All Open Meetings cancelled until further notice due to the Coronavirus shutdown!
However Zoom meetings are now available.
Each month we will send out a Zoom link via the GC’s but anybody can email speaker.secretary@buckinghamu3a.org.uk for a direct response.
Meetings take place at 14:30 in the Community Centre, Cornwalls Meadow, Buckingham, MK18 1RP on the following Wednesdays.
You can view a map of the location
Please watch this space in case of last minute changes!
| August
26th |
Ian Keeble |
The Century of Deception: The Birth of the Hoax in the Eighteenth Century The 1700s was a period when the people of England seemed to be especially gullible. They believed a woman could give birth to rabbits; a man could climb inside a two pint bottle and sing inside it; and where a blond-haired European could write a book claiming that he was born in Taiwan. These hoaxes weren’t just written about extensively in newspapers and journals but also brilliantly and amusingly depicted by satirical artists such as William Hogarth and James Gillray. In this entertaining talk Ian demonstrates how 18th century hoaxes are memorable not only for their imaginative nature but also because of the differing motives of the tricksters.
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| 23rd
September |
Susan Prosky (Director) Home Instead Senior Care
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The Early Signs of Dementia
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www.homeinstead.co.uk/miltonkeynes | ||
| 28th
October |
Jenny Mallin | Five generations of my Anglo Indian family during the British Raj | https://www.familyhistoryfederation.com/family-history-speaker-berkshire-jenny-mallin | ||
| 25th
November |
Annual General Meeting | ||||
| 16th
December |
Christmas Social
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