Yesterday saw the start of the month-long Buckinghamshire History Festival, an annual event now in its sixth year.
It aims to uncover the more hidden stories of those who made the county their home over the years as well as looking again at the well-known aspects of our local history.
This year the festival – which is run by Buckinghamshire Council’s Archives Team – is for a second year happening mainly online. And this year there’s a new feature – a series of special live events in which local historians explore an aspect of the county’s rich history. So you can attend fascinating live discussions from the comfort of your own home – and all for free.
In addition to the live events, the festival is continuing last year’s popular feature of releasing podcasts of talks by historians and broadcasters. Podcast highlights for 2021 include TV broadcaster Jay Blades on the furniture-making heritage of High Wycombe and historian Melanie Backe-Hansen, who works on the TV series A House Through Time, who will be giving some tips on how to research the history of your own home.
Find the Buckinghamshire History Festival at https://histfestbucks.co.uk
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