Preston Deanery Hall: the story of a house through time
Speaker: Maureen Williams. Today’s Preston Deanery Hall was originally just an annexe of the old Hall that was demolished in 1934.
Roade Local History Society
Speaker meetings
WW2 Merchant Navy Officer
Eve Bacon’s father had one or two close calls. Hear how he survived and how the German U-Boats tried to stop supplies reaching the Allies.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
The Wollaston landscape: from Roman vineyards to a high-status Anglian warrior burial
Speaker: Rob Atkins. Rob is a post-excavation manager at MOLA’s Northampton office. The talk is at the Olney Centre and via Zoom.
Olney Archaeological Society
Love is enough: at home with Jane and William Morris
This lecture explores the lives and works of art of Jane and William Morris and their circle, from the Red House to Kelmscott Manor.
Arts Society North Bucks
The First Twenty Years of Teaching Computing and Microelectronics at the Open University: 1971 – 1990
In this virtual talk Roger Moore will focus on the teaching of Computer Science and Microelectronics at the OU, touching on a few additional courses.
National Museum of Computing
Medieval Homes of Rutland and East Leicestershire
This is a Zoom presentation by Nick Hill from Historic England, who will describe how buildings in medieval times were used by their occupants.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Law and Order
John Goss is giving a talk about his time as a magistrate.
Sherington Historical Society
Notorious Culworth gang of South Northamptonshire
The Gang. a band of highwaymen, carried out 47 recorded robberies and many other offences in the East Midlands with little regard for consequence.
Yardley Gobion History Group
First World War Letters of Albert French
Albert, born on 22 June 1899. left for France in May 1916 and was killed just 6 weeks later on 15 June 1916, a week before his 17th birthday.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Egyptian pyramid building: a bit of history and not a lot of mysteries
Professor Piers Bursill-Hall, who will weave engineering, maths, ancient history, and archeology together to explain theories and disprove conjectures.
Olney Archaeological Society