John Newton (Sailor, Rector, Hymn Writer of Olney)
Newton’s life is well-known: his involvement in the slave trade; his friendship with Cowper and Wilberforce; his gift as a hymn writer; and his ministry.
North Crawley Historical Society
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First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
The Corps is the world’s longest established uniformed ‘military’ voluntary organisation for women – and today, the only all-women unit left in the UK.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
‘Scandal at Simpson’: the life and times of the Reverend William Rice
Rev. William Rice, Rector of Simpson, was the subject of complaints from parishioners to the Bishop of Oxford on account of his behaviour.
Simpson History Group
Bucks in the Civil War
The part Buckinghamshire played in the Civil War. John Hampden, the Battle of Aylesbury and local garrisons.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group)
Shakespeare’s houses
Paul Hatfield’s talk will cover all of Shakespeare‟s family homes as well as the 1964 Shakespeare Centre.
Yardley Gobion History Group
By Royal Disappointment
A light-hearted, truthful and no-holds-barred examination of our parliament, those who govern us, and of life in the House.
Roade Local History Society
Medieval Minds
Wendy Page will be presenting an illustrated talk covering some of the earliest clues that we have to life in Cosgrove and Furtho.
Cosgrove and Furtho History Talks
Fear and Courage in Trench Warfare
Peter Hodgkinson. a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, considers the way fear was expressed and controlled in trench warfare.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
‘Save Our Serpent’: Geoffrey Jellicoe and Hemel Hempstead
Kate Harwood, has been instrumental in the recent restoration of Jellicoe’s design for the Water Gardens at Hemel Hempstead.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Fossils and how to become one
After hearing about the amazing stories which fossils can tell us, you will view our coastline and quarries in quite a new light.
Olney Archaeological Society