Open Day 2019
Meet family history societies from Berkshire, London, Manchester, Northants, Nuneaton, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and other places. Trade stalls. Free talks.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
News
Away with the Fairies
1n 1917 two girls in Yorkshire took photographs of fairies. When the photographs came to light they came to the attention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Lavendon Village History Group
Coram and The Foundling Hospital
he story of the Foundation’s conception, development and subsequent move out of London before it comes back to London in a different form.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Amy, Wonderful Amy
Roy Smart will give a talk about the life of the famous aviator, Amy Johnson who became the first woman to fly solo to Australia.
Yardley Gobion Local History Group
Grafton Regis – 1,000 years in 100 minutes!
Experience the dramatic history of Grafton Regis brought to life on a leisurely walk through the village. Meet, in authentic costume, some inhabitants.
Grafton Regis Historians
The Soulbury Pumphouse
The exhibition tells the story of the history of the Soulbury Pumphouse on the Grand Union canal, which has recently been restored.
Discover Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes Festival of History
Saturday, 15th and Sunday, 16th June 2019 from 12.00 noon to 5.00 pm
Campbell Park, Central Milton Keynes.
Entry is free.
An Introduction to Field Archaeology
These will be an opportunity for either new CLASP members or non-members to begin to understand the basics of field archaeology.
CLASP
“Oh yes it is”, “Oh no it isn’t”: Unresolved questions of authenticity
Disputes are erupting with such frequency that the most topical cases we look at by the time this lecture gets delivered may not yet have hit the headlines.
The Arts Society North Bucks
Death in the Garden
Poisonous plants have been used to remove an unwanted partner, for medicine, aphrodisiacs, pest control, foretelling the future or to commune with the gods.
Towcester and District Local History Society