We are very excited to support ‘Making History: Making Movies’, a brand new two-year project from Wessex Film and Sound Archive, supported by the British Film Institute awarding funds from the National Lottery and Hampshire Archives Trust. The project will collect film footage from people across the Wessex […]
The creation of Milton Keynes began in March 1967 with the founding of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation, tasked with delivering an ambitious project; the largest ‘new town’ development in the country. However, what is less spoken about today, more than 50 years on, is the futuristic Buckinghamshire […]
As a local site of historical interest, Buckinghamshire Council has opened the doors to the Judges Lodgings for public tours every September, to showcase its Victorian architecture, furniture, and art. With many public buildings still closed or with limited access, the Virtual History Festival is proud to present […]
As the Metropolitan Railway neared completion at its final station in Chesham, finishing touches were being made on a magnificent country residence in Waddesdon, a new addition to the burgeoning estate known colloquially as ‘Rothschildshire’. The year was 1889, and modern life as we know it was on […]
For many, 2020 has become ‘virtual’ in all sorts of ways, with meetings and events being online. For others, being at home has led to sorting out boxes that remained untouched in busier, normal times. For Bucks Family History Society’s Tony Sargeant, one collection has led to thoughts […]
Many of us will have sat down with a cup of tea and the crossword. Some of us may also have had a version of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary (OED) at hand to check spellings and meanings of words. But how many of us really use the […]
To celebrate the reopening of the Roald Dahl Museum on Thursday 10 September 2020, we invited the team at the museum on board to take over our social media channels for the day to tell our history loving fans about the beloved local author, and key literary figure […]
In this guest blog for Bucks History Festival, the Libraries team use online resources, available for free using a Buckinghamshire Library card, to follow Florence Nightingale to see what they could find out about her. You can use your Buckinghamshire Library card to access all the resources used […]
