My Ancestor was a Brushmaker
Ken Doughty is the founding member of the Society of Brushmakers’ Descendants and has written books and articles on the subject.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Speaker meetings
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Research and Recording Project
The Trust’s Research and Recording group explores the legacy of historic parks gardens and other designed landscapes in the county.
Olney Archaeological Society
Bawdy Georgians
Tom Jones, a Trustee of the Cowper & Newton Museum, will give an interesting and amusing talk based on Olney’s links to wider Georgian society.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Death in the Garden
Learn from Michael Brown the truth about many of the plants which may well be growing in your garden! His book ‘Death in the Garden’ was published in 2018.
Lavendon Village History Group
Pictures in the Parlour
Developments in the lanterns from their heyday in the 1870s up to their demise in the 1950s. The talk ends with a recreation of a Magic Lantern Show.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Purchasing Paradise: the money that financed the great gardens
Speaker Professor Sir Roderick Floud is an economic historian. His book, An Economic History of the English Garden, was published in November 2019.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
A Christmas Carol
Steve Dimmer acts as a one-man presentation of A Christmas Carol playing all the characters, with sound effects. Party with wine and mince pies.
Hanslope and District Historical Society
Mad Men and Artists: how the advertising industry has exploited fine art
From the Renaissance through to the present day fine art provides opportunities to enhance brand imagery with admiration, humour, satire and irony.
The Arts Society North Bucks
The National Leather Collection
The talk will feature an introduction to the National Leather Collection, the museum’s history and how it came to be located in Northampton.
Towcester & District Local History Society
My Average Ancestor
During a lifetime most people left a large number of records (we all generate about 100 records). This talk takes a chronological tour of those records.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group)