Dark Days
Ron Johnson presents the Ups and Downs of a musician’s life. Non-members £3.00.
Roade Local History Society
Speaker meetings
The Bombe machines of Bletchley Park
Dr David Kenyon will explore the impact the Bombe machine had and how it was used to combat the Enigma cipher system. A free Zoom event.
Bletchley Park
The Gardens and Estates of the Borromeo Family on Lake Maggiore
Sarah Gray visits the gardens and estates of the Borromeo family on Lake Maggiore, where the family have owned three islands since the 16th century.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
On To Aleppo
The focus of Stuart Hadaway’s talk is the 1918 campaigns in Palestine, the Trans Jordan and Syria, culminating in the Battle of Megiddo.
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
The Society on film
Speaker: Don Hurst. £3 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The River Nene watershed in the late Roman and post-Roman period
The area is known to have been one of the most densely occupied areas of Roman Britain. Speaker: Stephen Young, director of CLASP.
Olney Archaeological Society
The subtle science and exact art of colour in English gardens
In 1882 Gertrude Jekyll wrote a seminal article in The Garden in which she urged the readers to “remember that in a garden we are painting a picture”.
Arts Society North Bucks
Abthorpe Old School
Alison Symmers will give a virtual tour of the historic building including stories from its past and reminiscences from those who attended.
Towcester and District Local History Society
The BBC and Glenn Miller in WW2 Bedford
Speaker: David Fowler. Glenn Miller gave public performances with his orchestra at the Corn Exchange in Bedford.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
1838
A talk on how the railway through Wolverton was built and operated, changing society in England and unifying time for the first time.
Yardley Gobion History Group