2023 Events

With times returning to a semblance of normality we intend to run a more normal programme of events during the year. We hope members and supporters will share ideas for our future programme. Hopefully Zoom events are a thing of the past but we will return to running them if necessary.

2-Jan	Walk	With Willie	10.00 am. “High Wycombe Unmasked” – a walk led by Society Trustee, Willie Reid – starting at the Red Letterbox at High Wycombe Station.
January-19 February	Exhibition	Wycombe Museum	“A Caribbean Garden” – an exhibition featuring the Botanical Garden on the island of St Vincent in the Caribbean with a fascinating history.
10 March	Talk	The Riverside	7.30pm “The English Coaching Inn” – of which there were and are many examples in Wycombe. Julian Hunt is President of the Bucks Archaeological Society, a frequent speaker on various subjects and local history researcher.
28 April	Talk	The Riverside	7.30pm – “Life and Death in Anglo Saxon Buckinghamshire”. Presented by Mike Farley. Mike’s particular speciality is Pots and Potteries, but on this occasion, he will talk more generally on the Anglo-Saxon period.
12 May	Talk	The Riverside	7.30pm Dr. Wendy Morrison with an update on the “Beacons of the Past” project. Rescheduled from 2021. In her work with Chilterns AONB Wendy has made use of the LiDAR survey investigating the various lumps and bumps and discovering hillforts that no-one knew existed before.
14 May	Pann Mill Open Day	Live	11.00am – 5.00pm at Pann Mill on the Rye. Mill operating, flour sales and other stalls. National Mills Weekend
2 June	Talk	The Riverside	7.00 pm – AGM followed by “Romans in Bucks” presented by Dr. Jill Eyers. Jill is an experienced geoarchaeologist and lecturer specialising in worked stone and Samian pottery identification and analysis
9 July	Pann Mill Open Day	Live	11.00am – 5.00pm at Pann Mill on the Rye. Mill operating, flour sales and other stalls.
10 September	Pann Mill Open Day	Live	11.00am – 5.00pm at Pann Mill on the Rye. Mill operating, flour sales and other stalls. Heritage Open Day.
14 September	Talk	Trinity United Refrmed Church	7.30pm Lord Carrington – The role and history of the Lord Great Chamberlain of England.
7 October	Bucks Local History Network Conference	Oculus Conf. Centre, Aylesbury	9.30am-4pm – Putting our local heritage on the map. Tickets from https://bas1.org.uk/blhn-2023-tickets
10 October	Talk	Trinity United Refrmed Church	7.30pm Penelope Tollitt – Achieving Sustainable Urban Development – How far beyond “Business as usual”?
9 November	Talk	Trinity United Refrmed Church	7.30pm Neil Salisbury – CPRE: Saving the Countryside, past, present and future.
14 December	Talk	Trinity United Refrmed Church	7.30pm Tony Mealing – Wycombe Christmasses Past.

The Events Programme has in the past been organised by a Programme and Membership Group. If you could help to organise future events please email the Chairman.

 

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We are leaving some past events so that you can see the sort of programme that we aim to achieve.

 

2022 Events

With the gradual lifting of Covid-19 restrictions we have high hopes of running a more normal programme of events during the year. Meanwhile we will be hosting a Zoom social event in January at which we hope members and supporters will share ideas for our future programme. We will be hosting other Zoom events if necessary.

7-Jan	Social	via Zoom	7.30 pm. Members and supporters wishing to participate in this event are advised that they should first register to do so as advised in their Winter 2021 Newsletter.
16 April-28 April	Art Exhibition	Guildhall	10.00am-4.00pm – “A Brush With Wycombe’s Past” to coincide with the 250-year anniversary of William Hannan’s paintings of ‘The High Street in High Wycombe in 1772′. Free entry. See Coming Soon news item.
8 May	Pann Mill Open Day	Live	11.00am – 5.00pm at Pann Mill on the Rye. Mill operating, flour sales and other stalls.
10 June	AGM	The Riverside	7.30pm – Annual General Meeting (Location details to be confirmed.)
10 July	Pann Mill Open Day	Live	11.00am – 5.00pm at Pann Mill on the Rye. Mill operating, flour sales and other stalls.
11 Sept	Pann Mill Open Day	Live	11.00am – 5.00pm at Pann Mill on the Rye. Mill operating, flour sales and other stalls.
14 Oct	Talk	The Riverside	7.30 pm – The Pastime of an Earl: 19th Century High Wycombe in a scrapbook, by Sarah Charlton, Archivist of the Carington Estates
11 Nov	Talk	The Riverside	7.30 pm – The Early History of Wycombe Railway, by David Lane
16 Dec	Talk and Social	The Guildhall, Cornmarket	7.30 pm – The History of British Pantomime by Catherine Campbell, combined with Christmas social with buffet and wine. £10 admission; book through Treasurer.

The Events Programme has in the past been organised by a Programme and Membership Group. If you could help to organise future events please email the Chairman.

 

2021 Events

Due to the current Covid-19 situation we have been unable to publish a programme of events for 2021 although we are cautiously optimistic that our Pann Mill Open Days and other public events will resume at some point during 2021. In the meantime we will be hosting a Zoom social event in January at which we hope members and supporters will share ideas for our future programme. We will also be hosting other Zoom events as they can be organised.

8-Jan	Social	via Zoom	7.30 pm. Members and supporters wishing to participate in this event are advised that they should first register to do so as advised in their Winter 2020 Newsletter.
19 March	Talk	via Zoom	7.30pm – “Marlow Railway and River 1831-1891” by Adam Baxter.
23 April	Talk	via Zoom	7.30pm – “The Mitford Sisters of High Wycombe, 1911- 1949” with David Snoxell.
28 May	Talk	via Zoom	7.30pm – “Beacons of the Past” – an update on the Chilterns LiDAR results and work resulting from it by Dr Wendy Morrison of Chilterns AONB.
18 June	AGM	via Zoom	7.30pm – Annual General Meeting (login from 7.15pm from 7.30 start) Zoom link has been sent out to members.
12 Sept	Pann Mill Open Day	Live	11.00am – 5.00pm at Pann Mill on the Rye. Mill operating, flour sales and other stalls.

The Events Programme has in the past been organised by a Programme and Membership Group. If you could help to organise future events please email the Chairman.

 

2020 Events

Sadly the Society’s programme of events is currently suspended due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. If you have ideas for inclusion in our future programme and/or would be willing to help make events happen, when we are able to resume, then Please Contact Us.

24-Apr	Talk	The Riverside	POSTPONED to a date to be decided. 7.30 pm. Sarah Charlton, archivist for the Carington Estates will be giving a talk to the Society
10-May	Open Day	Pann Mill, The Rye	CANCELLED
15-May	Film Show	Venue to be confirmed	POSTPONED to a date to be decided. 7.30 p.m. To coincide with the Wycombe Arts Festival an evening of nostalgia featuring films of High Wycombe recently digitised as part of the Society’s “Save Our Film Archive” project
19-Jun	AGM	Date and Venue to be confirmed	CANCELLED
12-July	Open Day	Pann Mill, The Rye	CANCELLED
13-Sep	Open Day	Pann Mill, The Rye	CANCELLED

The Events Programme has in the past been organised by a Programme and Membership Group.

 

2019 Events

The Events Programme is organised by the Society’s Programme and Membership Group who are currently seeking new members.  If you have ideas for inclusion in our future programme and/or would be willing to help make events happen, then please Contact Us.

23-Jan	Talk	The Riverside	2 pm. “Lesser-known Grand Houses of South Buckinghamshire – and their residents” by Mike Dewey.
12-May	Open Day	Pann Mill, The Rye	11.00 am – 5.00 pm. To coincide with National Mills Weekend, a chance to see the mill in operation.
17-May	Talk	The Riverside	7.30 p.m. As a contribution to the Wycombe Arts Festival we will be showing some of the films of Wycombe recently digitised as part of the Society’s “Save Our Film Archive” project (SOFA)
14-Jun	AGM+talk	The Riverside	7.30 p.m. AGM and talk by Guest Speaker, Miles Green on the subject of “Wycombe Heath”
27-Jun	Outing	Leighton Buzzard	See Spring 2019 Newsletter for details
14-July	Open Day	Pann Mill, The Rye	11.00 am – 5.00 pm. A second chance to see the mill in operation. Craft and other stalls.
15-Sep	Open Day	Pann Mill, The Rye	11.00 am – 5.00 pm. To coincide with Heritage Open Weekend, another chance to see the mill in operation.
18-Oct	Talk	The Riverside	7.30 pm Peter Hewlett-Smith, Volunteer with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission will talk about the work of the Commission

The Events Programme is organised by the Programme and Membership Group who are currently seeking new members.

All are welcome at Our Talks and Pann Mill Open Days.

Admission to our Talks is usually free (unless stated otherwise).

Other events such as our visits are sometimes arranged for limited numbers – places may need to be booked in advance.

 

2018 Events

17-Jan	Talk	The Riverside	2.30 pm.  “From Rations to Fashions”  by Mike Dewey.
20-Feb	Visit	Trenchard Museum   RAF Halton	Contact P&M Group via programme@highwycombesociety.org.uk for further information or to book a place.
23-Mar	Talk	The Riverside	7.30 p.m. “Burning to get the Vote”  – a presentation in three parts by Lesley Clarke (Chair of the Women’s Local Government Society), Willie Reid (High Wycombe Society Trustee and Local Historian) and James Mercer-Kelly (Senior Deputy Head of Wycombe Abbey School). Note: This talk will be preceded by a Short Special General Meeting to consider and effect a couple of minor changes to the Society constitution.
28-Apr	Talk	Trinity United Reformed Church	2.30 p,m,  A joint meeting with Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society.   Guest Speaker: Leslie Webster, former Senior Keeper of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Collections in the British Museum will give a talk entitled “Buckinghamshire’s Saxon Prince: the Burial at Taplow”
13-May	Open Day	Pann Mill, The Rye	11.00 am – 5.00 pm.  To coincide with National Mills Weekend, a chance to see the mill in operation.
8-Jun	AGM	The Riverside	7.30 p.m. AGM and demonstration of WWI heritage trail
8-Jul	Open Day	Pann Mill, The Rye	11.00 am – 5.00 pm.  A second chance to see the mill in operation. Craft and other stalls.
5-Aug	Event	Wycombe Abbey	50th Anniversary Celebration.  Tickets for this event will be on Sale in Spring 2018
16-Sep	Open Day	Pann Mill, The Rye	11.00 am – 5.00 pm.  To coincide with Heritage Open Weekend, another chance to see the mill in operation.
12-Oct	Talk	The Riverside	7.30 pm.  Society Member Dave Scott will give a talk on “George Holt Thomas”
19- Nov	Talk	Trinity United Reformed Church	7.30 for 7.45 pm. A joint meeting with Wycombe Wildlife Group.  Guest Speaker: Ted Green MBE, Founder of the Ancient Tree Forum. Please note there will be an admission charge of £2 for this event.
12-Dec		Hughenden Gardens Village	A pre-Christmas get-together – see Autumn Newsletter for further details