Margaret Bondfield MP
From a poorly paid, overworked shop assistant Margaret Bondfield became a champion of women’s rights and a campaigner for world peace.
Roade Local History Society
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August 1914 – The supply column
Follow the chaos of mobilising and then the advance and subsequent retreat once in France as the day to day problems had to be solved.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Sherington stroll
A local village guide from their Historical Society will show us around. We will be walking on paths, but some may be uneven and grassy.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Motif
Free lunch-time concert. Motif will be laying foot-tapping tunes from 50 plus years ago. Donations to Church and Hooke Heritage Project.
Third Tuesday Twelve Thirty
Family Fun Day
The Town Council invite you to a Family Fun Day, with a host of free games, activities and live entertainment from the bandstand.
Milton Keynes Museum
Albert French Commemoration
Albert French, the sixteen-year-old lad from Wolverton,. lied about his age to join up and was killed in action a week short of his seventeenth birthday.
The Friends of the MK Rose
Cool Marble! The Essential Guide to Greek Sculpture
Rupert Willoughby elucidates some of the finest Ancient Greek artistic expressions, including the ‘Elgin’ marbles and the Venus de Milo,.
Arts Society North Bucks
Charles Rennie Macintosh and 78 Derngate, Northampton
78 Derngate was famously re-modelled by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1916 for his client, Northampton model engineer, W.J Bassett-Lowke.
Towcester and District Local History Society
The History, Heritage and Engineering Excellence of Rolls-Royce
During his lecture, Neil will summarise the major events in the design, development and manufacture of Rolls-Royce aero engines and applications.
Milton Keynes Aviation Society
National Garden Scheme Open Gardens Weekend
Visit the Flower Garden and Summer House Garden. Both gardens are managed organically and wildlife is encouraged by providing suitable habitats.
Cowper & Newton Museum