The Devils Brew
Speaker: Geoff Morris. Coffee, love it or hate it, is now a massive worldwide business. But how did it start? £4.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Speaker meetings
An Anglo Saxon Cemetery at Croft Gardens, Cambridge
The most significant archaeological aspect of the site was the presence of around 70 inhumation burials, mostly belonging to the early Anglo-Saxon period.
Olney Archaeological Society
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson’s Tour of English Gardens 1786
In April 1786 they embarked on a tour of English landscape gardens, including Wotton Underwood, Stowe, The Leasows, Hagley Hall and Blenheim.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
The Songs of the First World War
The background and creation of some of the songs from the trenches written to boost morale, encourage enlistment and take the public’s mind off the war.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Flying the de Havilland DH-88 Comet Racer
Dudge Bailey will take us through the process to operate the DH-88 Comet Racer from Old Warden Airfield following the restoration in 1987.
Milton Keynes Aviation Society
Wind in the Wires (Royal Flying Corps WW1)
The RFC was the air arm of the British Army until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service in April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Historic buildings of the South Midlands: an archaeological perspective
£25.00 for non-members, £15.00 for those in higher education. Lunch is included. Booking is essential: the deadline is 8th October.
Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands
The influence of Japanese woodcut on Western Art
Ukiyo-e, or ‘Pictures of the Floating World’, executed in woodcut, was the dominant Japanese art form between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Arts Society North Bucks
Edgar Mobbs: A rugby icon in the First World War
Graham McKechnie will recount the life of Edgar Mobbs, a superstar of rugby who captained both Northampton Saints and England.
Towcester and District Local History Society
The Landscape Archaeology of Lacock, Wiltshire: Abbey, Village and Gardens
The grade I listed Abbey, founded in the 13th century is closely linked with the village, a rare surviving exampleof a medieval town.
Olney Archaeological Society