Fifty years of Archaeology in Northamptonshire
Andy Chapman will look back at some of the highlights from a 6000-year-old Neolithic enclosure to medieval villages and Northampton Castle.
Roade Local History Society
Speaker meetings
Before Bletchley Park: Codebreakers of the First World War
This is a free virtual event when Paul Gannon will talk about the little known achievements of British codebreakers between 1914 and 1918.
Bletchley Park
Bedford’s Highlanders – the Scottish “Invasion” of Bedford, August 1914
In August 1914 nearly 17,000 Scottish territorial soldiers arrived in Bedford. The impact of this mass billeting will be discussed by Richard Galley.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
In Black and White: 18th Century Silhouettes
Mike Rendell traces the history of the silhouette. Bring your own scissors for a post-talk hands-on session to create your very own silhouette.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Al Alcorn at TNMOC: from employee No. 3 to Atari’s Pong king
Join Atari’s legendary R&D chief in person or online as he talks about his journey to leading R&D at, briefly, the world’s largest computer games company.
The National Museum of Computing
The Baby Farmers
In Victorian and early Twentieth Century Britain the law made this business viable until it was eventually brought to an end.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Food for thought
Artists down the ages have chosen food as a motif in their works. Cindy Polemis will help unravel the meaning of these images.
Arts Society North Bucks
Horton House
Horton House was a stone-built Georgian stately home, now demolished. Speaker: Maureen Williams, who has been researching the history of the estate.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The Wartime Films of Britain and Hollywood
Olney Centre and Zoom. Speaker: Dr Colin Shindler, author, broadcaster, Cambridge lecturer. Bafta award winning TV writer and producer.
Olney Archaeological Society
BBC 100th Anniversary gallery opening
Features a series of live Q&As, including with former BBC Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, and free STEM activities for children.
The National Museum of Computing