Baked into History: How a Bakery Invented the First Business Computer
Explore the remarkable and often overlooked history of LEO, the world’s first computer designed specifically for commercial applications
National Museum of Computing
Articles by MKHA Webmaster
‘Phew, That Was Close!’
Air Marshal ‘Black’ Robertson presents an evening of enthralling stories from Suez and the Cold War to the Falklands and the Balkans
Milton Keynes Aviation Society
Black Redcoats
This is a presentation of the extremely well researched and written book, Black Redcoats, by author, history enthusiast and speaker, Matthew Taylor.
Willen Village Heritage Association
Members night
Our meeting will be open to members to give talks on their family history journeys.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Urban Myths of MK
This is a walk around some of the City artworks, dispelling some of the myths that have arisen over the years with the planning of Central Milton Keynes.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Paddington at the Museum
Come along and meet everyone’s favourite bear. There will be opportunities to take photos with Paddington™ as he makes appearances throughout the day.
Milton Keynes Museum
Number Stations: 1950 to the Present
Number stations are shortwave transmissions which carry encrypted messages from foreign intelligence agencies to spies in the field .
Bletchley Park
From Victorians to Elizabethans – tracing our English Ancestors 1901 – 1952
This talk will demonstrate that there is plenty to be discovered about individuals and the communities in which they lived between 1901 and 1952.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
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
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