The English Parish Church is the greatest free show on earth
A talk by Lionel Wall an enthusiastic church crawler with an acclaimed website Great English Churches. Non-members £3.00.
Bow Brickhill History Society
Wednesday, 4th June 2025
Speaker meetings
Weedon Royal Ordnance Depot
The Depot stored and supplied everything soldiers needed to fight worldwide. There are 8 storehouses, a canal extension, powder magazines and high walls.
Potterspury History Group
Wednesday, 21st May 2025
VE Day Celebrations in Northampton
Pete Austin will show a film, taken by Northampton businessman Bassett-Lowke, of the Victory Parade in the town in 1945 and V.E. Day street parties in 1946.
Roade Local History Society
Wednesday, 21st May 2025
The Harpole Burial: new discoveries of a 7th-century bed burial
The Harpole Burial is believed to be the one of the most significant early-medieval female burials ever uncovered in Britain.
Olney Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 20th May 2025
Women in the Middle Ages
Medieval women seem to be largely invisible, yet we know that they ruled over kingdoms, convents and households and acted as the chatelaines of castles.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Tuesday, 20th May 2025
The Great Seal Bug: The Full History
Join the premiere of The Thing, a film that uncovers the complete history of one of history’s most astonishing espionage incidents.
National Museum of Computing
Saturday, 17th May 2025
Winston Churchill’s Toyshop
Gordon Wilson’s talk will portray a riveting account of one of the most famous ‘back rooms’ of WWII – and of the men and women who worked for it.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Friday, 16th May 2025
Plessey and its impact on Towcester 1940-1989
Tony Howard’s talk describes the growth of the company becoming the town’s largest employer and its impact on the expansion of Towcester.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Wednesday, 14th May 2025
Charles I – King and Collector
This lecture celebrates the 400th Anniversary of Charles I’s accession to the throne..In total, he amassed around 2,000 works of art during his reign.
Arts Society North Bucks
The bombing of Saunderton Station
Speaker: Roger Young. This is the story of the night that two bombs were planted by suffragettes at Saunderton railway station.
Bucks Family History Society