Under-used resources for genealogical research
Sometimes sources which are not on the internet are overlooked. A Zoom talk for BFHS members. Online membership costs £6.00 a year.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Speaker meetings
The Cost of War
Roy Larkin’s talk explores where the money went and the incredible variety of ways the Government and War Office spent huge amounts of money.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
Building Blocks – Bletchley Park’s Expansion
Explore the challenge of keeping staff fed, housed, and working at high efficiency, how BP was organised, and how intelligence contributed to the war.
Bletchley Park
Behind The Map – Pictorial Tour of 19th C
Presented by Wendy Page. 19th Century stories of a South Northants village changing from an agricultural to industrial community.
Wolverton & District Archaeological & Historical Society
The Royal Train
Speaker: Phil Marsh. £3 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The Turkish Question: Crimea to Gallipoli
Speaker: Roger Laing. Roger was a Civil Servant formerly at the MOD with Regular and TA service in the Army. Lecture at Olney Centre and via Zoom.
Olney Archaeological Society
The topsy-turvy world of misericords
The secular, sometimes bizarre and often profane nature of their subjects meant that many misericords survived the Reformation.
Arts Society North Bucks
What did the Georgians Eat?
In this Zoom talk by Alison Eskriett find out about 18th century chocolate, the significance of pineapples and why gin was seen as a social evil.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Down among the gypsies
Using examples from her own family and other historical documents Dianne Sutton will tell us about these travelling people.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
Cray Supercomputers: Discover, Explore and Celebrate
Wednesday 6th April 2022 marks 50 years since the foundation of Cray Research. Clive England will explore the physical and logical structure of a Cray-1.
National Museum of Computing