Programme of Events at LBDAHS
This is the current programme of events for LBDAHS. If you have any events that you would like us to add to the programme, please contact us at info@lbdahs.org.uk. All talks are at Linslade Community Hall (St Barnabas), Waterloo Rd, LU7 2NR, starting at 8 pm unless otherwise advised. Everyone welcome. Visitors £3. Members Free.
One-Day conference in Aylesbury - uncovering the buried past beneath the HS2 rail line
At The Oculus, Aylesbury Vale District Council, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury. Details & booking form from www.bucksas.org.uk
Leighton Buzzard Living History Day - the High Street, from 10 am to 4 pm
The Society will have a stall with WWI books and a display of photographs.
Auctions and Antiques - by Evan Willison
Manager of Charles Ross Auctioneers, Woburn. Evan talks about the ups & downs of the auctioneer's business and some of the surprises. An entertaining look at Bedfordshire's permanent antiques roadshow.
Ancient Woodland History and Management in the Chilterns - John Morris
Charles Dawson - Piltdown & his other hoaxes - Andy McGrandle
Following his absorbing talk on Lidar, Andy now tells the story of a man so desperate for academic recognition that he routinely faked his archaeological finds. Piltdown Man was his most famous hoax but recent work has brought to light 38 other fakes.
Crime in 19th Century Leighton Buzzard - Kathryn Faulkner, archivist, Bedford Record Office
Kathryn is responsible for the LBO weekly series on WWI.
Bletchley Park - Nick Hill
Nick's talk includes the breaking of the Enigma Code and the much more advanced Lorenz encryption machine.
AGM - talk to be announced later.
Pitstone Museum - Dennis Trebble, museum secretary
Among the objects on display in the museum are some from Leighton Buzzard. We hope to arrange a visit in June.
