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
Speaker meetings
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
Tales from the Auction Room
Speaker: Evan Willison. He has many tales to tell from his life working at the Auction Rooms at Woburn. ££4.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Archaeology: The Evaluative Approach. How do we find sites in the first place?
£35.00 for non-members. Lunch and refreshments are included in the price. Booking, by 1st October 2025, is essential.
Upper Nene Archaeological Society
Hooke, Busby and the Roots of Scientific Genius
One of the first acts of Dr Richard Busby was to demolish the existing church and commission his former pupil Robert Hooke to replace it.
Willen Village Heritage Association
Silverstone: the village, RAF station and Circuit
Its past shows a small village which once housed a Benedictine Priory, Royal Hunting Lodge, twenty-two woodyards, a RAF Wellington bomber training station.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Finding my Grandad’s Global Family
At the age of 24 Ben Nicholls discovered that his grandfather had had four children with three different women over a period of 40 years,
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Heroes & Ghosts – Wing Commander Harold Blackburn MC AFC – how scandal and shame affect genealogy
Wing Commander Harold Blackburn MC AFC was a British aviation pioneer who piloted the first scheduled passenger-carrying flights in Great Britain.
Bow Brickhill History Society
The Great Seal Bug: The Full History
Join a second showing of The Thing, a film that uncovers the complete history of one of history’s most astonishing espionage incidents.
National Museum of Computing
Bombing of Saunderton Railway Station
In this Zoom online talk Roger Young tells the story of the night two bombs were planted by Suffragettes at Saunderton Railway Station.
Bucks Family History Society