History of Postcards
This presentation by Roger Young looks at postcards – their history, their effect upon British culture and their key part in genealogical research.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Speaker meetings
Women on the Cusp of Power: climbing the political ladder
Linda McDougall is the author of Westminster Women, Marcia Williams: The Life and Times of Baroness Falkender and Cherie: The Perfect Life of Mrs Blair.
Olney Archaeological Society
Gunpowder Treason and Plot
Speaker: Geoff Morris. £4.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Evenley Wood Garden: A new chapter
Daniel Winter will give an outline of how the gardens began and will include details on some of the notable plantings and specimens within the collection.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Wartime Volunteer Medics
Ian Waller’s talk looks at the work and records left for VADs, Friends Ambulance Unit, FANY and various nursing organisations.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Theatre In Northampton
Featuring the town’s first know theatre in a barn, the theatre across the road where Charlie Chaplin worked to the four theatres in one at the Derngate.
Roade Local History Society
The Great War Miscellany
This seminar features an excellent line-up of speakers on a variety of topics. Tickets £30.00. Buffet lunch included, plus tea, coffee and biscuits.
Milton Keynes Western Front Association
English Coaching Inns
Julian Hunt will take us through the recognisable architectural features of the coaching inns. They were usually quite grand with an obvious coach entrance.
North Crawley Historical Society
How to be a King
A look at what we think we know about medieval kingship from Hastings to Bosworth which comes to some unexpected and surprising conclusions.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The Decline of the Great Estates
From the 1870s landowners faced a succession of challenges and calamities: agricultural depression and falling rents, the Great War and death duties.
Olney Archaeological Society