Up Before The Beak
Speaker: Ron Johnson. A tour around Northamptonshire Courts and a look at the history of the judicial system.
Roade Local History Society
Speaker meetings
South Caldecotte: Excavations on the periphery of Magiovinium Roman Town
Excavations over the development site at South Caldecotte uncovered settlement and funerary activity peripheral to the Roman small town of Magiovinium.
Olney Archaeological Society
Hayes Boatyard
Hayes Boatyard built tugs, ocean-going vessels, steam boats and river launches. Despite being far away from the sea, they gained a worldwide reputation.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Battle for Warsaw and the birth of Poland
Alan Leakey will examine events leading up to the Polish-Soviet war, the sweeping manoeuvres of hastily assembled armies and its dramatic conclusion.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
An audience with Charlie Ross
Back by popular demand. From the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. £10.00 per person (including a glass of wine).
Buckingham Old Gaol
The art of the steal: Nazi looting during WWII
This lecture by Shauna Isaac sets the scene in Nazi Germany, discuses Hitler’s obsession with art and tells how the Monuments Men recovered art.
Arts Society North Bucks
Mother’s Just Planted Petunias
Forgotten comedy songs. Speaker: Kevin Varty. Non members entrance fee £3.00.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
HMS India
Rebecca gives and account of the fate of HMS India and the life of her grandfather-in-law, who was interned in Norway during World War One.
Bucks Family History Society
Bradwell Abbey/Flagons
Paul Cox is the author of ‘Bradwell Abbey Farm and Beyond’. His website describes his collection of local bottles and flagons.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Richard III, the king under the car park: Solving a 500-year old mystery
Speaker: Mathew Morris. Greyfriars, Leicester, was a friary of the Order of Friars Minor, the Franciscans, established on the west side of Leicester.
Olney Archaeological Society