Cordwainers: are they just a load of old cobblers?
A tale of shoemakers, butchers, bakers and candlestick makers, Dick Whittington and his cat, cordwainers in London and connections with Northampton.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Speaker meetings
Chariot Burials of Britain
Finds of cariot burials in Britain are rare, virtually all in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the persons interred were presumably wealthy notables.
Olney Archaeological Society
The Plants that Made the World
A talk by the Museum’s Chair of Trustees in the summer house garden marquee. Spaces limited so please book in advance. £6.00.
Cowper & Newton Museum
The Works
The Works is the local name for the Railway Carriage Works in Wolverton. The Wolverton Works has been in existence for over 150 years.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Preserving the legacy of Tommy Flowers: uncovering lost histories
Celebrate the incredible life and work of Tommy Flowers, the visionary engineer behind the world’s first semi-programmable computer, Colossus.
National Museum of Computing
The Historic Gardener
Talk by Michael Brown on Cowper’s Gardens. He is a garden historian and horticulturalist. His book A Guide to Medieval Gardens was published in 2022.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Tales From the Flight Deck
Captain Jim Passmore, who worked for BA for 35 years, will recount some interesting, and sometimes tragic, aspects of aviation during his time.
Milton Keynes Aviation Society
Local History Mysteries
Talk by Tom Jones. the Museum’s most entertaining Chair of Trustees in the summer house garden marquee. Spaces limited so please book in advance.
Cowper & Newton Museum
FamilySearch
Ian Waller examines the ways in which the FamilySearch website can be used by contributors to a worldwide tree to its best advantage.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Non-conformity for family historians
It can be difficult to find information about congregations since so many have flourished and faded since the seventeenth century,.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society