Medieval Spices
Eve Bacon’s lecture reviews the range of spices available in England during the High Middle Ages and how they were used in religion, medicine and cooking.
CLASP
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Tech’s first female entrepreneur – from making her millions to Alan Turing
Join Dora Metcalf’s great niece Mary Monro to discover how tech’s first female entrepreneur found herself on the business-end of government IT.
The National Museum of Computing
Ancient Woodland Walk, Linford Wood
A guided walk around Linford Wood led by the Parks Trust. There is a maximum of 20 attendees for this event. Please book a place. £2.00.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Polish Cyclometer – an early Enigma cracking machine
A basic prototype of the Cyclometer will be described, and the subsequent working model will be demonstrated and explained in some detail.
The National Museum of Computing
MKHA Archiving Project
MKHA received a grant last year from MK Community Foundation for Ellie Pridgeon, a consultant archivist, to help our members with their archival material,
Packing up the Nation: the story of our National Treasures in WW2
This is a gripping and sometimes hilarious story of how a band of heroic curators and custodians saved Britain’s national treasures during our Darkest Hour.
Arts Society North Bucks
Visit to Peterley Corner Cottage
A three-acre garden with wildflowers, specimen trees, roses and herbaceous borders. £13.00 for guests, with tea and cakes.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Corsets and Codpieces – A study of Tudor underwear
One’s undergarments are an essential element in achieving the desired effect, but what is actually going on under all of that silk, satin and lace?
Towcester and District Local History Society
Lessons from History?
in 1784 a man from Stoke Goldington was imprisoned. His wife went to nurse him and returned to the village with the fever which spread through the village.
Stoke Goldington Association
Archaeology for All: The Work of the Council of British Archaeology in Championing our Heritage
The speaker is David Ingham, who is Archaeological Manager at Albian Archaeology and Secretary of CBA, S and E Midlands. Preceded by the Society’s AGM.
Olney Archaeological Society