Dukes of Grafton
Presented by David Marks. Doors open at 7:00. All welcome, refreshments available. .£5.00 entry.
Cosgrove History Group
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Northamptonshire transport in the past
How did our ancestors or even us as youngsters travel in days gone by? Jon-Paul Carr from the Northamptonshire Heritage Forum makes a return visit.
Towcester and District Local History Society
The de Havilland Aircraft Company: Hertfordshire’s contribution to aviation history
Alistair Hodgson looks at the life and career of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, starting from his earliest flights to the global business that he established.
Milton Keynes Aviation Society
Open Day
This 13C parish church is endowed with 15C outstanding wall paintings, chained books from the Reformation and Victorian stained glass by Gibbs and Kempe.
Friends of St Lawrence, Broughton
Lotions, Potions & Dubious Cures
In the days long before the advent of the NHS there were a great many very unusual ways of dealing with illness & various health conditions.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Breach of Promise to Marry
Denise Bates investigates the social and cultural history of broken engagements between 1780-1970 and why the law allowed claims for damages.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Soldiers, Saints and Sinners: Oxfordshire Characters from the British Civil War 1642-51
Oxford became the Royalist capital in late 1642 and Oxfordshire was on the front line with parliamentary Buckinghamshire.
Tingewick Historical Society
Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves and the British Empire
Speaker: Dr Sean Lang, Artistic Director of BOATS Theatre and Honorary Visiting Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University, playwright and broadcaster.
Olney Archaeological Society
Silver Street, Newport Pagnell
Summer walk led by Don Hurst. Meet 15 minutes before the walk starts. Walks generally last about an hour to90 minutes. £5.00 for guests.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Programming the Apollo Guidance Computer
Explore what it takes to program the Apollo Guidance Computer. Join us in a world before “best practices” and before “test-driven development”.
The National Museum of Computing