Packing up the Nation: the story of our National Treasures in WW2
This is a gripping and sometimes hilarious story of how a band of heroic curators and custodians saved Britain’s national treasures during our Darkest Hour.
Arts Society North Bucks
Speaker meetings
Corsets and Codpieces – A study of Tudor underwear
One’s undergarments are an essential element in achieving the desired effect, but what is actually going on under all of that silk, satin and lace?
Towcester and District Local History Society
Archaeology for All: The Work of the Council of British Archaeology in Championing our Heritage
The speaker is David Ingham, who is Archaeological Manager at Albian Archaeology and Secretary of CBA, S and E Midlands. Preceded by the Society’s AGM.
Olney Archaeological Society
Alan Turing: “The Criminal who won the War”?
Alan Turing’s nephew Dermot Turing explores the inadequacy of the standard narrative, and invites us to re-appraise the legacy of his famous relative.
The National Museum of Computing
1939 Census
The 1939 Register was taken on 29 September. It was devised to produce 40 million Identity Cards, when rationing was introduced.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Inside the greatest intelligence operation of WWII
Join Helen Fry for a journey inside the bugging of high-value German prisoners-of-war, the subject of her best-selling book ‘The Walls Have Ears’.
The National Museum of Computing
The geophysical survey of Borough Hill Hillfort, Daventry
Chris Chinnock’s lecture will discuss the findings of a geophysical survey and aerial drone survey on Borough Hill Hillfort.
CLASP
How I built my folly
A free talk by Alan Terrill, of The Folly Fellowship, a pressure group to protect, preserve, and promote follies, grottoes and garden buildings.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
The Indian Army during the First World War: An Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Perspective
Stephen Barker highlights the Ox and Bucks part in the Iraq campaign and also the role played by Indian soldiers during the war.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Lords Austin and Nuffield, Giants of the British Motor Industry
The first half of the 20th century saw a struggle for supremacy in the British motor industry between Herbert Austin and William Morris.
Olney Archaeological Society