Towcester Local Heritage Days
There will be displays in the library. Talks will be given in the rooms off the main library. A guided walk by Brian Giggins.
Towcester & District Local History Society
Saturday, 11th May 2024
Speaker meetings
The Whole Art of the Book
Dominic Riley, bookbinder, artist and teacher, tells the fascinating story of everything that makes a traditional hand-bound book.>br />
Arts Society North Bucks
Thursday, 9th May 2024
Chaucer and Fourteenth Century Europe
Marion Turner is the J R R Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at the University of Oxford and an academic authority on Geoffrey Chaucer.
Olney Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 7th May 2024
Woman’s Land Army WWl
Come along to hear about the quite incredible contribution made by this oft-forgotten, overlooked ‘army’ of women who worked on the land.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Tuesday, 7th May 2024
Sailors and Dogs: Sandybed Lane Y Station
Join the GCHQ Departmental Historian, Dr David Abrutat, to discover the history of one of the oldest Y stations in the world.
Bletchley Park
Saturday, 4th May 2024
Royal Train
Anecdotes and images about Royal Trains through the ages. The Royal Train has been based at Wolverton since 1842 and constructed there since 1869.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Thursday, 2nd May 2024
The Victorian way of death
Speaker: Kevin Varty. Many churchyards being full, the opening of new cemeteries changed Victorian attitudes to death and mourning.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Wednesday, 1st May 2024
Bedfordshire Archaeological Review
£25.00 for non-members, £15.00 for those in higher education. Lunch is included. Booking is essential.
Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands
Sunday 28th April 2024
Where does my family come from?
This talk helps us to understand how the test works in very general terms as well as helping to make the most of our results.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Friday, 26th April 2024
Virginia Bradford
Andy Tennet will speak on Virginia Bradford, a silent movie actress who led a colourful life. Once her film career ended she moved to England.
Roade Local History Society
Wednesday, 24th April 2024