The Royal Train
Speaker: Phil Marsh. £3 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Speaker meetings
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Using examples from her own family and other historical documents Dianne Sutton will tell us about these travelling people.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
A Pot-pourri of history updates from Olney
Speaker: Tom Jones. £3 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
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