DUNSTABLE AND DISTRICT
LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
EVENTS

May 14

Pioneering Women In Motoring

Debbie Land talks about some of the women who paved the way to the motoring world we know today. As part of her "magnificent women" series she spotlights racers, innovators and speed queens, as well as law-makers and law-breakers.

The British Civil Wars, 1642-51, In Art

The Civil Wars, which had a significant impact on Dunstable, have been the subject of numerous works of art, some well-known and others largely forgotten. Stephen Barker, a heritage advisor who is trustee of the military museum at Buckingham, talks about some important moments in the conflict as illustrated by paintings made at the time and in the Victorian era.