Superstition and Religion in the Trenches
Focuses on the role of faith superstition during the war in enabling soldiers to have a sense of control over their destinies and to mitigate stress.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
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The Fight for Suffrage
Dressed as a suffragette, Eve Bacon will tell the story, not only of the suffragettes but of the wider campaign for universal suffrage in Britain.
North Crawley Historical Society
Life & Death in the Countryside: Rural Northamptonshire in the Roman Period
The conquest of Britain and the creation of the new Roman province brought with it a new system of administration and governance.
Roade Local History Society
The Watermills and Landscape of the River Great Ouse, Cambridgeshire: Modelling the Impact of Watermilling in a Lowland Valley
The River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire has a long history of water milling, stretching back to at least the 10th century and possibly to the Roman period.
Olney Archaeological Society
Newport on fire
Don Hurst will be showing slides with the buildings that have been damaged or destroyed by fire through the years and some of the characters involved.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
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Bucks Dinosaurs and Sea Monsters
A talk on Buckinghamshire’s dinosaurs and sea monsters. Discover why only a handful of dinosaur fossils have been found iwhile marine reptile bones abound.
Discover Bucks Museum
Oak trees, the Royal Navy and the shipyards of East Anglia
Magdalen Evans’s lecture displays paintings and many other forms of art which celebrate our island race’s fascination with our maritime history.
Arts Society North Bucks
Queen Eleanor of Castile: a cycle through history
Andy Tennet’s presentation covers the life and influence of Queen Eleanor of Castile, her links to Northampton and her impact.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Windmill Street: The street that never was
We are all familiar with the names of our grid roads such as Saxon Street but how were they chosen? Which names were considered but not used?
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society