Life of the Poor and Assisted Emigration
Speaker: Judy Hill. A Zoom talk for BFHS members. Online membership costs £6.00 a year.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Speaker meetings
Hartwell and its links with Roade
Angela Malin’s talk will cover the historical links between Roade and Hartwell (and Ashton) and include records from the Duke of Grafton estate collection.
Roade Local History Society
Bricks and brick-making in the area
Gerard Lynch ‘s talk will cover from the Roman period, right up to the present day including information about the manufacture of bricks in Woburn Sands.
Bow Brickhill History Society
Bridges in North Bucks
Speaker: Professor Marshall Hall. Professor Hall is the author of Historic Bridges of Buckinghamshire. £3.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Atari 50th Anniversary Event
TNMOC is celebrating 50 years of Atari, one of the world’s most important and influential computer games makers with a day of gaming, guests and prizes.
National Museum of Computing
Never Fired a Shot – William Coltman VC, MM & bar, DCM & bar
Tim Coltman, great grandson of William Coltman VC, gives the next talk on the most decorated other rank of the First World War.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
Towcester from the air
For the past 6 years Tony Howard has been taking aerial photographs of Towcester, including following the development of the southern extension.
Towcester & District Local History Society
Town mouse, country mouse
Elizabeth Merry’s lecture describes how Beatrix Potter’s London childhood, and country holidays, led to the development of her unique creative skills.
Arts Society North Bucks
Safe Home
Dianne Sutton’s talk is based on research of a soldier’s name on a war memorial and the discovery of an interesting family history.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Bog Bodies: Face to Face with the Past
This Zoom talk is by Dr Melanie Giles, prize-winning author (with the book of the same title as the talk), an expert on the Iron Age.
Olney Archaeological Society