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
Speaker meetings
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
Weedon Royal Ordnance Depot
The Depot stored and supplied everything soldiers needed to fight worldwide. There are 8 storehouses, a canal extension, powder magazines and high walls.
Potterspury History Group
VE Day Celebrations in Northampton
Pete Austin will show a film, taken by Northampton businessman Bassett-Lowke, of the Victory Parade in the town in 1945 and V.E. Day street parties in 1946.
Roade Local History Society
The Harpole Burial: new discoveries of a 7th-century bed burial
The Harpole Burial is believed to be the one of the most significant early-medieval female burials ever uncovered in Britain.
Olney Archaeological Society