A Trip Along the Thames in 1749
Using the panorama of the north bank of the Thames created by the Buck brothers, this lecture will take a journey along the early Georgian river.
Arts Society North Bucks
Thursday, 9th April 2026
Speaker meetings
Virginia Bradford: From Silent Screen to a Field in England
From starting off as a reporter, a young starlet of Hollywood and at the end of her acting career moving to England and living in Tiffield for a while.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Wednesday, 8th April 2026
Mapping Verulamium: surveys by the Community Archaeological Geophysics Group
Speaker: Dr Kris Lockyear, Senior Lecturer at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology. Expert in the field of geophysical surveying.
Olney Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 7th April 2026
My Writing Journey
The talk will share her writing journey with the audience. It began by chance, when she was shortlisted for a national competition in 2004.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
Thursday, 2nd April 2026
Behind the Wall: inside view of Wolverton Works buildings, past and present
Wolverton Works used to cover over 80 acres and employed 5000 people at the outbreak of World War 1. Since then it has gradually shrunk to about 30 acres.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Thursday, 2nd April 2026
Radio – Our Sixth Sense
Alan Biggins tells how radio came to power the modern world. He concentrates on the secret communication sites which fed into Bletchley Park.
Tingewick Historical Society
Wednesday, 1st April 2026
Legacy in Sugar and Gold
This month’s talk is by Liveryman Paul Ferguson who has been honoured with an MBE for services to carving, gilding and conservation.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Wednesday, 1st April 2026
The Spicer family
John Spicer’s online talk is about the research into the Spicer family name.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
The tragic WW2 story of the 2nd Schweinfurt raid by Thurleigh-based US Air Force men
The raid, took place on 14 October 1943. Of the 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses sent on the mission, 60 were lost and 22 percent of the bomber crews.
North Crawley Historical Society
Elan Valley Dams
In 1992, this project was adopted as an example of excellent project management and was used in the training of project managers.
Roade Local History Society