August 1914 – The supply column
Follow the chaos of mobilising and then the advance and subsequent retreat once in France as the day to day problems had to be solved.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Speaker meetings
Cool Marble! The Essential Guide to Greek Sculpture
Rupert Willoughby elucidates some of the finest Ancient Greek artistic expressions, including the ‘Elgin’ marbles and the Venus de Milo,.
Arts Society North Bucks
Charles Rennie Macintosh and 78 Derngate, Northampton
78 Derngate was famously re-modelled by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1916 for his client, Northampton model engineer, W.J Bassett-Lowke.
Towcester and District Local History Society
The History, Heritage and Engineering Excellence of Rolls-Royce
During his lecture, Neil will summarise the major events in the design, development and manufacture of Rolls-Royce aero engines and applications.
Milton Keynes Aviation Society
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is currently responsible for the care of war dead at over 23,000 separate burial sites.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
Northamptonshire’s conscientious objectors WW1
WW1 was the first time compulsory military conscription had been introduced in Britain and Tribunals were set up in 1916 to hear appeals for exemption.
Yardley Gobion History Group
The English Parish Church is the greatest free show on earth
A talk by Lionel Wall an enthusiastic church crawler with an acclaimed website Great English Churches. Non-members £3.00.
Bow Brickhill History Society
Newspapers in historical research
Locating newspapers and relevant information, searching effectively, identifying ancestors and usong newspapers to understand the world in which they lived.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Boudica
Boudica was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61.
Olney Archaeological Society
Huguenots and their impact on Britain
Louis XIV forced the Huguenots to either convert to Catholicism or flee as refugees, often to Protestant states such as the Dutch Republic or England.
Bucks Family History Society