Optical Illusions
Kevin Varty will show many of the images that the Victorians developed with which to amuse themselves.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Speaker meetings
Arts and Crafts architecture in Amersham
Discover one of the most important architects in Amersham’s 20th-century development, J H Kennard, and find out about the area’s Arts and Crafts architecture.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
The Russian front
Speaker: Phil Tomaselli. Phil has written extensively on military and family history.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
The women behind The Few
Dr Sarah-Louise Miller launches her book. The women of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force supplied the RAF with life-saving information.
Bletchley Park
Lost villages of Buckinghamshire
Deborah Hayter tells how Buckinghamshire changed and the causes that led to the loss of these villages.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
18th century Georgian furniture
This lecture traces the development of elegance through style in relation to the design and construction of furniture during the 18th century.
Arts Society North Bucks
Medieval Mythology: Stonemasons and Sculptures
The lived mediaeval reality behind both mason’s marks and sexualised carvings are radically different from the commonly repeated stories.
Olney Archaeological Society
The History of toys
Roger Brown, former Brand Manager at Mettoy in Northampton, will speak on some of the toys we remember from our childhood.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The Best Burglar in Northamptonshire
Speaker: Neil Lyon. Joan Wake, who single-handedly saved Delapré Abbey, was described as ‘the Best Burglar in the County’, a description which she relished.
Yardley Gobion History Group
A social history of cutlery
An exploration of European eating utensils, demonstrating how they have been shaped by cultural changes in dining, diet, and etiquette.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association