptonshire | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 2nd March 2023 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Mark Lewis | A social history of cutlery | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 2nd March 2023 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm The … |
Jean Yates | Sir Gaufridus de Cauceis, Knight of the Third Crusade and Dunstable’s Benefactor | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 1st March 2023 with refreshments at 7.45 for an 8.00 … |
Kathy Chater | Tracing Huguenot Ancestry | Bucks Family History Society Wednesday, 1st March 2023 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, Queensway, Fenny … |
Peter Budek | A History of Printing and Bookbinding | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 24th February 2023 at 7.30 pm North Crawley Institute, North … |
Daniel Williams | Non-conformity | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 24th February 2023 at 8.30 pm Daniel Williams, the Archivist … |
Phil Hayes | Roade to Ukraine: A journey of aid by local man Phil Hayes | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 22nd February 2023 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Andy Chapman | Northampton, before and after the castle | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 21st February 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Don Hurst | The history of Chandos Hall | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 21st February 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Laura Malpas | The Floating World of Japan | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 15th February 2023 at 7.30 pm St … |
Karen Fitzsimon | Broadwater Park – a designed landscape by Preben Jakobsen | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 11th February 2023 from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm Karen Fitzsimon’s … |
Julian Hunt | Sir John Kederminster and his Good and Godly Books | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 10th February 2023 at 8.30 pm An online talk. St … |
Sarah Burles | Cornwall calling: the artists of Lamorna Cove 1899-1914 | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 9th February 2023 from 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street … |
Jennifer Rose | The Eleanor Crosses | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 8th February 2023 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Geoff Morris | Ten days when nothing happened | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 7th February 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Carole Rawcliffe | Outside the camp? The leper hospitals of Medieval England | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 7th February 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon The speaker … |
John Dowell | There is nothing like a Dame! | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 2nd February 2023 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Kathy Pilkinton | Magiovinium | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 1st February 2023 at 8.00 pm Community Hall, Church Road, … |
Kay McHugh | The Restoration of Church Gardens, Harefield | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 28th January 2023 from 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm Kay McHugh … |
Amelia Bennett | Using DNA to Support Family History Research | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 27th January 2023 at 8.30 pm Amelia Bennett will present … |
Liz Talbot | English Place Names | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 27th January 2023 at 7.30 pm North Crawley Institute, North … |
Jim Nicolson | My Uncle – The Battle of Britain VC | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 20th January 2023 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
David Jacques | Late Neolithic belief, myth and society as reflected in the design of major monuments in the British Isles, c 2,500 BC | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 17th January 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Pamela Campbell-Johnston | The art of Art Deco | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 12th January 2023 from 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street … |
Gary Shaeffer | An American’s View of Northamptonshire | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 11th January 2023 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Jane Hamilton | Electra boat | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 3rd January 2023 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Nicholas James | The Aztec Paradox | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 3rd January 2023 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon The speaker … |
David Kenyon | Alan Turing – Accidental Codebreaker? | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 21st December 2022 at 1.00 pm Join a free virtual recorded event … |
Michael Brown | To Drive the Cold Winter Away | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 20th December 2022 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, High … |
Kevin Varty, Stuart Macfarlan | A Great War Christmas | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 16th December 2022 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Mike Caddy | The history of stained glass | Towcester and Disctrict Local History Society Wednesday, 14th December 2022 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm … |
Bill Lockerbie | Lamport Hall: History and Gardens | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 14th December 2022 at 7.30 pm St … |
Paula Nuttall | The Christmas story in Renaissance art | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 8th December 2022 from 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street … |
Susan Oosthuizen | The Emergence of the English | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 6th December 2022 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Speaker: Susan … |
Eben Upton, Liz Upton | Awards Ceremony for the Honorary Fellowship of Liz Upton and Eben Upton | The National Museum of Computing Saturday, 3rd December 2022 from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm … |
Doron Swade | The “Irascible Genius” and the invention of computing: Charles Babbage and his engines | The National Museum of Computing Saturday, 26th November 2022 Block H, Bletchley Park, Bletchley MK3 … |
Adele Emm | Economics of Marriage | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 25th November 2022 at 8.30 pm Speaker: Adele Emm. Adele … |
Darren White, Jim Kenny | The Greyhound – The Hour I First Believed | Cowper & Newton Museum Thursday, 24th November 2022 at 2.00 pm Join a virtual talk … |
Colin Haddon | Roade at war! | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 23rd November 2022 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Harold Liberty | Bletchley Park presents: Harold Liberty | Bletchley Park Saturday, 19th November 2022 at 11.00 am Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 … |
Marietta Crichton Stuart | The Welsh Walter Mitty | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 18th November 2022 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Bob Errington | Recovering Artefacts from the “Halsewell” | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 16th November 2022 at 7.30 pm St … |
Claire de Carle | A Lost Spa Garden – Dorton Spa Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Wednesday, 16th November 2022 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm Online using Zoom. … |
Julian Hunt | L.T.C. Rolt, Pioneer of Canal and Railway Preservation | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 15th November 2022 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Michael Chapman | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 15th November 2022 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Claire de Carle | In Search of Artists’ Gardens in Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 12th November 2022 from 2.30 to 4.00 pm Discover Bucks, Church … |
Nicholas Reed | War artists, spies and the art of deception | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 10th November 2022 from 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street … |
Elonka Dunin, Klaus Schmeh | Breaking 19th Century Encrypted Newspaper Ads with Modern Means | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 9th November 2022 from 2.30 to 3.30 pm In … |
Steve Dimmer | Richard III – A misjudged villain | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 9th November 2022 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
John Roberts | “What is life if full of care …” | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 3rd November 2022 at 2.00 pm Oak Tree Centre, … |
Malcolm North | History of a concertina | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 1st November 2022 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Wayne Perkins | Sir John Schorne: The Rector Who Conjured the Devil into a Boot | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 1st November 2022 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon A Zoom … |
Simon Fowler | Brewers & Publicans | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 28th October 2022 at 8.30 pm Speaker: Simon Fowler. Simon … |
Andy Chapman | Fifty years of Archaeology in Northamptonshire | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 26th October 2022 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Paul Gannon | Before Bletchley Park: Codebreakers of the First World War | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 26th October 2022 at 1.00 pm This is a free virtual event … |
Richard Galley | Bedford’s Highlanders – the Scottish “Invasion” of Bedford, August 1914 | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 21st October 2022 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Mike Rendell | In Black and White: 18th Century Silhouettes | Cowper & Newton Museum Friday, 21st October 2022 from 7.00 to 9.00 pm Olney Centre, … |
Al Alcorn | Al Alcorn at TNMOC: from employee No. 3 to Atari’s Pong king | The National Museum of Computing Thursday, 20th October 2022 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm Block … |
Eve Bacon | The Baby Farmers | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 19th October 2022 at 7.30 pm St … |
Cindy Polemis | Food for thought | Arts Society North Bucks Wednesday, 19th October 2022 from 10.00 am to 3.30 pm The … |
Maureen Williams | Horton House | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 18th October 2022 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Colin Shindler | The Wartime Films of Britain and Hollywood | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 18th October 2022 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Rory Cellan-Jones | BBC 100th Anniversary gallery opening | The National Museum of Computing Saturday, 15th October 2022 from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm … |
Sophie Natthews | Music in art | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 13th October 2022 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Susan Westlake | Stonehenge in the 20th century | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 6th October 2022 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Wendy Page | Cosgrove heroes and villains | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 4th October 2022 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Martin Papworth | The Chedworth Roman Villa | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 4th October 2022 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon This Zoom … |
Judy Hill | Life of the Poor and Assisted Emigration | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 30th September at 8.30 0pm Speaker: Judy Hill. A Zoom … |
Angela Malin | Hartwell and its links with Roade | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 28th September at 7.30 0pm St Mary’s Church Hall, Roade … |
Gerard Lynch | Bricks and brick-making in the area | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 21st September 2022 at 7.45 for 8.00pm Community Hall, Church … |
Marshall Hall | Bridges in North Bucks | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 20th September 2022 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Kay Savetz, Kevin Hayes | Atari 50th Anniversary Event | National Museum of Computing Saturday, 17th September 2022 from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm Block … |
Tim Coltman | Never Fired a Shot – William Coltman VC, MM & bar, DCM & bar | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 16th September 2022 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Tony Howard | Towcester from the air | Towcester & District Local History Society Wednesday, 14th September 2022 at 7.15 for 7.30 pm … |
Elizabeth Merry | Town mouse, country mouse | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 8th September 2022 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Dianne Sutton | Safe Home | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday, 7th September 2022 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, Queensway, Fenny … |
Melanie Giles | Bog Bodies: Face to Face with the Past | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 6th September 2022 from 19.00 am to 12.00 noon This Zoom … |
Don Hurst | Newport through time | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 6th September 2022 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
John Hanson | Getting the best from the new FamilySearch website | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 26th August 2022 at 8.30 pm Speaker: John Hanson. A … |
Marion Swindells, Tom Jones | Olney and District Local History Day | Cowper & Newton Museum Saturday, 30th July 2022 from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm Market … |
Charles Reece, Margaret Hall-Townley | Outing to Alderton | Roade Local History Society Saturday, 23rd July 2022 at 2.30 pm Alderton Mount, Alderton, Towcester … |
Steven Barker | Bucks in the Civil War 1642-6 | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 22nd July 2022 at 8.30 pm Speaker: Steven Barker. A … |
David Kenyon | The Bombe machines of Bletchley Park | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 29th June 2022 at 6.00 pm In this free virtual talk Dr … |
Janet Few | Putting Your Ancestors in their Place | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 24th June 2022 at 8.30 pm Speaker: Janet Few. A … |
Dale Hjort | British Forces in Italy 1917-18 | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 17th June 2022 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Gavin Plumley | Bruegel: the seasons and the world | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 9th June 2022 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Colin Rowe | The Hunting Empress | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 8th June 2022 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
David Ingham | Crucifixion in the UK: excavations at a Roman roadside settlement in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 7th June 2022 at 10.30 am Olney Centre, High Street, Olney … |
Kay Goddard | The Underground Railroad – Patterned Path to Freedom | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 2nd June 2022 at 2.00 pm Oak Tree Centre, … |
David Kenyon, Thomas Cheetham | The Intelligence Factory Uncovered | Bletchley Park Tuesday, 31st May 2022 at 1.00 pm In this free virtual talk Dr … |
Denise Bates | Forenames and what they reveal about ancestors | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 27th May 2022 at 8.30 pm Speaker: Denise Bates (www.denisebates.co.uk). … |
Roger Kitchen | The letters of Albert French | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 20th May 2022 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
Stephen Wass | A Different Kind of Digging – Archaeological Excavations at Stowe Landscape Gardens 2017 to 2022 | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 17th May 2022 at 10.30 am Olney Centre, High Street, Olney … |
Val Woodgate | JMW Turner: airy visions painted with tinted steam | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 12th May 2022 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Patricia Heed | By their Dress Divided | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 11th May 2022 at 7.30 pm Sawpits Centre, … |
Daphne Preece, Frank Preece | Claydon, Now You See It, Now You Don’t | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 5th May 2022 at 2.00 pm Oak Tree Centre, … |
Gwyneth Wilkie | Honing Our Detective Skills | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday, 4th May 2022 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, Queensway, Bletchley … |
Peter Liddle | The Rutland Roman Villa Project | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 3rd May 2022 at 10.00 am Speaker: Peter Liddle MBE, former … |
Martin Gillow | ICT 1301: Flossie’s 60th Anniversary Celebration | National Museum of Computing Saturday, 30th April 2022 from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm Block … |
Graham McKechnie | Edgar Mobbs The life and death of a Northampton sporting icon | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 27th April 2022 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, Church … |
Pip Burley | The golden age of song | Arts Society North Bucks Tuesday, 26th April 2022 City Discovery Centre, Bradwell Abbey, Alston Drive, … |
Crispin Sinclair, Richard Altwasser, Steve Vickers | ZX Spectrum at 40 | National Museum of Computing Saturday, 23rd April 2022 from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm Block … |
Mary Teviot | Under-used resources for genealogical research | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 22nd April 2022 at 8.30 pm Sometimes sources which are … |
Roy Larkin | The Cost of War | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 22nd April 2022 at 7.30 pm Wolverton Working … |
David Kenyon, Thomas Cheetham | Building Blocks – Bletchley Park’s Expansion | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 20th April 2022 at 1.00 pm This webinar by Dr David Kenyon … |
Wendy Page | Behind The Map – Pictorial Tour of 19th C | Wolverton & District Archaeological & Historical Society Wednesday, 20th April 2022 St Mary and St … |
Phil Marsh | The Royal Train | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 19th April 2022 at 7.30 pm URC, High Street, Newport … |
Roger Laing | The Turkish Question: Crimea to Gallipoli | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 19th April 2022 at 10.30 am Olney Centre, High Street, Olney … |
mogen Corrigan | The topsy-turvy world of misericords | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 14th April 2022 Lovat Hall, Silver Street Newport Pagnell MK16 … |
Alison Eskriett | What did the Georgians Eat? | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 13th April 2022 In this Zoom talk by … |
Dianne Sutton | Down among the gypsies | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 7th April 2022 at 2.00 pm Oak Tree Centre, … |
Clive England | Cray Supercomputers: Discover, Explore and Celebrate | National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 6th April 2022 Wednesday 6th April 2022 marks 50 years … |
Tom Jones | A Pot-pourri of history updates from Olney | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 5th April 2022 at 7.30 pm URC, High Street, Newport … |
Steven Kershaw | Creation of the Barbarians | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 5th April 2022 Speaker: Dr Steven Kershaw. Dr Kershaw teaches classics … |
Alison Leighton | Stony Stratford: the boats that Hayes built | Buckingham Canal Society Friday, 25th March 2022 at 7.30 pm Buckingham Community Centre, Cornwalls Meadow, … |
David Bell | The plague doctor | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 25th March 2022 at 8.30 pm Enjoy David Bell’s tongue-in-cheek … |
Ron Johnson | Dark Days | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 23rd March 2022 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, Church … |
David Kenyon | The Bombe machines of Bletchley Park | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 23rd March 2022 at 1.00 pm Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 … |
Sarah Gray | The Gardens and Estates of the Borromeo Family on Lake Maggiore | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Sunday, 20th March 2022 Sarah Gray visits the gardens and estates of … |
Stuart Hadaway | On To Aleppo | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 18th March 2022 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Don Hurst | The Society on film | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 15th March 2022 at 7.30 pm URC, High Street, Newport … |
Stephen Young | The River Nene watershed in the late Roman and post-Roman period | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 15th March 2022 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Timothy Walker | The subtle science and exact art of colour in English gardens | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 10th March 2022 Lovat Hall, Silver Street Newport Pagnell MK16 … |
Alison Symmers | Abthorpe Old School | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 9th March 2022 In this Zoom talk Alison … |
David Fowler | The BBC and Glenn Miller in WW2 Bedford | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 3rd March 2022 at 2.00 pm Oak Tree Centre, … |
Phil Marsh | 1838 | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 3rd March 2022 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Shaun Skinner | Tickford Owners Club | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 1st March 2022 at 7.30 pm URC, High Street, Newport … |
James Wright | A Beginners Guide to Castles | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 1st March 2022 Dr James Wright, field and buildings archaeologist and … |
Penny Walters | The UK Censuses 1801 to 1921 | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 25th February 2022 at 8.30 pm Dr. Penny Walters lectures … |
Andrew Herbert | Programming the Elliott 903 | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 23rd February 2022 In this virtual talk, Dr Andrew … |
Maureen Williams | Preston Deanery Hall: the story of a house through time | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 23rd February 2022 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, Church … |
Steve Bacon | WW2 Merchant Navy Officer | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 16th February 2022 St Mary & St … |
Rob Atkins | The Wollaston landscape: from Roman vineyards to a high-status Anglian warrior burial | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 15th February 2022 Olney Centre, High Street, Olney MK46 4EF Speaker: … |
Suzanne Fagence Cooper | Love is enough: at home with Jane and William Morris | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 10th February 2022 Lovat Hall, Silver Street Newport Pagnell MK16 … |
Roger Moore | The First Twenty Years of Teaching Computing and Microelectronics at the Open University: 1971 – 1990 | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 9th February 2022 In this virtual talk Roger Moore … |
Nick Hill | Medieval Homes of Rutland and East Leicestershire | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 9th February 2022 This is a Zoom presentation … |
John Goss | Law and Order | Sherington Historical Society Tuesday, 8th February 2022 at 7.30 pm Sherington Village Hall, Church Road, … |
Richard Blacklee | Notorious Culworth gang of South Northamptonshire | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 3rd February 2022 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Roger Kitchen | First World War Letters of Albert French | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 1st February 2022 at 7.30 pm Speaker: Roger Kitchen. Albert … |
Piers Bursill-Hall | Egyptian pyramid building: a bit of history and not a lot of mysteries | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 1st February 2022 A Zoom lecture by Professor Piers Bursill-Hall, who … |
Gill Blanchard | The Dead Relly Hunt | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 28th January 2022 at 8.30 pm A Zoom talk for … |
Andrew Herbert | Programming the EDSAC | The National Museum of Computing Tuesday, 25th January 2022 In this virtual talk Dr Andrew … |
Tim Skelton | Building The Grid – The Story of the Development of Milton Keynes | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Sunday, 23rd January 2022 The Zoom talk will be given by Tim … |
Ananyo Bhattacharya | The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 19th January 2022 In this virtual talk by science … |
Geoff Morris | Death in the Pot | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 18th January 2022 Speaker: Geoff Morris. £3 for non-members. Sit … |
Ray Rowlson | Morocco | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 18th January 2022 A lecture by Ray and Jenny Rowlson, professional … |
Robert Askew | Curiouser and curiouser: the life and works of Lewis Carroll | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 13th January 2022 Lovat Hall, Silver Street Newport Pagnell MK16 … |
Andy Tennet | My 30 year career with the Northamptonshire Police Force | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 12th January 2022 Andy Tennet’s Zoom presentation covers … |
Colin Shindler | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Hollywood’s Most Glamorous Studio | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 4th January 2022 A Zoom lecture by Dr Colin Shindler, author … |
Peter Medhurst | The Twelve Days of Christmas | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 16th December 2021 Lovat Hall, Silver Street Newport Pagnell MK16 … |
Jim Nicolson | Forgotten Air VCs of the Great War | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 10th December 2021 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Steve Dimmer | Dickens and The Creation of a Christmas Carol | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 8th December 2021 Steve Dimmer’s Zoom talk examines … |
Peter Kornicki | Peter Kornicki | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 8th December 2021 at 1.00 pm This is a free virtual talk … |
David Hatch, David Kenyon | UK-USA | Bletchley Park Tuesday, 7th December 2021 at 1.00 pm Episode 4 – War and peace … |
David Hatch, David Kenyon | UK-USA | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 1st December 2021 at 1.00 pm Episode 2 – The war at … |
David Hatch, David Kenyon | UK-USA | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 24th November 2021 at 1.00 pm Episode 2 – The war at … |
John Daines | The Great British Baker that Ignited a Business Computing Revolution | The National Museum of Computing Tuesday, 23rd November 2021 Seventy years ago, engineers working for … |
Rhiannon Clarricoates | Secrets at Stowe: Unveiling the East Staircase Wall Paintings | Stowe House Friday, 19th November 2021 at 5.00 pm Following the discovery of an important … |
John Peaty | Lawrence of Arabia | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 19th November 2021 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Eve Bacon | Sailor of the Desert and the Horseless Cavalry | Wolverton & District Archaeological & Historical Society Wednesday, 17th November 2021 The story of a … |
David Hatch, David Kenyon | UK-USA | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 17th November 2021 at 1.00 pm Episode 1 – A cautious collaboration … |
Phil Marsh | Travelling on the London-to-Birmingham Railway in the 1830s | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 16th November 2021 Speaker: Phil Marsh. £3 for non-members. Sit … |
Carenza Lewis | Twice lost: discovering medieval deserted settlements beneath today’s villages | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 16th November 2021 A Zoom lecture by Prof. Carenza Lewis, Archaeologist, … |
Christopher Garibaldi | Fashion, form and function: a history of English silver | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 11th November 2021 This is a Zoom lecture by Christopher … |
Ted Coles | From Tunny to Colossus | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 10th November 2021 Dr Ted Coles will tell the … |
John Buckell | Northamptonshire suffragettes | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 10th November 2021 Speaker: John Buckell. Discover the … |
Gordon Roberts | Winston Churchill’s Toyshop | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 4th November 2021 Oak Tree Centre, Wallinger Drive, Shenley … |
Stephen Barker | Armistice | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 2nd November 2021 Speaker: Stephen Barker. £3 for non-members. Sit … |
Mike Ingram | Treason, Gunpowder and Plot | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 2nd November 2021 A Zoom lecture by Mike Ingram, historian, author, … |
Richard Wheeler | The Georgian Visitor: A Vignette of Garden Visiting in the Eighteenth Century | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 30th October 2021 St.Mary’s Church, Church Street, Aylesbury HP20 2JJ Richard Wheeler … |
David Abrutat | Secret messengers: how Bletchley Park’s signals intelligence was shared during World War Two | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 27th October 2021 In his free virtual talk Dr David Abrutat, GCHQ’s … |
Neil Lyon | The Best Burglar in the County – Joan Wake and the Northamptonshire Record Society | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 27th October 2021 Neil Lyon’s talk will be about Joan … |
Roy Smart | Wallis Simpson and the abdication crisis | Lavendon History Group Monday, 25th October 2021 at 2.00 pm Lavendon Village Hall, 22 High … |
Sue Paul | The Long Paper Trail | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 22nd October 2021 Sue Paul will use an example of … |
Elonka Dunin, Klaus Schmeh | Solving historical ciphers with modern means | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 20th October 2021 A virtual talk by Elonka Dunin … |
Jacob Gaboury | From teapots to Toy Story: a prehistory of computer graphics | The National Museum of Computing Tuesday, 19th October 2021 A virtual talk by Jacob Gaboury. … |
Don Hurst | Old Newport | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 19th October 2021 URC, High Street, Newport Pagnell MK16 8AB … |
David Jacques | Update on Blick Mead from the September 2021 dig | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 19th October 2021 A Zoom lecture. Prof. David Jacques, Senior Research … |
Phil Sutcliffe | Dad’s War | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 15th October 2021 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Anna Warrillow | Britain as workshop of the world | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 14th October 2021 Anna Warrillow’s Zoom lecture focuses on the … |
David Turner | The Life and Legacy of George Bradshaw | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 13th October 2021 Dr David Turner will explore … |
Richard Whincop | Art and architecture: estranged bedfellows | Arts Society North Bucks Tuesday, 12th October 2021 This Study Day led by Richard Whincop … |
Roy Smart | The Last Naval Hero | Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society Thursday, 7th October 2021 Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley … |
David Squibb | Malta | Milton Keynes National Trust Association Thursday, 7th October 2021 from 2.00 to 4.00 pm Oak … |
Steve Dimmer | Forging Ahead, The Secrets of Operation Bernhard | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 7th October 2021 Operation Bernhard was a secret Nazi plan … |
Rebecca Wragg Sykes | Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 5th October 2021 A Zoom lecture. The speaker is Dr Rebecca … |
Hugh Grainger | Wild, Wild Women | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 5th October 2021 URC, High Street, Newport Pagnell MK16 8AB … |
Chris Christensen | The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Crypto Machines | The National Museum of Computing Tuesday, 28th September 2021 This presentation by Professor Chris Christensen … |
Maureen Williams | Horton Hall: one of Northamptonshire’s lost country houses | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 22nd September 2021 St Mary’s Church Hall, Butlins Lane, Roade, … |
Don Hurst | Mrs Hurst Dancing | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 21st September 2021 URC, High Street, Newport Pagnell MK16 8AB … |
Frank Woodman | The expansion and replanning of England’s major cathedrals and churches | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 21st September 2021 The speaker is Dr Frank Woodman, FSA, architectural … |
Terence Cox | On the Beat | Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch) Friday, 17th September 2021 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Verity Allen | From Cambridge to the Square Kilometre Array: Computers and Radio Astronomy | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 15th September 2021 Verity Allen will discuss the demands … |
Anthony Peers | The architecture of the Raj is remarkable | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 9th September 2021 This lecture by Anthony Peers starts with … |
Jerry McCarthy | Four (or more) Interesting Enigma-like Crypto Machines | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 8th September 2021 Jerry McCarthy will first give a … |
Chris Rowe | The Adventures of Prince Rupert | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 8th September 2021 Chris Rowe’s talk will range … |
John Clarke | Woburn in the past | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 7th September 2021 URC, High Street, Newport Pagnell MK16 8AB … |
David Noy | Jews in the Roman Empire | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 7th September 2021 The speaker is Dr David Noy, Associate Lecturer … |
Anastasios Pingios | The DE-59, A Cold War era Greek Crypto device | The National Museum of Computing Sunday, 22nd August 2021 The speaker, Anastasios Pingios, is a … |
Jerry McCarthy | The Japanese “GREEN” Crypto Machine: a tentative reconstruction | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 11th August 2021 Jerry McCarthy will start with a … |
Chris Christensen | JN-25: The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Primary World War II Naval Cipher | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 28th July 2021 Professor Chris Christensen will explore the … |
Catherine McIntyre | Instagram Live Q&A | Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre Wednesday, 14th July 2021 MKCDC is hosting a Q and … |
James Wright | Medieval Servants | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 14th July 2021 James Wright’s talk presents the … |
Mark Baldwin | The Ultra Secret: How Frederick Winterbotham Spilt the Beans | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 14th July 2021 Frederick Winterbotham’s book The Ultra Secret … |
Malcolm Gill, Ray Allison, Richard McDonald, Sean Allison | NPL Scrapbook – Not Scrap Anymore! | The National Museum of Computing Tuesday, 13th July 2021 Scrapbook pioneered the concept of Hyperlinks … |
Ted Coles | Tunny and Colossus | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 7th July 2021 Dr Ted Coles will tell the … |
John Ferris | John Ferris – Behind the Enigma | Bletchley Park Wednesday, 7th July 2021 John Ferris, author and Professor of History at The … |
Stephen Upex | Day School | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 24th or Wednesday, 25th August 2021 Prof. Stephen Upex presents “Doom, … |
Anthony Poulton-Smith | Origins of Place Names | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 25th June 2021 Speaker: Anthony Poulton-Smith. His most recent book … |
John Buckell | Northampton Conscientious Objectors | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Friday, 25th June 2021 WW1 was the first time compulsory … |
Kate Vigurs | 39 of the best | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 23rd June 2021 In her new book Mission France: … |
Eve Bacon | Medieval Spices | CLASP Tuesday 22nd June 2021 Eve Bacon’s lecture reviews the range of spices available in … |
Mary Monro | Tech’s first female entrepreneur – from making her millions to Alan Turing | The National Museum of Computing Thursday, 17th June 2021 Dora Metcalf is believed to have … |
Jerry McCarthy | Polish Cyclometer – an early Enigma cracking machine | The National Museum of Computing Sunday, 13th and Monday, 14th June 2021 Jerry McCarthy’s talk … |
Caroline Shenton | Packing up the Nation: the story of our National Treasures in WW2 | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 10th June 2021 Caroline Shenton tells the story of our … |
Nic Fulcher | Corsets and Codpieces – A study of Tudor underwear | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 9th June 2021 Join costume historian Dr Nic … |
David Ingham | Archaeology for All: The Work of the Council of British Archaeology in Championing our Heritage | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 1st June 2021 The speaker is David Ingham, Archaeological Manager at … |
Dermot Turing | Alan Turing: “The Criminal who won the War”? | The National Museum of Computing Saturday, 29th May 2021 Alan Turing’s nephew Dermot Turing explores … |
Penny Walters | 1939 Census | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 28th May 2021 The 1939 Register was taken on 29 … |
Helen Fry | Inside the greatest intelligence operation of WWII | The National Museum of Computing Tuesday, 25th May 2021 During WW2, British intelligence engaged in … |
Chris Chinnock | The geophysical survey of Borough Hill Hillfort, Daventry | CLASP Tuesday 25th May 2021 Chris Chinnock’s lecture will discuss the findings of a geophysical … |
Alan Terrill | How I built my folly | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Sunday, 23rd May 2021 A free talk by Alan Terrill, a long-time … |
Stephen Barker | The Indian Army during the First World War: An Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Perspective | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 21st May 2021 Stephen Barker presents a project … |
Julian Hunt | Lords Austin and Nuffield, Giants of the British Motor Industry | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 18th May 2021 The first half of the 20th century saw … |
Stella Grace Lyons | Charles Rennie Mackintosh: more than just a tea room | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 13th May 2021 This talk by Stella Grace Lyons will … |
Cade Metz | Genius makers: meeting the mavericks inside AI’s revolution | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 12th May 2021 AI has come of age thanks … |
Julian Hunt | Coaching Inns of North Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 12th May 2021 Julian Hunt will talk about … |
Ruth Downie | Stories in Stones: the MEDICUS stories and the archaeological record | CLASP Tuesday, 11th May 2021 Ruth Downie (https://ruthdownie.com/) writes a series of murder mysteries set … |
Kate Vigurs | The Morse code message that rebooted WWII resistance – 80th anniversary | The National Museum of Computing Thursday, 6th May 2021 A Morse code message from France … |
Paul Stamper | Growing Flax for Aircraft Cloth: a little-known story from the First World War | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 4th May 2021 The crop had largely fallen out of cultivation, … |
Brian Randell | Percy Ludgate (1883 -1922) – Charles Babbage’s First Successor | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 28th April 2021 Professor Brian Randell will describe the … |
Samantha Leggert | You are what you eat: isotopic evidence from Whitehall Farm and Early Medieval England | CLASP Tuesday. 27th April 2021 This talk by Dr. Samantha Leggert looks at the new … |
Timothy Walke | What have plants ever done for us? | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Sunday 25th April 2021 This talk with Timothy Walke looks at mankind’s … |
Steve Kay | Digby Worthy and the Marconi Transistorised Automatic Computer | The National Museum of Computing Sunday, 25th April 2021 Steve Kay will talk about William … |
Mary Teviot | Civil Registration | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 23rd April 2021 Mary Teviot discusses the pitfalls of the … |
Chloe Sayer | Weaving cultures of the Americas: the continuous thread | Arts Society North Bucks Wednesday, 21st April 2021 A common thread links the Incas, the … |
David Beresford-Jones | Origins of Andean civilisation and its apogee under the Inca Empire | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 20th April 2021 Dr David Beresford-Jones is a Fellow of the … |
Michael Chapman | The work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and its educational charity | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 16th April 2021 Presented by Michael Chapman, a … |
Jerry McCarthy | The Polish Bomba: predecessor of the Turing-Welchman Bombe | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 14th April 2021 Jerry McCarthy will start with a … |
Liz Woolley | Oxford – Beer, Sausages and Marmalade | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 14th April 2021 In the nineteenth century Oxford … |
Sophie Oosterwijk | Tulips from Amsterdam: Dutch flower painting in the 17th century | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 8th April 2021 During the Golden Age flower still-life pieces … |
Dermot Turing | The real story of how Enigma was broken | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 7th April 2021 Dermot Turing explains the international alliance … |
Hugh Granger | I’m not really old | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 6th April 2021 Speaker: Hugh Granger. Hugh will talk about … |
Lucia Gahlin | An Introduction to Ancient Egypt’s History and Culture | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 6th April 2021 Lucia Gahlin is a specialist in the archaeology … |
Laurie Page | Migration: When we get Stuck | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 26th March 2021 Looking at migration patterns and how it … |
Geoff Morris | The Battle of Northampton and it’s place in the Wars of the Roses | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 16th March 2021 Speaker: Geoff Morris. The battle was the … |
Kevin Murrell | Atomic Computing comes to Wolverhampton | The National Museum of Computing Saturday, 12th March 2021 Speaker: Kevin Murrell. Harwell Atomic Energy … |
Rupert Willoughby | Threads of history: the world of the Bayeux tapestry | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 11th March 2021 This Zoom lecture by Rupert Willoughby is … |
James Wright | Mediaeval Stonemasons | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 10th March 2021 A talk on historic stonemasonry … |
Paul Nicholson | In the Footsteps of Roy Chapman-Andrews: Archaeology and Dinosaurs in Mongolia | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 2nd March 2021 Roy Chapman Andrews (1884 – 1960) led a … |
Denise Bates | Newspapers as Historical Sources | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 26th February 2021 This free talk by Denise Bates (www.denisebates.co.uk) … |
Ben Trethowan | Computing in Air Traffic Management | The National Museum of Computing Wednesday, 24th and Saturday, 27th February 2021 The Museum acquired … |
Neil Faulkner | The Archaeology of Lawrence of Arabia’s War | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 16th February 2021 Dr Neil Faulkner FSA (www.neilfaulkner.org.uk), is an archaeologist, … |
Alexandra Epps | Coventry Cathedral: icon and inspiration | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 11th February 2021 This Zoom lecture by Alexandra Epps tells … |
Brian Giggins | An historic stroll around ‘Bottom End’, Towcester | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 12th August 2020 at 7.30 pm Between July … |
Les Mitchinson | Using Maps | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 31st July 2020 Online talk Speaker: Les Mitchinson. Buckinghamshire FHS … |
Dorothy Jamieson | From Stowe to Sheringham | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 8th July 2020 at 7.30 pm Between July … |
Julian Hunt | Buckinghamshire Workhouses | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Friday, 26th June 2020 Online talk Speaker: Julian Hunt. Buckinghamshire FHS … |
Wendy Page | Winter’s Tales | Wednesdays, from 5th February to 25th March 2020 from 3.00 pm Barley Mow, 7 The … |
Steve Bacon | WW2 Merchant Navy Officer | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 18th March 2020 at 7.30 pm St … |
Margaret Roberts | The Story of Warden Abbey and its landscape | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Bucks Museum and Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery are temporarily closed. Saturday, 28th … |
Stephen Barker | The Indian Army in WW1 – an Ox and Bucks Perspective | Milton Keynes Branch of The Western Front Association This talk has been cancelled. Friday, 20th … |
Lucrezia Walker | Rembrandt and Vermeer | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 12th March 2020 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street … |
Paul Rabbitts | History of British Parks | Hanslope and District Historical Society This talk has been cancelled. Thursday, 19 March 2020 at … |
David Jacques | Blick Mead – a Mesolithic site, Stonehenge origins | Olney Archaeological Society This talk has been cancelled. Tuesday, 17th March 2020 from 10.00 am … |
Helena Chance | Woodlanders’ Lives and Landscapes | Buckinghamshire Family History Society this meeting has been cancelled. Saturday, 21st March 2020 from 1.30 … |
Neil Loudon | Boats without water | Buckingham Canal Society Saturday, 21st March 2020 at 7.00 pm Buckingham Community Centre, Cornwalls Meadow, … |
David Marks | Wolverton Boy – growing up in Wolverton | Milton Keynes Museum Society Tuesday, 10th March 2020 at 7.30 pm Granary Tea Room, Milton … |
Roy Smart | Amy – Wonderful Amy | Lavendon History Group Monday, 16th March 2020 at 2.00 pm Lavendon Village Hall, 22 High … |
Paul Stamper | Representing megaliths | Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society Thursday, 5th March 2020 at 7.30 pm Rectory Cottages, Church … |
Barry Wadeson | Ecclesia Anglicana and the English Reformation | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 4th March 2020 at 7.45 pm refreshments for an 8.00 … |
Cindy Jansz | The Portrayal of Women Throughout History | Tingewick Historical Society Wednesday, 4th March 2020 from 7.15 for 7.30 pm Tingewick Village Hall, … |
Julian Hunt | The Lenborough Hoard | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 3rd March 2020 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Richard Mawrey | The Gods of the Gardens | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 22nd February 2020 at 2.30 pm Bucks County Museum, Church Street, … |
Roger Penny | Priming The Fuse | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 21st February 2020 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Stephen Barker | Hardit Singh Malik | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 19th February 2020 at 7.30 pm St … |
Mike Ingram | Fotheringhay- Home of the House of York | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 18th February 2020 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Mark Steinhardt | The WW1 letters of Walter Croft | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 18th February 2020 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Lucia Gahlin | Ancient Egyptian Treasures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 13th February 2020 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street … |
Roger Brown | The History of Toys | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday 12th February 2020 at 7.30 pm Riverside Centre … |
Hugh Granger | The Reeve’s Tale | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 12th February 2020 at 7.45 pm for refreshments and 8.00 … |
Kevin Varty | St Dunstan and the Cenotaph | Sherington Historical Society Tuesday, 11th February 2020 at 8.00 pm Sherington Village Hall, Church Road, … |
Ken Doughty | My Ancestor was a Brushmaker | Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group) Wednesday, 5th February 2020 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church … |
Sarah Tricks | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Research and Recording Project | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 4th February 2020 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Tom Jones | Bawdy Georgians | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 4th February 2020 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Michael Brown | Death in the Garden | Lavendon Village History Group Monday, 27th January 2020 at 2.00 pm Lavendon Village Hall, 22 … |
Kevin Varty | Pictures in the Parlour | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 21st January 2020 at 7.30 pm Newport Pagnell United Reformed … |
Roderick Floud | Purchasing Paradise: the money that financed the great gardens | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 18th January 2020 from 2.30 to 4.30 pm Bucks County Museum, … |
Steve Dimmer | A Christmas Carol | Hanslope and District Historical Society Thursday, 16th January 2020 at 8.00 pm The Club, High … |
Tony Rawlins | Mad Men and Artists: how the advertising industry has exploited fine art | The Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 9th January 2020 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver … |
Philip Warner | The National Leather Collection | Towcester & District Local History Society Wednesday, 8th January 2020 at 7.30 pm Riverside Centre, … |
Ian Waller | My Average Ancestor | Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group) Wednesday, 8th January 2020 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, … |
Kevin Varty | Away with the Fairies | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 7th January 2020 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon. Olney Centre, High … |
John Clarke | Woburn in the Wars | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 13th December 2019 at 7.30 pm Roman Park … |
Jef Page | Christmas traditions | Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group) Wednesday, 4th December 2019 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church, … |
Neil Faulkner | A brief history of the world in 80 minutes (minus the boring bits) | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 3rd December 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre … |
Kevin Varty | An Evening with a Magic Lantern | Lavendon History Group Monday, 25th November 2019 at 7.30 pm Lavendon Village Hall, 22 High … |
Timothy Walker | The Healing Power of Plants | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 23rd November 2019 from 2.30 to 4.30 pm Bucks County Museum, … |
Kevin Varty | Sex, Drugs and Tapeworms | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 20th November 2019 at 7.30 pm St … |
Derek Blunt | County of Spires and Squires | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 19th November 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon. Olney Centre, … |
Roy Smart | Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 15th November 2019 at 7.30 pm North Crawley Institute, High … |
John Sutton | Injustice or Justifiable? First World War Executed Soldiers | Milton Keynes Branch of The Western Front Association Friday, 15th November 2019 at 7.30 pm … |
Paul Jagger | Treasures of the Livery Company Halls | The Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 14th November 2019 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver … |
Helen Frost | The Women’s Land Army in Northamptonshire during the First World War | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 13th November 2019 at 7.30 pm Riverside Centre, … |
Dorothy Jamieson | From Stowe to Sheringham | Olney & District Historical Society Tuesday ,12th November 2019 at 7.30 pm Olney Centre, High … |
Julian Hunt | Lord Austin and Lord Nuffield: giants of the British motor industry | Milton Keynes Museum Society Tuesday, 12th November 2019 at 7.30 pm Milton Keynes Museum, McConnell … |
Kevin Burnett | The Silk Route in Uzbekistan | Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society Thursday, 7th November 2019 at 7.30 pm Rectory Cottages, Church … |
Steve Beamon | Was Your Ancestor a Transport Police Officer? | Bucks Family History Society Wednesday, 6th November 2019 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm Methodist Church … |
Miriam Gill | Medieval Wall Painting in Buckinghamshire and Beyond | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 5th November 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon. Olney Centre, … |
Julian Hunt | The Diarists | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 5th November 2019 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Bob Farey | Alfred Cockerill, Northampton’s Forgotten Philanthropist | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 23rd October 2019 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Susan Whitfield | The Silk Road: art, history and exploration | The Arts Society North Bucks Tuesday, 22nd October 2019 from 10.00 am to 3.30 pm … |
Steve Dimmer | The Horrible History of Halloween | Lavendon History Group Monday, 21st October 2019 at 2.00 pm Lavendon Village Hall, 22 High Street, … |
Andrew Hood, Hazel Williams, Keith Westcott, Liz Friendship-Taylor, Martyn Allen, Steve Ford | Roman Villa Landscapes of the South Midlands | Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands Sunday 20th October 2019 from 10.00 am to 5.00 … |
Roger Laing | Admiral Isorocu Yamamoto – Architect of Allied Victory? | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 15th October 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon The Olney … |
Geoff Morris | Cropredy Bridge | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 15th October 2019 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Phil Marsh | Wolverton – the first Railway Town | Wolverton & District Archaeological & Historical Society Wednesday, 16th October 2019 at 7.30 pm St … |
Kevin Patience | The East African Campaign in Kenya 1914 -16 | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 18th October 2019 from 7.00 to 9.30 pm … |
Tom Jones | The History of Olney | Sherington Historical Society Tuesday 8th October 2019 from 8.00 to 10.00 pm Sherington Village Hall, … |
Roger Powell | Royal Bastards – A Quest for the Crown | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday 9th October 2019 at 7.30 pm Riverside Centre, … |
Julian Hunt | Coaching Inns | Olney & District Historical Society Tuesday, 8th October 2019 at 7.30 pm Olney Centre, High … |
Christopher Chanter | The rebuilding of the town of Ypres after its total destruction in the Great War | The Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 10th October 2019 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver … |
Alaric Neville | The History of Phipps Brewery in Towcester and Northampton | Milton Keynes Museum Society Tuesday, 8th October 2019 at 7.30 pm Granary Tea Room, Milton … |
Andrew Tennet | My Father’s journey through WWII | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 9th October 2019 at 7.30 pm Riverside Centre, … |
Dianne Sutton | Down Among The Gypsies | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday, 2nd October 2019 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church Hall, Queensway, … |
Paul Rabbitts | History of British parks | Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society Thursday, 3rd October 2019 at 7.30 pm Rectory Cottages, Church … |
Richard Wheeler | Embracing the Pastoral, Anne Halsey – Lady Cobham | National Trust, Stowe/ Stowe House Preservation Trust Friday, 4th October 2019 from 6.00 to 8.00 … |
Roly Doggett | History of the Grand Junction and Union Canals | Wolverton & District Archaeological & Historical Society Wednesday, 18th September 2019 at 7.30 pm St … |
Rebecca Shawcross | History of shoes: followers of fashion | Hanslope and District Historical Society Thursday, 19th September 2019 at 8.00 pm The Club, High … |
John Sorrell | The Madonnas of Pervyse | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 20th September 2019 at 7.30 pm Roman Park … |
Steve Bacon | Grave Robbing | Lavendon History Group Monday, 30th September 2019 at 2.00 pm Lavendon Village Hall, 22 High … |
Alex Wood | Northampton’s First Police Force: Misgivings, Municipal Mission and Misdemeanours | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 25th September 2019 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Chris Ward | Our changing wildlife | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 1st October 2019 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Paul Stamper | Strange Beastly Buildings: Animal Housing in Historic Parks and Gardens | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 1st October 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Kevin Varty | Lost language of headstones | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 17th September 2019 at 7.30 pm Newport Pagnell United Reformed … |
Charles Baily | The Dawn of Civilisation: The Prehistory of Anatolia | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 17th September 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Susan Owens | Royal Collectors: Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their Art | The Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 12th September 2019 at 11:00 am Lovat Hall, Silver … |
David Hewitt | The Culworth Gang | Towcester & District Local History Society Wednesday 11th September 2019 at 7.30 pm Riverside Centre … |
Paul Nicholson | Glass, Faience and Pottery at Amarna | Glass, Faience and Pottery at Amarna Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 3rd September 2019 from 10.00 … |
Dave Annal | The Enumerator Strikes Back | Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group) Wednesday, 4th September 2019 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church … |
Eve Bacon, Steve Bacon | Medieval Surgery | Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society Thursday, 5th September 2019 at 7.30 pm Rectory Cottages, Church … |
Delia Gleave | Leighton Buzzard and its environs during WW1 | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 4th September 2019 at 8.00 pm All Saints Church Hall, … |
Margaret Roberts | History of Warden Abbey | Hanslope and District Historical Society Thursday, 18 July 2019 at 8.00 pm The Club, High … |
Kevin Varty | Away with the Fairies | Lavendon Village History Group Monday, 15th July 2019 at 2.00 pm Lavendon Village Hall, 22 … |
Colin Oakes | Coram and The Foundling Hospital | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday, 3rd July 2019 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church Hall, Queensway, … |
Roy Smart | Amy, Wonderful Amy | Yardley Gobion Local History Group Thursday, 4th July 2019 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village … |
David Phillips | “Oh yes it is”, “Oh no it isn’t”: Unresolved questions of authenticity | The Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 13th June 2019 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver … |
Michael Brown | Death in the Garden | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday, 12th June 2019 at 7.30 pm Riverside Centre, … |
Geoff Morris | The Battle of Naseby 1645 | Olney & District Historical Society Tuesday, 11th June 2019 at 7.30 pm Olney Centre, High … |
John Timmins | D-Day | Old Gaol Museum, Buckingham Wednesday, 5th June 2019 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm Market Hill, … |
Tim Healey | Sex, Drink and Death in the 17th Century | Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society Thursday, 6th June 2019 at 7.30 pm Rectory Cottages, Church … |
David Kenyon | Bletchley Park and D-Day | Bletchley Park Thursday, 6th Jun 2019 from 11.00 am to 3.30 pm Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, … |
Kathy Chater | Film and Sound Archives for Historians | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday, 5th June 2019 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church Hall, Queensway, … |
Richard Wheeler | ‘Secrets and Scandal’ at West Wycombe Park | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Thursday, 30th May 2019 from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm West Wycombe Park, … |
David Fowler | The BBC and Glenn Miller in WW2 Bedford | Lavendon History Group Monday, 20th May 2019 at 2.00 pm Lavendon Village Hall, 22 High … |
Peter Liddle | Death and Burial of Richard III | Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society Thursday, 9th May 2019 at 7.30 pm Rectory Cottages, Church … |
Ian Peacock | An Icon of the Sky – The Spitfire and its people | Olney & District Historical Society Tuesday, 14th May 2019 at 7.30 pm Olney Centre, High Street, … |
Ron Johnson | ‘Roade Remembered’ and ‘Pianoforte Supplies Ltd’ | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 22nd May 2019 at 7.00 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Phil Stone | Tut’s Tat | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 21st May 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, High … |
Colin Rowe | Luxurious Locomotion | Hanslope & District Historical Society Thursday, 16th May 2019 at 8.00 pm The Club, High … |
Elizabeth Merry | Sweet Swan of Avon | The Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 9th May 2019 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver … |
Hedley Malloch | The Killing of the Iron Twelve | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 17th May 2019 at 7.30 pm Roman Park … |
Magnus John | Breaks in the Circuit: From 17th century slave trade to 21st century Milton Keynes | Grafton Regis Historians Sunday, 12th May 2019 from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm Grafton Regis … |
Wendy Page | Tudor and Stuart Glimpses | Cosgrove and Furtho History Talks Thursday, 16th May 2019 at 7.30 pm St Peter & … |
Richard Deacon | Northampton in the 1970s – where it all went wrong | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday 8th May 2019 at 7.30 pm Riverside Centre, … |
Sun Jester | Roman Medicine | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 7th May 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, High … |
Marylynn Rouse | John Newton (Sailor, Rector, Hymn Writer of Olney) | North Crawley Historical Society Friday, 10th May 2019 at 7.30 pm North Crawley Institute, 25 High … |
Alex Milne | First Aid Nursing Yeomanry | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 7th May 2019 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
Peter Barnes | ‘Scandal at Simpson’: the life and times of the Reverend William Rice | Simpson History Group Saturday, 4th May 2019 at 7.30 pm Simpson Village Hall, Simpson, Milton … |
Stephen Barker | Bucks in the Civil War | Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group) Wednesday, 1st May 2019 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church … |
Paul Hatfield | Shakespeare’s houses | Yardley Gobion History Group Thursday, 2nd May 2019 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village Hall, … |
Tony Clarke | By Royal Disappointment | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 24th April 2019 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Wendy Page | Medieval Minds | Cosgrove and Furtho History Talks Tuesday, 30th April 2019 at 7.00 for 7.30 pm St … |
Peter Hodgkinson | Fear and Courage in Trench Warfare | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 12th April 2019 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Kate Harwood | ‘Save Our Serpent’: Geoffrey Jellicoe and Hemel Hempstead | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 27th April 2019 from 2.30 to 4.45 pm Bucks County Museum, … |
Jill Eyers | Fossils and how to become one | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 16th April 2019 from 19.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Ian Waller | Reading Old Handwriting | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Saturday, 13th April 2019 from 1.30 to 4.00 pm Turnfurlong Junior … |
Michael Brailey | Royal and Derngate | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 16th April 2019 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church, High … |
John Perkins | What have the Puritans ever done for us? | Towcester and District Local History Society Wednesday 10th April 2019 at 7.30 pm Riverside Centre … |
William Wells | Life and Times of a Ship’s Pilot | Olney & District Historical Society Tuesday, 9th April 2019 at 7.30 pm Olney Centre, High Street, … |
Clive Stewart-Lockhart | Clara: Rhino superstar and wonder of the Grand Tour | The Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 11th April 2019 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver … |
Julian Hunt | Woughton on The Green | Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group) Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 at 7.30 pm Methodist Church … |
Ray Aspden | Kings and Queens of Mercia | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 2nd April 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Chris Chinnock, Derek Robert, Jim Brown, Peter Boyer, Rob Atkins, Stephen Young, Steve Lawrence | Northamptonshire Archaeological Review | Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands Saturday, 6th April 2019 Bugbrooke Sports and Community Centre, … |
Jack Copeland | Alan Turing’s contribution to computing history | Bletchley Park Saturday, 6th April 2019 from 12.00 noon to 4.30 pm Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, … |
Peter Liddle | Time Team in Leicestershire | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 26th March 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon. Olney Centre, … |
Ray Rowlson | The Silk Road | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 27th March 2019 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Gill Clarke | Stanley Spencer | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 30th March 2019 at 2.30 pm Buckinghamshire County Museum, Church Street, … |
John Sorrell | Medical Women at the Front | Hanslope and District Historical Society Thursday, 21st March 2019 at 8.00 pm The Club, High … |
Bob Williams, Peter Buck | Cheese & Wine Social Evening/AGM | Buckingham Canal Society Saturday, 23rd March 2019 at 7.00 pm Buckingham Community Centre, Cornwalls Meadow, … |
Richard Lloyd | The Treatment of the British POW by the Germans on the Western Front | Milton Keynes Western Front Association Friday, 15th March 2019 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm Roman … |
Derek Blunt | Saints, Sinners, Stars and Scandal | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 20th March 2019 at 7.30 pm St … |
Steve Dimmer | Forging Ahead: The secrets of Operation Bernhard | Lavendon Village History Group Monday, 18th March 2019 at 2.00 pm Lavendon Village Hall, 22 … |
Eric Gates | Charles Warren and the Lost Inheritance | Simpson History Group Saturday, 9th March 2019 at 7.30 pm Simpson Village Hall, Ashland, Simpson, … |
Alan Read | Edward Burne-Jones and the Pre-Raphelite legacy | Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 14th March 2019 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver Street, … |
Stephen Kershaw | The Minoans of Crete: the first Europeans | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 12th March 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Camilla Cullum | Thomas Harrison – relatively speaking | Milton Keynes Museum Society Tuesday 12th March 2019 at 7.30 pm Milton Keynes Museum Granary … |
Bev Kelly | Queen Mary 1867 – 1953 | Buckingham Old Gaol Thursday, 7th March 2019 at 7.30 pm Market Hill, Buckingham, MK18 1JX … |
Margaret Roberts | Warden Abbey | Bow Brickhill History Society Wednesday, 6th March 2019 at 8.00 pm All Saints Church Hall, … |
Kevin Varty | Flushed with Success | Yardley Gobion Local History Group Thursday, 7th March 2019 at 8.00 pm Yardley Gobion Village … |
Michael Brown | Death in the Garden | Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society Thursday, 7th March 2019 at 7.30 pm Rectory Cottages, Church … |
Peter Mawby | Roade’s Collector Cousins | Roade Local History Society Wednesday, 27th February 2018 at 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church Hall, … |
Richard Mawrey | The Phantom of the Trianon | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday, 23rd February 2019 at 2.30 pm Buckinghamshire County Museum, Church Street, Aylesbury … |
Kevin Varty | Away with the Fairies | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 19th February 2019 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church High … |
Malcolm Deacon | The buildings of Sir Thomas Tresham | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 19th February 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Eve Bacon | History of food, spices, and Medieval society | Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society Wednesday, 20th February 2019 at 7.30 pm St … |
Roly Doggett | Browne Willis and William Cole | St Mary’s Church, Bletchley Sunday, 10th March 2019 from 3.00 to 4.00 pm Church Green … |
Eve Bacon | Becoming Queen Victoria | Bow Brickill History Society Tuesday, 12th February 2019 at 7.30 pm All Saints Church Hall, … |
Rupert Mayo | Recorders of Northampton | Towcester & District Local History Society Wednesday, 13th February 2019 at 7.30 pm Riverside Centre, … |
Paul Rabbitts | Royal Parks | Olney & District Historical Society Tuesday, 12th February 2019 at 7.30 pm Olney Centre, High … |
Tim Stimpson | Cartoonery: British attitudes | The Arts Society North Bucks Thursday, 14th February 2019 at 11.00 am Lovat Hall, Silver … |
Kevin Varty | Witchcraft and Northamptonshire | FoLiO (Friends of the Library in Olney) Monday, 4th February 2019 at 7.00 for 7.30 pm … |
Gary Marshall | Chastleton House (Oxfordshire): The secrets of a Jacobean Mansion | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 5th February 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |
Eve Bacon | 1950s Food and the Housewife | Lavendon History Group Monday, 28th January 2019 at 2.00 pm Lavendon Village Hall, 22 High … |
Jef Page | Chaucer – A Poet’s Tale | Buckinghamshire Family History Society Wednesday, 6th February 2019 at 7.15 for 7.30 pm Methodist Church … |
Roger Penny | Battling The Bolshies | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 15th February 2019 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Dianne Sutton | There’s no place like Homeworld | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 5th February 2019 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church High … |
Paul Rabbitts | Bandstands | Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Saturday 19th January 2019 at 2.30pm Bucks County Museum, Church Street, Aylesbury … |
Mark Steinhardt | The Letters Home of Walter Croft | Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch Friday, 18th January 2019 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm … |
Steve Bacon | Bow Street Runners | Newport Pagnell Historical Society Tuesday, 22nd January 2019 at 7.30 pm United Reformed Church High … |
Ray Rowlson | The Silk Road | Olney Archaeological Society Tuesday, 22nd January 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon Olney Centre, … |