A concise history of our Great British parks
What do we really know about them? their origins? did they really start in the Victorian period or do they go even further back?
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Speaker meetings
Y Stations – What, Where, When, Y
Uncover the story of the Y Stations, a clandestine network of wireless listening outposts across the UK and around the world.
Bletchley Park
Mind Mapping in relation to genealogical research
Mind Maps can be as simple or complex as you want. However, they help organise planning and thought processes by visually mapping the information.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
RAF to Formula 1 – Silverstone
The story of a village dominated over the centuries by the wood trade and post-war becoming “The Birthplace of Formula 1”.
Roade Local History Society
The Return to the Roman World of Priors Hall
What had happened on the northern and eastern sides of the villa, and how did these people connect with their neighbours?
Olney Archaeological Society
Good Morning, Lords and Ladies
An illustrated talk on some of the more unusual English customs with songs and pictures presented by Barry Goodman. £3.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The Doughboys 1917-18
In 2016 Michael Sheil created a special outdoor exhibition of the American battlefields to help introduce the subject to the American public.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
The life and crimes of Agatha Christie
Steve Dimmer will examine the writer’s life, beginning with the creation of Hercule Poirot in 1920 through the golden age of detective fiction.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Ghost Detective Work
Speaker: Adrian H Perkins. Investigator, public speaker and author of the Ghost Detective series of books. £3.00 for non-members.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Coming Here: Records of immigration
General records are considered as well as the immigration of the Roma and Traveller communities, those of the Jewish faith, and Huguenots.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society