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Heritage events
Amersham Museum visit – July 2019
On the 3rd July 2019, a very warm afternoon, eight of our members visited the Amersham Museum. This is located in the High Street of Old Amersham town. Once through the…
JFK: The Last Speech event – June 2019
On the fine summer evening of 22 June 2019, at the Fitzwilliams Centre, the Society was delighted to host the screening of ‘JFK: The Last Speech’, a new film from America which…
Nick Park film night – May 2019
It has been 30 years since Nick Park, a postgraduate student at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, launched his wonderful ‘claymation’ characters Wallace & Gromit to the…
Alison Uttley plaque unveiling – December 2018
On 17th December 2018, a good crowd gathered in the Beaconsfield Town Hall garden to mark the birthday of author Alison Uttley, famous creator of Little Grey Rabbit, with the unveiling…
Sir Terry Pratchett week – October 2018
From 6th-13th October 2018, the Beaconsfield Society celebrated the life and works of the best-selling author Sir Terry Pratchett, who has sold more than 85 million books worldwide and also happens to have been…
NFTS visit – July 2018
This year we arranged a special visit for our members to Beaconsfield’s very own prestigious National Film and Television School. The School is world famous and this year was honoured for…
Hall Barn visit – September 2017
On 20th September 2017, we had a rare opportunity to visit Hall Barn, Beaconsfield’s famous estate and manor house and the home of the Lawson family since 1881, which is not normally open…
Alison Uttley celebration – July 2017
Alison Uttley, ‘spinner of tales’ and creator of the Little Grey Rabbit books for children, lived in Beaconsfield from 1938 until her death in 1976. She wrote over 100 books…
Chenies Manor visit – July 2016
On a glorious July afternoon, eighteen members of the Society were joined by our friends from BOTRA to enjoy a conducted tour of Chenies Manor and the gardens. The weather…
Bugging the Nazis talk – November 2015
A maximum audience of over 120 greeted Dr Helen Fry, the speaker at The Beaconsfield Society’s AGM on Thursday 5th November 2015 at The Fitzwilliams Centre. They were all excited…
Dorneywood House visit – July 2015
Standing to the south of Burnham Beeches is Dorneywood House, which was the subject of our Heritage Visit on 22 July 2015 when 30 of our members and their guests were able…
Secret History of Wilton Park talk – April 2015
On 21st April 2015, Sarah Paterson, Senior Librarian at the Imperial War Museum, gave a fascinating talk to a sell-out audience in Beaconsfield on the secret history of Wilton Park…