Category: Events

The Buckingham Society is to campaign for a “Yes” vote in the forthcoming referendum on the Buckingham Neighbour Development Plan (BNDP). This will be held on 22 January 2026

Click on the link below for the full press release

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“Time-Warp – Perspectives on the Cold War”:
a talk by Major-General Bill Robins
at The Vinson Auditorium 18.30 hours.

The Buckingham Society is delighted to invite you to a talk by Major General Bill Robins entitled ‘Time Warp – Perspectives on the Cold War’.  The talk will run for approximately 40 minutes, with 20 minutes for questions afterwards.

The latest Buckingham Neighbourhood Development Plan (BNDP) has been approved by the independent examiner appointed by the government. As a consequence registered voters in the parish of Buckingham will be invited to vote on it in a referendum which is likely to take place before the end of 2025.

The new BNDP, which encapsulates the effort of a large number of community organisations  within the town, as well as Buckingham Town Council (BTC), attempts to guide the way in which development should proceed over the next fifteen years or so.

If, as we hope, it receives a majority of the votes cast in the referendum, the BNDP will become the statutory plan in force, within the town.

BTC has offered to give members of the Buckingham Society an exclusive briefing on the BDNP. This will take place at the Council Chamber (opposite Waitrose) on Thursday 16 October at 19.00 hours.

The talk on Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
by Hugh Ellerton
will take place on Tuesday 12th August at 6.30pm in the Vinson Auditorium. All are welcome to attend.

Members are warmly invited to attend the Society’s AGM at 7.30pm in the Auditorium, Vinson Centre, University of Buckingham
and to join us for a drink at  6.30 pm.

AGENDA 

1. Apologies.
2.Minutes of AGM, November 2023.
3.Matters arising.
4.Executive committee report.
5.Treasurer’s Report.
6.Election of officers (any nominations should reach the membership secretary at least seven days before the AGN).
7.Subscriptions (The proposal is that these should remain unchanged).
8.AOB.

The Society extends grateful thanks to The University of Buckingham for use of their premises for the AGM, and free use of their meeting rooms for executive committee meetings

 

Talk on Rural Crime
Tuesday 26th November 2024
At the Vinson Auditorium, by kind permission of the University of Buckingham
Beginning at 7pm the talk is by
Inspector Stuart Hutchings of Thames Valley Police, Rural Crime Taskforce
The lecture is free, and no pre-booking is needed.

 

You are cordially invited to the
Buckingham Society Summer Lecture and Garden Party
on Wednesday 24th July 2024
At the Vinson Auditorium, University of Buckingham
Beginning at 6.30 pm with a talk by
Thea Young, Sulgrave Manor Visitor Services Coordinator
“Sulgrave Manor: the story of a house, a family and a special relationship between the UK and the USA”

Moving at 7.30 pm to the Vinson foyer for drinks & canapés
The lecture is free, and no pre-booking is needed
The garden party costs £12 for members: you will need to book a place. You are welcome to bring friends.
Each non-member will cost £16.