From Iron Age to Saxon: ordinary life and unusual death at RAF Cardington
Speaker: David Ingham, Project Manager, Albion Archaeology, Secretary to S and E Midlands CBA. Preceded by the Society’s AGM.
Olney Archaeological Society
Speaker meetings
Using Historical Newspapers
Denise Bates includes wider social history as well as family history. Her talk develops the theme of putting stories into context.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Cursus Monuments of Buckinghamshire and the Great Ouse Valley
A cursus is an elongated rectilinear earthwork enclosure whose length is over 250m and whose long axis is more than ten times the short axis..
Buckingham Old Gaol
Counter-Intelligence: What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-solving and Creativity
Robert Hannigan will trace the history of counter-intelligence, from the early days of Bletchley Park to the ongoing work of GCHQ.
Bletchley Park
Village healthcare before the NHS
Helen Westlake. will explain the history of friendly societies, delve into the records of the local benefits club and display their contents.
Potterspury History Group
Music & Memories from 1960s Adolescence
Speaker: Polly Feeley. Polly takes us back to the music of 1960s and her memories of that time.
Roade Local History Society
The Rest of the Night will be Fine
A talk by Geoff Morris. £3.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The history of cartography
Professor Stephen Upex will probably cover a lot more than you ever wanted to know about the history of maps and mapping!
Olney Archaeological Society
Now the War is Over
Dr Weinbren will explain what happened in every sphere of life and show that even today we are still dealing with the consequences of those years.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
The Ukrainian Personal Computers that Rebooted the USSR
Why did Ukraine take the digital lead during the 1980s and 1990s and what happened next? Find out in this talk by Mykola Shcherbyna.
National Museum of Computing