The Society has released two new self-guided trails of the town centre. A historical trail of the town centre. Download A walking quiz for the town centre. Download … [Read more...]
Life & Death in Anglo-Saxon Bucks
Mike Farley a former County Archaeologist will give an overview of how people lived in Bucks during Anglo Saxon times. … [Read more...]
Past Jubilee Thoughts
Eagle-eyed visitors to the Society's recent Art Exhibition "A Brush with Wycombe's Past" were reminded on arrival at the top of the stairs in the Guildhall of the Queen's Golden Jubilee back in 2002. A set of tapestries on the wall there commemorate the event. Searching around for other tangible assets with Wycombe connections relating to past jubilee events, Society Trustee Jackie Kay was … [Read more...]
Art Exhibition was a Success
Members of the High Wycombe Society held a special Art Exhibition to be at High Wycombe's Guildhall during April 2022. Dan Wilson designed a flyer for the event. Entitled 'A Brush with Wycombe’s Past’ the exhibition coincided with the 250-year anniversary of William Hannan’s two paintings of 'The High Street in High Wycombe in 1772’ featured in recent editions of the Society's Newsletter, and … [Read more...]
Change of Bank
Members were notified a little while ago that the Society has changed its bank account. OK, we did not think that through completely and many of you have queried if the notification was a scam. Well done for questioning it, but, no, it was not a scam this time and we really have changed our bank account and moved to the Metro Bank. Normally we would expect the banks to change standing orders … [Read more...]
Leigh Street
Planning Group member Robert Hutton has been keeping an eye on progress at Leigh Street where the former Birch factory site is being transformed. There was insufficient room in the Society's Autumn 2021 newsletter to include his update in full so this post supplements the information within the "Planning Matters" article. At the centre of the development site is Birch House, a handsome … [Read more...]
Pann Mill Open Day
Yes, they're back. Unless something goes badly wrong again Pann Mill will be open once more in May, July and September in 2023, from 11.00am to 5.00pm. The exact dates will be published as soon as they have been decided. 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. Meet the … [Read more...]
AGM 2021
AGM papers have been distributed to Society members today. These include the formal notification from our Hon Secretary confirming the date and time of the meeting: Friday 18th June at 7.30 pm (as previously publicised in the spring Newsletter), as well as supporting papers such as our annual accounts for the past two years. As we take this small step back to some form of normality, we … [Read more...]
Future Zoom Presentations
It is fairly clear that we will not be able to hold normal get-togethers and meetings for some time yet so we are planning a few on-line Zoom presentations from March until June. Further details can be found in the Spring 2021 Newsletter. We will send out notes on how to join 2 weeks or so before each event but you may like to put them in your diary early. Friday March 19 – 7.30pm – “Marlow … [Read more...]
Keeping an Eye on the White Paper
The Winter 2020 Edition of the High Wycombe Society Newsletter includes an article by Chris Woodman of the Society’s Planning Group analysing the main features of the recent Government White Paper “Planning for the Future” and other Planning system changes in the pipeline. Although the consultation periods have now ended, readers may wish to see the full text of the White Paper for … [Read more...]