History of Wolverton Works
Speaker: Mike Corbett. The Wolverton Works has been in existence for over 150 years and was one of the biggest employers in Buckinghamshire.
Potterspury History Group
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Guided Tour – The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The event is being held to mark the United Nations International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Special Railway Loads in WW1
Bill’s presentation will cover some of the more unusual items that the railways carried to the Western Front, enhanced with some of Bill’s models.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Late Roman Base-Metal Coinage and its Political Messages (c.AD 294 – 410)
A talk discussing the propaganda communicated through base-metal coinage of the ‘Late Roman’ period, with emphasis on common British finds.
CLASP
Rolling Home
Performing a mixture of songs with a nod to St Patrick. Complimentary cake and coffee. Donations to Hooke Heritage Project.
Third Tuesday Twelve Thirty
Protecting the Past: From Listed Buildings via Battleships to Shipwrecks
Speaker: Dr Paul Stamper, for many years senior adviser with English Heritage. English Heritage manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.
Olney Archaeological Society
Stars and their cars
Tom Johnson will be recounting some of the celebrities he met during his travels as a motoring journalist. £4.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Mothers’ Day Weekend Afternoon Tea
Enjoy afternoon tea featuring sandwiches, freshly baked scones with clotted cream and preserves, and an array of delicious cakes and pastries.
Bletchley Park
A Quick Introduction to the Plants and People that Influenced Garden History
This talk by the independent researcher Advolly Richmond will briefly look at some people and plants in history that have shaped our gardens.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Museum guided tour at the home of William Cowper
How the lives of William Cowper and John Newton came together, through Cowper’s writing, the Olney Hymns and Newton’s famous hymn Amazing Grace.
Cowper & Newton Museum