Purchasing Paradise: the money that financed the great gardens
Speaker Professor Sir Roderick Floud is an economic historian. His book, An Economic History of the English Garden, was published in November 2019.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
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Old/New Year Celebration
The events and achievements of the old year and a look forward to the new – a visual recap of the 2019 events and a brief history of the MK branch.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
A Christmas Carol
Steve Dimmer acts as a one-man presentation of A Christmas Carol playing all the characters, with sound effects. Party with wine and mince pies.
Hanslope and District Historical Society
Mad Men and Artists: how the advertising industry has exploited fine art
From the Renaissance through to the present day fine art provides opportunities to enhance brand imagery with admiration, humour, satire and irony.
The Arts Society North Bucks
The National Leather Collection
The talk will feature an introduction to the National Leather Collection, the museum’s history and how it came to be located in Northampton.
Towcester & District Local History Society
My Average Ancestor
During a lifetime most people left a large number of records (we all generate about 100 records). This talk takes a chronological tour of those records.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group)
Away with the Fairies
n 1917 two girls in Yorkshire took photographs of fairies. When the photographs came to light they caused a sensation. Speaker: Kevin Varty.
Olney Archaeological Society
Relive Georgian Life – Olney
Discover the influence of the Georgian era on Olney. The Cowper & Newton Museum and the Olney & District Historical Society tell these lost stories.
Discover Milton Keynes
Woburn in the Wars
During the WWI the Duchess of Bedford converted parts of Woburn Abbey into a hospital and during WWII it housed government and services departments.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Grafton Murder Mystery Dinner
The dinner takes place in a medieval Yuletide setting. Come in costume if you wish. Spot the villain and win a prize! £20 per head.
Grafton Regis Historians