A Pot-pourri of history updates from Olney
Speaker: Tom Jones. £3 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Speaker meetings
Creation of the Barbarians
Speaker: Dr Steven Kershaw.. His book ‘Barbarians: Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire’ was published by Robinson in 2019.
Olney Archaeological Society
Stony Stratford: the boats that Hayes built
Speaker: Alison Leighton. Followed by the BCS AGM.
Buckingham Canal Society
The plague doctor
Enjoy David Bell’s tongue-in-cheek take on staying fit and well and avoiding disease 350 years ago. A Zoom talk for BFHS members.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Dark Days
Ron Johnson presents the Ups and Downs of a musician’s life. Non-members £3.00.
Roade Local History Society
The Bombe machines of Bletchley Park
Dr David Kenyon will explore the impact the Bombe machine had and how it was used to combat the Enigma cipher system. A free Zoom event.
Bletchley Park
The Gardens and Estates of the Borromeo Family on Lake Maggiore
Sarah Gray visits the gardens and estates of the Borromeo family on Lake Maggiore, where the family have owned three islands since the 16th century.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
On To Aleppo
The focus of Stuart Hadaway’s talk is the 1918 campaigns in Palestine, the Trans Jordan and Syria, culminating in the Battle of Megiddo.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
The Society on film
Speaker: Don Hurst. £3 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The River Nene watershed in the late Roman and post-Roman period
The area is known to have been one of the most densely occupied areas of Roman Britain. Speaker: Stephen Young, director of CLASP.
Olney Archaeological Society