Forgotten Comedy Records Part 2 – Mad Passionate Love
Kevin Varty will take us on a nostalgic look at forgotten comedy records of the 50s and 60s, revisiting the days of 7 in singles.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Speaker meetings
The Grand Tour and the influence of Italy on English gardens
The revolution in garden design which brought about the English Landscape Garden was the result of a number of influences, among them The Grand Tour.
Arts Society North Bucks
A Trip Along the Thames in 1749
Using the panorama of the north bank of the Thames created by the Buck brothers, this lecture will take a journey along the early Georgian river.
Arts Society North Bucks
Virginia Bradford: From Silent Screen to a Field in England
From starting off as a reporter, a young starlet of Hollywood and at the end of her acting career moving to England and living in Tiffield for a while.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Mapping Verulamium: surveys by the Community Archaeological Geophysics Group
Speaker: Dr Kris Lockyear, Senior Lecturer at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology. Expert in the field of geophysical surveying.
Olney Archaeological Society
My Writing Journey
The talk will share her writing journey with the audience. It began by chance, when she was shortlisted for a national competition in 2004.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
Behind the Wall: inside view of Wolverton Works buildings, past and present
Wolverton Works used to cover over 80 acres and employed 5000 people at the outbreak of World War 1. Since then it has gradually shrunk to about 30 acres.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Radio – Our Sixth Sense
Alan Biggins tells how radio came to power the modern world. He concentrates on the secret communication sites which fed into Bletchley Park.
Tingewick Historical Society
Legacy in Sugar and Gold
This month’s talk is by Liveryman Paul Ferguson who has been honoured with an MBE for services to carving, gilding and conservation.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
The Spicer family
John Spicer’s online talk is about the research into the Spicer family name.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society