This is our main diary page. All meetings, trips and events are listed in chronological order.
Forthcoming events
Tuesday 15th September 2026
2:30pm
Main Meeting
A talk by Alan Fitzgerald about adventures of an engineer in foreign lands. Alan has worked worldwide as an engineer and has many amusing incidents and anecdotes to share with […]
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Venue: The Five Bells
Walking Netball
Venue: Aston Park Tennis Club
Cost: £3 per session payable monthly in advance
Booking Required
All members welcome to exercise mind and body.
Venue: The Churchill Hall
Cost: £6 per session with Tutor
Venue: Aston Clinton Bowls Club
A guided, leisurely one hour walk around historic Buckingham, kindly led by Liz Crocker and Hilary King, exploring its fascinating sights and heritage. Booking is essential for this self drive […]
Cost: No Charge
Booking Required
Venue: The Five Bells
Walking Netball
Venue: Aston Park Tennis Club
Cost: £3 per session payable monthly in advance
Booking Required
Venue: The Bell
Venue: The Five Bells
Walking Netball
Venue: Aston Park Tennis Club
Cost: £3 per session payable monthly in advance
Booking Required
Looking into how Electoral Registers can help with family research.
Venue: The Five Bells
Walking Netball
Venue: Aston Park Tennis Club
Cost: £3 per session payable monthly in advance
Booking Required
A visit to Burnham Beeches woods and cafe.
Venue: The Five Bells
Wednesday 14th October 2026
10:00am
Other
Venue: The Bell
Walking Netball
Venue: Aston Park Tennis Club
Cost: £3 per session payable monthly in advance
Booking Required
All members welcome to exercise mind and body.
Venue: The Churchill Hall
Cost: £6 per session with Tutor
Tuesday 20th October 2026
2:30pm
Main Meeting
A talk by Carl Whitmore entitled 'Jack the Ripper - Who Dun It'. Carl comes up with a potential solution to the 'Whitehall murders' case in which a perpetrator was […]
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Venue: The Five Bells
Walking Netball
Venue: Aston Park Tennis Club
Cost: £3 per session payable monthly in advance
Booking Required
Monday 26th October 2026
7:00pm
Social
Held at the Mela Indian Restaurant, on London Road where we take over the whole restaurant. There is a set meal (not too spicy and vegetarian options) of starter, variety of mains […]
Venue: Mela Restaurant
Cost: £10 deposit required
Booking Required
A virtual 'historical' walk around High Wycombe given by Willie Reid of the High Wycombe Historical Society.
Cost: £3
The Film this month is "Housewife 49" A dramatised story based on true diaries of a housewife during. WWII. Tea/coffee/chat at 7.00pm with film at 7.15pm.
Venue: The Churchill Hall
Cost: £1
Venue: The Five Bells
Come and join us for an evening of music chosen by Ron Tye. "A little strict Tempo".
Venue: The Churchill Hall
Cost: £1
Venue: The Five Bells
In this inaugural meeting we will be discussing Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield. Group members are invited to suggest books for discussion in the following meeting.
Venue: The Bell
Venue: The Five Bells
Wednesday 11th November 2026
10:00am
Other
Venue: The Bell
All members welcome to exercise mind and body.
Venue: The Churchill Hall
Cost: £6 per session including Tutor
Tuesday 17th November 2026
2:30pm
Main Meeting
A talk by Howard Slater on the history of pantomime and music hall. The talk will be supported by songs and original films from that era and should be very […]
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Venue: The Five Bells
This month's film is "Sister Act". A comedy starring Woopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith, A singer who witnesses a murder is hidden by police, as a nun in a convent, […]
Venue: The Churchill Hall
Cost: £1
Venue: The Five Bells
A talk by Mark Childs - a return visit alerting members to risks when on line.
Venue: Aston Clinton Bowls Club
Cost: £1
Monday 30th November 2026
9:30am - 4:00pm
Trip
Monday 30th November Our annual day out to London Kensington, where you can visit any or all of the three Museums - Natural History, Science Museum or the V&A, or […]
Cost: TBA
Booking Required
A festive quiz for members to test their knowledge on ancestry as well as Christmas.
Venue: The Five Bells
Wednesday 2nd December 2026
10:00am
Other
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Tuesday 8th December 2026
8:00am - 12:00am
to Wednesday 9th December 2026
Group Outing
A 2 day trip to see the Famous Christmas show, a group Christmas dinner, over night in a hotel and a glass making studio before returning home. This trip is […]
Booking Required
Venue: The Five Bells
Tuesday 15th December 2026
2:30pm
Main Meeting
An afternoon of entertainment by Sarah Slater on Christmas traditions from Victorian times to the present day. Sarah gave a brilliant talk to the History group on ghosts at Hampton […]
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
All members welcome to exercise mind and body.
Venue: The Churchill Hall
Cost: £6 per session with Tutor
Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year
Film for this month TBA Tea/coffee/chat at 7.00pm with film at 7.15 pm.
Venue: The Churchill Hall
Cost: £1
We all find a point in our research in which we don't seem to be able to move forward i.e we meet a brick wall. We will look at members […]
Tuesday 19th January 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
Chris Turan delivers a talk on the birth of forensic science in crime detection that covers the Soham murders of Jessica and Holly
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
A talk by Towse Harrison The invisible history of thread, textiles, a A talk
Venue: Aston Clinton Bowls Club
Cost: £3.00
Where did your ancestor's name come from? We will look at name derivations and name variations.
Tuesday 16th February 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
A talk by John Tyler on Indonesia, a three thousand mile chain of volcanic activity on the pacific ring and home to the Komodo Dragons
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
A talk by Mike Sheehan. This is a follow up to Mike's talk on Optical Illusions
Venue: Aston Clinton Bowls Club
Cost: £2
Tuesday 16th March 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
Fiona Harrison returns with her musical Easter Show of singing and costume
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Tuesday 20th April 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
This presentation by Melanie Gibson-Barton brings to life the well known and certainly the less known FirstWorld War Flanders sites.
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Tuesday 18th May 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
Seeing is not always what we may think. Get ready to explore the hidden working ofyour mind with this presentation by Mike Sheehan.
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Tuesday 15th June 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
Ann Sharman tells us of the life and times of the inhabitants buried under the ash of theVesuvius eruption.
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Tuesday 20th July 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
Jeff Rozelaar gives us an insight into what went on behind the camera on some famous films
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Tuesday 17th August 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
With Paul Barwick we confront the various possibilities as to Gareth's demise and who may have beenresponsible for his grisly death.
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Tuesday 21st September 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
Andrew Baker relays the story of how, in a single decade, older values were swept aside
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Tuesday 19th October 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
Andy Smith returns to us again with his various musical instruments accompanying him onhis musical journey.
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Tuesday 16th November 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
Following on from his talk earlier this year John Tyler returns to tell us of the most challengingtime of year for our wildlife, where to be seen and if you […]
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church
Tuesday 21st December 2027
2:30pm
Main Meeting
Howard Slater presents a festive treat of slides and video to get us feeling happy and jolly
Venue: Aston Clinton Baptist Church