UK-USA
This free virtual event is episode one of a documentary series exploring the UK and USA’s special intelligence relationship that began at Bletchley Park.
Bletchley Park
Speaker meetings
Travelling on the London-to-Birmingham Railway in the 1830s
Speaker: Phil Marsh. £3.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Twice lost: discovering medieval deserted settlements beneath today’s villages
A Zoom lecture by Prof. Carenza Lewis, archaeologist, researcher, and author. She was a Time Team presenter, appearing until the twelfth season.
Olney Archaeological Society
Fashion, form and function: a history of English silver
This is a Zoom lecture by Christopher Garibaldi giving a view of the history of silver, examining the history of both hallmarks and goldsmiths.
Arts Society North Bucks
From Tunny to Colossus
Dr Ted Coles will tell the story of the cipher machine that sent telegrams between German High Command and the Generals at Army group HQs.
The National Museum of Computing
Northamptonshire suffragettes
Discover the women, and men, who supported the women’s suffrage campaign in Northamptonshire, and the local places associated with them.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Winston Churchill’s Toyshop
“Churchill’s Toyshop” was a British weapon research and development organisation of the Second World War based at The Firs, Whitchurch.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
Armistice
Speaker: Stephen Barker. £3.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Treason, Gunpowder and Plot
Looks at the story of the Northants recusants, the Jesuit priests they hid, and how they came close to blowing up a king and Parliament.
Olney Archaeological Society
The Georgian Visitor: A Vignette of Garden Visiting in the Eighteenth Century
Richard Wheeler runs a garden history consultancy and lectures and writes on the history and iconology of gardens and their understanding and restoration.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust