That’s Unusual!
Derek Blunt will take us on a tour of the quirky and unusual sights of Northamptonshire. His talk will ask the question “Why is that there?”
Roade Local History Society
Speaker meetings
I shall hope to try an officer and at least one corporal for cowardice
Speaker: Michael LoCicero, an independent scholar and Helion & Company commissioning editor, with a PhD in modern history at the University of Birmingham.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes
A Lecture Recital on Amazing Grace
Through Amazing Grace, Dr Martin Clarke will highlight some important points in the history of congregational singing in British churches.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Art for an afterlife: Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings in the British Museum
Speaker: Lucia Gahlin, Egyptologist. Olney Centre and via Zoom.
Olney Archaeological Society
Sir Stanley Spencer: an autobiography in pictures
Carolyn Leder will trace Spencer’s life through his painting. The murals at Sandham Memorial Chapel are one of the great achievements of C20 painting.
Arts Society North Bucks
Gems
Jason Middleton’s company supplies the jewellery market with loose and finished gemstones, specialising in pearls and semi-precious stones.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
My Father’s Journey through WW2
Andy Tennet’s talk follows his father’s service in WW2, from volunteering in early 1940 through to Berlin in 1946. Non-members £4.00.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Victorian and Early 20th C Baby Farming
The speaker, Eve Bacon, will explain how the law made this darkest of businesses viable and how it was eventually brought to an end.
Bucks Family History Society
The Monastic Heritage of Old Warden Parish Church
Henry VIII insisted on demolishing Warden Abbey, but the parish church escaped virtually unscathed. Non members £3.00. All welcome.
Bow Brickhill History Society
Dorset’s hillfort people : In search of the Durotriges
Speaker: Dr Martin Papworth, National Trust Archaeologist. Via Zoom.
Olney Archaeological Society