Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Milton Keynes Heritage Association will be held at 7.00 pm on Tuesday, 21st September 2021.
This year we are pleased to be returning to Milton Keynes Museum’s Granary Tea Room,
To help us make arrangements for the AGM please contact MKHA by email at info@mkheritage.org.uk if you will be attending.
The agenda is appended.
David Muston is preparing a PowerPoint presentation to accompany the meeting. Those wishing to submit a report should do so, as usual, direct to him by Friday 17th September at david@davidmustondesign.co.uk. Representatives will have the opportunity to talk to their report at the meeting.
Nominations are invited for the posts of Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer and up to six committee members. All committee members, are willing to continue in place, but we have two vacancies and would appreciate more support. We would welcome the contribution of new members and are also well aware of the need to ensure appropriate succession. So please consider putting yourself forward for nomination this year. We are looking in particular for people to join the Executive Committee to help foster relationships with the wider community from a heritage standpoint - especially with business and educational organisations.
While you’re out and about visiting Milton Keynes Heritage Open Days events this year why not take some photos to show how much fun you’ve been having? New this year is the Living Archive MK's Heritage Open Days Photo Competition with prizes worth £50 each.
Please keep checking the Living Archive website and their social media to keep in touch with any updates to the events, as Heritage Open Days will be subject to any government guidelines that are in place at the time.
302 North Row, Witan Gate East, Milton Keynes MK9 2DS
A new small local museum has opened in Central Milton Keynes Police Station in partnership with Bucks Constabulary History Association. It is open by appointment only for groups of up to five. To make a booking or to find out more please email Mick Shaw at SmallPoliceMuseum@gmail.com
MKHA members
Forthcoming events organised by MKHA members are shown below.
The speaker is Dr David Noy, Associate Lecturer with the Open University for The Roman Empire (2015-20) and Exploring the Classical World (2005-18). Author of Jewish Inscriptions of Western Europe. He runs the Winslow History website. Image sethschoen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Chris Rowe's talk will range from nearly being left behind in Prague when he was a baby and his parents escaped to Holland to being a founder member of the Royal Society. In between he was a privateer, Civil War combatant , artist and scientist. Gerard van Honthorst, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Jerry McCarthy will first give a brief explanation of the operation of the German Enigma machine, and will then discuss four (or more) similar machines.
This lecture starts with an examination of evolving attitudes towards the British Empire and its buildings. A whistle-stop tour is then made of colonial buildings in Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi and elsewhere. The final third of the lecture focuses on the restoration of Mumbai's George Gilbert Scott designed university buildings. Image Marathipremi101, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This virtual event will explore the similarities and differences between life for the Bletchley Park codebreakers and Los Alamos researchers during WW2. It is hosted by the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, with Bletchley Park and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Image byteboy, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Wednesday, 22nd September 2021
Stowe, Buckingham MK18 5EH
Celebrate late summer and book a guided evening walk at Stowe to see the recently replaced statuary. Richard Wheeler, National Specialist in Garden History and the Head Gardener, Barry Smith will be the expert guides. Open to members and guests.
Saturday, 25th September 2021 at 2.30 pm
Grafton Regis Village Hall, The Lane, Grafton Regis NN12 7HW
Take a leisurely walk through this picturesque village and meet some of the famous and infamous people, in authentic costumes, linked with its amazing history.
Booking is essential. Cost: £9.50 for adults, £1.00 for under 16s and free for under 5s.
Acclaimed play by Ron Johnson to be performed at The Deco Theatre, Northampton about three brothers who lost their lives in WW2.
Tickets are now on sale from the box office or online. Adults £12.50, concessions £10.50.
Dates for your diary
Booking has opened for the Laura Knight, A Panoramic View exhibition being held at MK Gallery from Saturday, 9th October 2021.
The Buckinghamshire Local History Network local history fair and conference on Shopping in Buckinghamshire will take place on Saturday, 23rd October 2021,