Buckinghamshire History Festival
BRINGING HISTORY HOME: 12-13 SEPTEMBER 2020
Curated by Buckinghamshire Archives
Dad’s Army in Bucks: The Local Defence Volunteers and Home Guard
By Professor Ian Beckett
Sunday 13 September 2020
6 p.m.
This year, the popular annual history fair is going all-digital, in response to the challenges of COVID-19. In collaboration with local museums, libraries, and cultural organisations, there is an exciting, varied programme for all ages. Sign up for email updates, or follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
https://buckshistoryfestival.co.uk/
The Great War In and Around Stone
Stone Local History Group
Sunday 10 November 2019
Exhibition in Stone Village Hall
1130-1730
Refreshments
2019 Viney Memorial Lecture
James Holland, ‘A New Look at Normandy’
Advance Notice
Friday 11 October 2019, 7 p.m.
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Second Space
Tickets £22 from:
www.atgtickets.com/aylesbury and 0844 871 7615
Launch of “Whitchurch, The Fallen and the First World War”, by Professor Ian Beckett
Royal British Legion
Whitchurch and District Branch
Tuesday 8 October 2019, 7.30 p.m.
Whitchurch Church Hall
Refreshments and signed copies available
Donation to the Trust
The Trust is delighted to announce that it has received a grant of £1,300 from the Bucks Masonic Centenary Fund and a further donation from the Grenville Lodge towards the cost of a computerised MODES system. This will enable the Trust to fully document its collections and continue to meet Museum Accreditation requirements.
Lieutenant Colonel Simon Wilkinson, BMMT Chairman, received the cheque from Bucks MCF representative Andrew Hough at the Old Gaol in Buckingham.
Thank You Event for the World War One Generation
The Gateway, Aylesbury
Sunday 11 November 2018
1300-1600
Entertainment from the Rockabellas, the Halton Military Wives Choir, J’s Joyful Divas, the Chiltern Poetry Society, and the Buckinghamshire Band of the Royal British Legion
World War One Ration Pack Lunches and Afternnon Tea
Admission Free
The 1/1st Bucks Battalion in Italy, 1917-18
Bucks Military Museum Trust and Buckingham Heritage Trust
30 October to 28 November 2018
The Old Gaol, Market Hill, Buckingham
1000-1600
Free Admission
info@buckinghamoldgaol.org.uk
Great War Armistice: Centenary 1918-2018
Armistice 100 Events in Buckingham
Silent Soldiers
Saturday 10 November 2018
0900-1230, Buckingham Town Centre
Commemorative Concert
Sunday 11 November 2018
1715-2000, Buckingham Town Centre
Hosted by Charlie Ross (BBC Bargain Hunt) with Choir of 100 Voices, Miles Nottage and his Band, MK Pipe Band, Isabelle Morgan (Soprano), Local Musicians and Groups
Tapestry Exhibition
27 October to 16 November 2018
Buckingham Library
All events in Aid of the Royal British Legion Poppy Fund
The Great War: In and around Stone
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