Lotions, Potions & Dubious Cures
In the days long before the advent of the NHS there were a great many very unusual ways of dealing with illness & various health conditions.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Speaker meetings
Breach of Promise to Marry
Denise Bates investigates the social and cultural history of broken engagements between 1780-1970 and why the law allowed claims for damages.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Soldiers, Saints and Sinners: Oxfordshire Characters from the British Civil War 1642-51
Oxford became the Royalist capital in late 1642 and Oxfordshire was on the front line with parliamentary Buckinghamshire.
Tingewick Historical Society
Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves and the British Empire
Speaker: Dr Sean Lang, Artistic Director of BOATS Theatre and Honorary Visiting Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University, playwright and broadcaster.
Olney Archaeological Society
Programming the Apollo Guidance Computer
Explore what it takes to program the Apollo Guidance Computer. Join us in a world before “best practices” and before “test-driven development”.
The National Museum of Computing
Own Family Story of Philip Lock
Philip Lock.was sentenced to 10 years transportation though never made it beyond Portsmouth, spending six years on a convict hulk.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Memories of Pianoforte/Simplex
Speaker: Colin Poole. Colin Poole worked as an Apprentice at Pianoforte/Simplex in the 1960s and will be sharing his memories of that time.
Roade Local History Society
50 Years of Archaeology
Andy Chapman will look back at some of the highlights from a 6000-year-old Neolithic enclosure to medieval villages and Northampton Castle.
Potterspury History Group
Roman Irchester
The Roman Town of Irchester has long been identified on the south-east bank of the River Nene, underlying the present town of Irchester
Olney Archaeological Society
Butterflies and Moths
Speaker: Chris Bardell. £4.00 for non-members. Tea/coffee are available for purchase.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society