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Artist gardeners between the Wars – 19th January

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Our next lecture – open to all and at no charge – will be on Saturday 19th January at 2.30pm in the Bucks County Museum HP20 2QP. Sarah Gray will talk on Artist gardeners between the Wars: Clare Leighton and John Nash in Bucks. Not just art and gardens but also the pressures on landscape in the 1920s and 1930s from motor traffic and both suburban and rural housing developments. Both artists were part of an early and successful campaign to preserve the view of Whiteleaf Cross from being blocked by commercial housing.

Bucks Garden Trust, Talk 19th January

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The first Bucks Gardens Trust talk for 2019 is to be held on Saturday 19 January at the Bucks County Museum in Aylesbury.   This is to be given by Paul Rabbitts, writer and lecturer in landscape architecture, on ‘Bandstands’ … this follows on from a recent lecture on ‘Music Outdoors’ given by Dr David Huckvale.   The talk will start at 2.30pm with tea to follow – at a cost of £12 for Bucks Gardens Trust member & £14 for guests, to include tea.

If you would like to come, and have not already booked, please could you be kind enough to contact Rosemary Jury at rosemaryjury@wendoveremail.co.uk or on  01296 715491.

Historical Association – Buckinghamshire Branch, 21 November

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The Buckinghamshire Branch of the Historical Association meets again next Wednesday, 21 November, at 8pm, when Professor Giuliana Pieri of Royal Holloway University of London will be speaking on Portraits of Mussolini: Italian Art and Propaganda under Fascism.

Venue: Friends’ Meeting House, Rickfords Hill, Aylesbury HP20 2RT.

Everyone welcome: admission charge of £3 to non-members of the Historical Association.

With best wishes,
Roger Bettridge, Sarah Gray and Julian Hunt
Bucks Archaeological Society Library team, County Museum, Church Street Aylesbury HP20 2QP, Tel. 01296 397200 Email: bucksas@buckscountymuseum.org Website: www.bucksas.org.uk
The Library is open to researchers each Wednesday 10am – 4pm. Do drop in but it would be helpful if you could make an appointment so that we can prepare for your visit. Please ring (Wednesdays or voicemail other days) or email to make an appointment.

Bucks Gardens Trust is looking for Research and Recording Project volunteers

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The attached flyer gives all the the details you might need about the Bucks Gardens Trust project and how to find out more if you are interested in joining in.

 

Roger Bettridge, Sarah Gray and Julian Hunt
Bucks Archaeological Society Library team, County Museum, Church Street Aylesbury HP20 2QP, Tel. 01296 397200 Email: bucksas@buckscountymuseum.org Website: www.bucksas.org.uk
The Library is open to researchers each Wednesday 10am – 4pm. Do drop in but it would be helpful if you could make an appointment so that we can prepare for your visit. Please ring (Wednesdays or voicemail other days) or email to make an appointment.

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New Publication – Wulfhere’s People

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Excavation report from the 2008 mid-Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Radcliffe School, Wolverton.      A4 Paperback, 155 pp, 120 illustrations,  Price £18 + £2 p&p.   Contact BAS at help@bucksas.org.uk to obtain a copy.

The site contained eighty-one inhumation burials and two cremations, accompanied by a wide range of grave goods.  This cemetery, the largest of its type in Buckinghamshire to date, is probably linked with the nearby Saxon settlement at Wolverton Mill, predecessor of the modern Wolverton (in Saxon , Wulfheres Tün – ‘Wulfhere’s estate’).