Mother’s just planted petunias
Kevin Varty will take us on a nostalgic look at forgotten comedy records of the 50s and 60s, revisiting the days of 7 in singles.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Kevin Varty
Mother’s Just Planted Petunias
Forgotten comedy songs. Speaker: Kevin Varty. Non members entrance fee £3.00.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Mother’s Just Planted Petunias
Forgotten comedy songs. Speaker: Kevin Varty. £4.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Best foot forward
Kevin Varty provides a fascinating insight into the production and supply of artificial limbs, and how the First World War changed everything!
Potterspury History Group
A Magic Lantern and German Christmas
Kevin Varty will bring his collection of magic lantern slides, showing how the Germans might have entertained themselves at Christmas.
Towcester and District Local History Society
Sex, Drugs and Tapeworms
Kevin Varty will use contemporary adverts to illustrate cures for all kinds of illnesses – a light-hearted look at Victorian consumerism.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The Victorian way of death
Speaker: Kevin Varty. Many churchyards being full, the opening of new cemeteries changed Victorian attitudes to death and mourning.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Magic Lantern Show
With Kevin Varty, a member of the Magic Lantern Society. Followed by a short presentation of Potterspury Entertainment in Years Gone By.
Potterspury History Group
Blame it on Dora
The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) was passed on 8 August 1914, four days after we entered the First World War. It gave the government wide-ranging powers.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Nostaligic TV Programmes
Kevin Varty plays and discusses a number of TV theme tunes from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Non-members £4.00.
Yardley Gobion History Group