Underground warfare 1914-1918
It drew in thousands of skilled miners and mining engineers to dig hundreds of miles of tunnels and detonate thousands of underground charges.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Speaker meetings
The history and future of Wolverton Works
A canter through 184 years of the history of Wolverton Works, plus what the future holds for the UK’s most complete Victorian railway works.
Milton Keynes Heritage Association
Ooh Matron! The History of the Carry On Films
Steve Dimmer takes us through the rise of this beloved series, looking at the lives of some of the main players as well as showing clips.
Roade Local History Society
Banksy and the Street Art of London’s East End
Pepe Martinez will take us on a tour of the old East End before moving on to its modern dynamic street art scene, with a look at Banksy.
Arts Society North Bucks
Black Redcoats
This is a presentation of the extremely well researched and written book, Black Redcoats, by author, history enthusiast and speaker, Matthew Taylor.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
From Aurochsen to Abbey: Uncovering Mesolithic and Medieval finds in the Blick Mead environment
Speaker: Prof. David Jacques, Archaeologist, researching in the Stonehenge area, University of Buckingham.. £4.00 visitors.
Olney Archaeological Society
Cromwell and the English Civil War
Speaker Stuart Orme is Curator of the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, hollding the best collection relating to the life and times of Oliver Cromwell.
North Crawley Historical Society
Impressions of Gardens: the Gardens of the Impressionists
Artists of the Impressionist movement had an especial relationship with gardens and landscape, most famously expressed by Claude Monet at Giverny.
Arts Society North Bucks
The Notorious Culworth Gang
Four of them were executed on 3 August 1787 on the Racecourse, Northampton, one of whom, William Bowers, was a distant relative of Richard Blacklee.
Towcester and District Local History Society
In the Slipstream of Alcock and Brown
Robin Evans is a professional pilot and tonight retraces Alcock & Brown’s 1919 transatlantic crossing from primary sources.
Milton Keynes Aviation Society