Programme of LBDAHS Events

We organise a regular programme of fascinating events for our members, local residents and anyone interested in finding out more about the history and archaeology of Leighton Buzzard and district.

13th November 2024

The Panacea Society of Bedford - Zara Matthews

  • Location: Linslade Community Hall (St Barnabas), Waterloo Road, LU7 2NR
  • Time: 20:00:00
  • Entry Fee: Free/£3.00

Zara Matthews, Director of the Panacea Museum, will speak about The Panacea Society.  This twentieth century Christian community, based in Bedford and founded and led by women looked forward to the Apocalypse and the Second Coming of Jesus.  Zara will introduce the origins of the Society, its members, their faith and how they lived.

11th December 2024

Photographs of Leighton Buzzard

  • Location: Linslade Community Hall (St Barnabas), Waterloo Road, LU7 2NR
  • Time: 20:00:00
  • Entry Fee: Free/£3.00

Newly discovered films and photographs of Leighton Buzzard's past.

8th January 2025

To Tap and to Drain - David Booth

  • Location: Linslade Community Hall (St Barnabas) Waterloo Road, LU7 2NR
  • Time: 20:00:00
  • Entry Fee: Free/£3.00

The development of the first clean water supplies and the first effective sewerage systems for Leigthon Buzzard and Linslade, which required the development of Local Councils

12th February 2025

A Town Turned Upside Down - Matt Carroll

  • Location: Linslade Community Hall (St Barnabas) Waterloo Road LU7 2NR
  • Time: 20:00:00
  • Entry Fee: Free/£3

Leighton Buzzard in the Civil Wars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12th March 2025

In the slipstream of Alcock and Brown - Robin Evans

  • Location: Linslade Community Hall (St Barnabas) Waterloo Road, LU7 2NR
  • Time: 20:00:00
  • Entry Fee: Free/£3.00

John Alcock & Arthur Brown were British aviators who made the first non-stop transatlantic flight (1919)

9th April 2025

AGM plus talk tbc

  • Location: Linslade Community Hall (St Barnabas) Waterloo Road, LU7 2NR
  • Time: 20:00:00
  • Entry Fee: Free/£3.00