…caring about our town: past, present and future
All welcome: Admission free There will be plenty of water in the Wye so the restored mill should be running and grinding locally grown wheat into quality wholemeal flour that will be for sale. Explore the mill and see it grinding wheat. Meet the millers, enjoy tea, cake and other refreshments and several local interest […]
The merchantile Vansittart family amassed a fortune which enabled them to aquire property in London and Berkshire including Bisham Abbey, which they inhabited for five generations. Stories of daring and determination, fortunes gained and lost, from Prince of Merchants to the Lord of the Manor. Find out how they played the game of the day, […]
JOIN BETH ROGERS, CHAIR OF THE JOHN HAMPDEN SOCIETY, FOR THIS FASCINATING TALK. The talk is followed by a visit to view the exhibition at the Museum. To book your place, please use the link below.
WhizzFizz & Partners promise an unforgetabble day for the whole family, bursting with FREE family entertainment, celebrating all that makes the town special. See P14 and 15 of the Summer newsletter. Also includes 3 walks by Willie.
All welcome: Admission Free There will be plenty of water in the Wye so the restored mill should be running and grinding locally grown wheat into quality wholemeal flour that will be for sale. Explore the mill and see it grinding wheat. Meet the millers, enjoy tea, cake and other refreshments and several local interest […]
A talk by Simon Cains about B North and Sons Ltd, furniture makers of Piddington, a village in the countryside beyond West Wycombe.
Bucks Local History Network Conference (BLHN 2024) This year's theme is "Food for Thought" - the development of agriculture in Bucks. See p15 of the Summer newsletter ONE-DAY CONFERENCE AND LOCAL HISTORY FAIR With High Wycombe Society stand exploring the history of Pann Mill with our own flour for sale. with lead speaker Ruth Goodman, […]
A talk by Simon Coles on the history of Wooburn Green. See p15 of the Summer newletter Referring to all the places now known as Wooburn Green, Wooburn Town, Wooburn Common and Wooburn Moor. A whistle-stop tour of the manors, martyrs, mills, lords and local heroes who have shaped the Wooburns from the Norman Conquest […]
Tales of a House Detective: A talk by Marion Miller (originally scheduled for May 2024) See p15 of the Summer newsletter Winston Churchill once said, “We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.” Come and hear Marian’s tales in a profusely illustrated talk about the people who lived in some of the buildings she has […]
Illustrated by photographs from the SWOP website Mike Dewey will describe Christmas as it was before the commercialisation of today. After 'setting the scene' he will pursue two main themes - Shopping and Entertainment - as they were locally in the period 1940 to 1970. The talk will conclude with a short photo-quiz.
ARTIST AND ART HISTORIAN Cally Trench has beguiled audiences at Wycombe Museum before with her well-researched and thought-provoking Sunday afternoon explorations of artworks in the museum collection. The latest object to receive her attention is a 17th-century painting which was understood in 1934 to be a portrait of Sir Richard Browne - a Roundhead commander in the […]
It was 2008 when Society members David Scott and Ian Simmons released their book entitled “High Wycombe’s Contribution to Aviation”, covering the furniture industry's work on the wooden Mosquitto, Chobham's Flying Circus visiting Wycombe, how BroomWade came to occupy an aeroplane factory and many other topics. On 11th March 2025 we will welcome Dave Scott back to talk […]