1950s Food and the Housewife
Post war Britain was a time of change in our society. Find out how these changes were reflected in the life of the housewife and food fashions.
Speaker meetings
Chaucer – A Poet’s Tale
A look at the life of the poet (and comptroller of customs) Geofffrey Chaucer and the medieval England of the time.
Battling The Bolshies
Governments had a real fear of Bolshevik inspired revolutions, which provoked Britain to a policy of armed intervention against the Reds. This talk by Roger Penny covers the activities of the Royal Navy in the Barents, White, Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas, the newly created RAF in southern Russia as well the Army in all areas including the Far East.
There’s no place like Homeworld
Speaker: Dianne Sutton. The Homeworld ’81 exhibition of housing development.was located in Bradwell Common and took place in May 1981.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Bandstands
Bandstands have been a feature of the British way of life for well over a century. The speaker is Paul Rabbitts, a writer and lecturer and Head of Parks, Open Spaces & Projects with Watford Borough Council.
The Letters Home of Walter Croft
Mark Steinhardt has created a performance based on an archive of letters from Walter Croft, a young signaller who was killed on the Somme.
Bow Street Runners
Watch out, watch out the Bow Street Runners are about! Steve Bacon will talk about why were they formed and what were their powers.
The Silk Road
Ray Rowlson talks about a journey following the ancient trade route to China.