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A vintage Christmas
September 9, 2019
With less than 16 weeks to go, Father Christmas has found time to take up residence again at Bletchley Park’s Vintage 1940s Grotto – the former top-secret home of Britain’s World War Two codebreakers. Tickets are on sale now. Visitors will be able to take a stroll through the park to the Bletchley Park Mansion, […]
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Explore town’s heritage
August 8, 2019
Heritage Open Days are the perfect opportunity to get behind the closed doors to some of Aylesbury’s oldest and most fascinating buildings. Visitors can discover Aylesbury’s hidden history – for free. Visitors can explore local landmarks such as Aylesbury Judges’ Lodgings, The King’s Head, the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, The Tower Block County […]
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Going potty for a month
July 12, 2019
An exhibition called Pots & Prints will be running for a month at Bucks County Museum in Aylesbury. Olney potter and printmaker, Deborah Hopson-Wolpe, grew up in a creative household in London with her parents, Berthold Wolpe, typographer and graphic designer and Margaret Wolpe, sculptor and silversmith. Deborah studied ceramics in London and Japan before […]
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Waddesdon’s ‘Aladdin’s cave’
July 8, 2019
More than 300 rarely seen objects spanning two millennia are to be revealed in new, permanent gallery at Waddesdon Manor. From a 1st-century cameo of Augustus Caesar’s grandson, to a microscope used by entomologist and flea expert Charles Rothschild, via jewellery given as presents from Queen Victoria, to objects bearing Nazi inventory numbers, gold boxes, […]
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Author remembered
June 14, 2019
Aylesbury Vale District Council says it is ‘saddened’ to hear about the death of much-loved author and illustrator Judith Kerr, who will be sorely missed at this year’s WhizzFizzFest. Taking place on Saturday 22 22, between 10.30am – 5.30pm, WhizzFizzFest, Aylesbury’s family-friendly literary and arts festival, had included Judith alongside Cressida Cowell and Nick Butterworth […]
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Village has its say
June 3, 2019
Westbury Parish Council has submitted an application to designate the parish as a neighbourhood area with a view to developing a neighbourhood plan. The council is undertaking a six-week consultation, starting on June 7, seeking the views of people who live or work in the area. Neighbourhood plans are a key part of the government’s […]
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