Please check with the organiser that an event listed below is going ahead, especially if travelling any distance.
Those events and objects that appear every Christmas form a tradition, but when did they first appear? Which are pagan, Christian, Victorian or modern?
Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group)
Dr. Neil Faulkner is a lecturer, writer, archaeologist and occasional broadcaster. He is Editor of ‘Military History Monthly’.
Olney Archaeological Society
Exhibition in the Old Gaol courtyard on the development of Buckingham between the two world wars and the conditions of everyday life.
Buckingham Old Gaol
Kevin Varty, a member of the Magic Lantern Society, will take us through the history of magic lanterns, which were invented in the 1650s.
Lavendon History Group
Mankind has exploited the medicinal properties of plants for thousands of years, yet they are still considered to be peripheral by many people.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
The film gives a vivid depiction of life in the county during the Great War through a range of original visual material. Preceded by the Society’s AGM.
Hanslope and District Historical Society
Kevin Varty will use contemporary adverts to illustrate cures for all kinds of illnesses – a light-hearted look at Victorian consumerism.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Derek Blunt’s talk will take you through the towns and villages of the county, including those settlements which have been completely or partially lost.
Olney Archaeological Society
The entertaining speaker Roy Smart has much to tell about a royal topic that has intrigued generations, Wallis Simpson and the abdication crisis.
North Crawley Historical Society
The usual cause for their offences has been re-attributed in modern times to post-traumatic stress disorder, or shell shock.
Milton Keynes Branch of The Western Front Association
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