Lighting of the beacon
Join an evening of entertainment and the lighting of the beacon to pay tribute to all of those who took part in D-Day, 80 years ago.
Milton Keynes Museum
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From Iron Age to Saxon: ordinary life and unusual death at RAF Cardington
Speaker: David Ingham, Project Manager, Albion Archaeology, Secretary to S and E Midlands CBA. Preceded by the Society’s AGM.
Olney Archaeological Society
Olney riverside wander
Booking required (max. 25 people). Meet in Olney. Walking along the river on grass tracks – all flat. 2 miles. £3.00 per person.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Good City: what makes Milton Keynes?
The exhibition will showcase the outcomes of conversations, ideas, creative expression and innovative discussion instigated by MKCDC with the community.
Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre
Whiteleaf Walk
Join artist Lian Chan on a guided walk to discover the sites painted by John and Paul Nash in Whiteleaf, Buckinghamshire a century ago.
Discover Bucks Museum
Look Again: A Whisper, A Myth and a Mighty Blow
A walk around the public art of CMK with a sideways look at some of the urban myths that have arisen over the years led by Peter Martin:,
Milton Keynes Forum
Using Historical Newspapers
Denise Bates includes wider social history as well as family history. Her talk develops the theme of putting stories into context.
Buckinghamshire Family History 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..
Buckingham Old Gaol
Counter-Intelligence: What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-solving and Creativity
Robert Hannigan will trace the history of counter-intelligence, from the early days of Bletchley Park to the ongoing work of GCHQ.
Bletchley Park
Tony Sale Award Event
The international Tony Sale Award was established by the Computer Conservation Society (CCS) in 2012 in memory of the late Tony Sale.
The National Museum of Computing