Traditional customs
Speaker: Barry Goodman. A handful of quirky English customs in story, song and pictures. £4.00 for non-members..
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Speaker meetings
Broken pots, mending lives: the archaeology of Operation Nightingale
Operation Nightingale is an initiative to assist the recovery of military personnel and veterans by getting them involved in archaeological investigations.
Olney Archaeological Society
Internment during WWI of Arnold Clarke
Rebecca Clark will talk about the research of her grandfather-in-law Arnold Clark, who was interned in Norway during WWI.
Bucks Family History Society
Best foot forward
Kevin Varty provides a fascinating insight into the production and supply of artificial limbs, and how the First World War changed everything!
Potterspury History Group
Talk and book signing: Christian Jennings
Decrypting Domino, used to encipher secret messages about the Final Solution, was one of Bletchley Park’s less well-known wartime achievements.
Bletchley Park
The World War 1 Hospital at Wrest Park
Bron Herbert offered his country house for use as a hospital in August 1914. Bron’s sister, Nan Herbert, took up the position of Matron in February 1915.
North Crawley Historical Society
Lost to the waves: the study of the Greek and Roman harbours of Crete
Michael Curtis, Honorary Fellow, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester. He is Chair of Northamptonshire Archaeological Society.
Olney Archaeological Society
Canal-crafty art
Kay Andrews, a former university lecturer. bought a boat and started to paint in 2016 and now earns her living selling hand-painted canal art.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
WW1 codebreaking by Unit MI1b
Tens of thousands of wireless and cable messages sent by Germany and its allies were intercepted by the British, who then broke the codes and ciphers.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
On Foot in the Intelligence Zone – The Many Voices of the Whaddon Web
Alan Biggins’s talk is about The Whaddon Web – MI6’s wartime communications sites spread across 20 locations, mainly in North Buckinghamshire.
Milton Keynes Aviation Society