Restoration vs Conservation Talk
This talk delves into the contrasting approaches taken in the treatment of two historically significant ceilings at Stowe House.
Stowe House
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The History of Roade WI
Speaker: Maggie Smith. Roade WI formed in 1928 and has a wealth of history in the village. Come along and see how it has progressed throughout the years.
Roade Local History Society
John Hellins and the Royal Society
Speaker: .Steve Parkin. Find out more about the founder of Potterspury’s school and his important contribution to science.
Potterspury History Group
Victorian and Early 20th Century Baby Farming
Learn the sad fate of some illegitimate babies, how the law made this business viable and how it was eventually brought to an end.
Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre
Award Ceremony for the Honorary Fellowship of Simon Lavington
Simon Lavington will be presented with his Honorary Fellowship by Andrew Herbert, Chair of Trustees at The National Museum of Computing.
The National Museum of Computing
Sex, Drugs and Tapeworms
Kevin Varty will use contemporary adverts to illustrate cures for all kinds of illnesses – a light-hearted look at Victorian consumerism.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Cursus Monuments of Buckinghamshire and the Great Ouse Valley
A cursus is an elongated rectilinear earthwork enclosure whose length is over 250m and whose long axis is more than ten times the short axis.
Olney Archaeological Society
The world’s greatest paintings: 200 years at the National Gallery
2024 marks the bicentenary of the National Gallery. Today the collection amounts to 2,300 works spanning the major traditions of Western European painting.
Arts Society North Bucks
Stowe – Past, Present and Future
Explores the rise and fall of the Temple-Grenville family, the three sales leading to the eventual creation of Stowe School and plans for the future.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Bow Street Runners
Watch out, watch out the Bow Street Runners are about! Steve Bacon will talk about why were they formed and what were their powers.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society