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SUMMARY:Summer in the Medicinal Garden - A Walk with a Medical Herbalist
DESCRIPTION:£10 per person \nThere is something about walking into a medicinal garden in summer – the smell of crushed lemon balm on your fingers\, the hum of bees in the marshmallow flowers\, the silver dust of wormwood\, the soft green of lady’s mantle holding the morning dew. Join local medical herbalist Kristine De Block for a slow walk among the plants in season at Amersham Museum’s medicinal garden. We’ll look closely at the herbs growing in the beds – the familiar and the half-forgotten\, the kitchen plants and the older medicines – and explore the old herbal idea that every plant\, like every person\, has its own temperament. Kristine will share folklore\, traditional uses\, modern medicinal understanding\, and the way these plants are still being used today by a practising medical herbalist in a busy herbal clinic and dispensary. No prior knowledge needed – just curiosity\, a love for plants\, and a notebook if you like.
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/summer-in-the-medicinal-garden-a-walk-with-a-medical-herbalist/
LOCATION:Amersham Museum\, 49\, High Street\, Old Amersham\, HP7 0DP
CATEGORIES:Adults,Talks
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SUMMARY:Workshop for adults: Exploring Rosaceae - the botanical rose family
DESCRIPTION:Part 1 May 16th \nIn partnership with Wild Amersham\, these 2 workshops for adults offer a relaxed introduction to the concept of a ‘Plant Family’\, by exploring the Rose family\, Rosaceae. This is not a family exclusively of roses – it is also home to a diverse array of other plants. These include many of our domestic fruits (Cherries\, Strawberries\, Apples\, Raspberries)\, as well as garden plants (Potentilla\, Spiraea\, Alchemilla) and wildflowers (Wood Avens\, Agrimony and Tormentil). Both workshops will include a visit to the Museum Garden\, to explore the Rose Family members growing there.  \nUnder the guidance of local botanist Karen van Oostrum\, you will discover why such diverse species are included within the same family. Karen will take you through the key features of plants in Rosaceae\, giving you the opportunity to look carefully at the structures of leaves\, flowers and fruits from a range of species. The two workshops are linked\, and you are encouraged to attend both. However\, each is a standalone session\, so you are also welcome to book them individually. \nYou may wish to bring a notebook and pen. A wildflower guide or hand lens can also be helpful if you have them\, but there is no need to purchase these if you don’t. \n  \nWorkshop 1 May 16th includes an introduction to Plant Families and a look at the vegetative and floral features of Rosaceae. \nWorkshop 2 includes an overview of the various fruit forms (drupes\, hips\, achenes and pomes) of the Rose family\, and we will delve into the historical significance of Rosaceae in our local area. \n  \nWorkshop 2 begins by examining how fruits develop from flowers. Karen will then introduce the remarkable diversity of fruit types found within Rosaceae\, including drupes\, hips\, achenes\, pomes and the intriguing strawberry “false fruit”. You will never look at an apple or a raspberry in quite the same way again. There will be plenty of fruits available for careful observation – and for tasting\, once your work is done. We will finish by exploring the historical significance of Rosaceae in our local area. \n  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/explore-the-rose-family-3/
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SUMMARY:Talk: Amersham in the 1960s and 1970s
DESCRIPTION:£13 including wine or soft drink \nThe 1960s & 1970s saw dramatic changes in British society and these were reflected here in Amersham. The growth in housing\, changes in shopping & retail habits and in transport all combined to make Amersham a vibrant community nestling in the Chilterns at the end of the Met Line. Pete Healy gives a flavour of what life was like over these important decades. \n  \nNotes\nIf you have queries about accessibility or routes\, please get in touch and we would be happy to provide you with detailed information. \nPlease make sure you have checked details before ordering tickets. It is necessary for the museum to charge a cancellation fee of £1 to cover credit card and administration costs.
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/amersham-in-the-1960s-and-1970s/
LOCATION:Amersham Museum\, 49\, High Street\, Old Amersham\, HP7 0DP
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SUMMARY:Workshop for adults: Exploring Rosaceae - the botanical rose family
DESCRIPTION:Part 2 June 29th \nIn partnership with Wild Amersham\, these 2 workshops for adults offer a relaxed introduction to the concept of a ‘Plant Family’\, by exploring the Rose family\, Rosaceae. This is not a family exclusively of roses – it is also home to a diverse array of other plants. These include many of our domestic fruits (Cherries\, Strawberries\, Apples\, Raspberries)\, as well as garden plants (Potentilla\, Spiraea\, Alchemilla) and wildflowers (Wood Avens\, Agrimony and Tormentil). Both workshops will include a visit to the Museum Garden\, to explore the Rose Family members growing there.  \nUnder the guidance of local botanist Karen van Oostrum\, you will discover why such diverse species are included within the same family. Karen will take you through the key features of plants in Rosaceae\, giving you the opportunity to look carefully at the structures of leaves\, flowers and fruits from a range of species. The two workshops are linked\, and you are encouraged to attend both. However\, each is a standalone session\, so you are also welcome to book them individually. \nYou may wish to bring a notebook and pen. A wildflower guide or hand lens can also be helpful if you have them\, but there is no need to purchase these if you don’t. \nWorkshop 1 includes an introduction to Plant Families and a look at the vegetative and floral features of Rosaceae. \nWorkshop 2 June 29th includes an overview of the various fruit forms (drupes\, hips\, achenes and pomes) of the Rose family\, and we will delve into the historical significance of Rosaceae in our local area. \n  \nWorkshop 1 begins with an introduction to the concept of a plant family. Karen will explain what a plant family is\, how it relates to classification and taxonomy\, and why it is useful. Participants will then explore the vegetative features (leaves and stems) of species within Rosaceae\, with key botanical terms introduced along the way. You will see how these features aid identification\, with plenty of plant material available for close observation and for practising your descriptive skills. \nWe will then move on to the floral features of Rosaceae species. Karen will explain the functions of the main flower parts (sepals\, petals\, stamens and carpels) and the different ways they can be arranged. You will discover how flower structure supports identification\, again using fresh material for careful observation and hands-on practice. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/explore-the-rose-family-2/
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SUMMARY:Talk: From Wyclif through Tyndale and beyond: The Reformation in Amersham
DESCRIPTION:St Mary’s Church\, Old Amersham \n£5 suggested donation \nIn partnership with the Tyndale Society and St Mary’s Church\, we are marking Tyndale500\, the 500th anniversary of the first New Testament in English. \nAmersham was very hospitable to Lollardy\, the heretical movement which flowed from the ideas of John Wyclif (d.1384). Lollards stressed the importance of the Bible in English\, but copies were only available in manuscript and their ownership was forbidden.  Despite persecution\, Lollardy persisted in Amersham\, through to the early sixteenth century. In 1526 William Tyndale produced the first printed translation of the New Testament\, which was also the first translation from the original Greek. It proved impossible to control its distribution and it was to change English-speaking religion for ever. \nAndrew Hope grew up in the Weald of Kent\, another area with traditions of Lollardy. He read history at Cambridge\, and has undertaken post-graduate work at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford. He was a founder member of the Tyndale Society and has been editor of ‘Reformation’\, its academic journal. He has published a number of articles on Lollardy and the early Reformation.” \n  \nPlease make sure you have checked details before ordering tickets. It is necessary for the museum to charge a cancellation fee of £1 to cover credit card and administration costs. \n  \n 
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/from-wyclif-through-tyndale-and-beyond-the-reformation-in-amersham/
LOCATION:St Mary’s Church\, Old Amersham\, Church St\, Old AMERSHAM\, Bucks\, HP7 0DB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adults,Talks
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SUMMARY:Talk: The Importance and Legacy of Tyndale’s Translation
DESCRIPTION:St Mary’s Church\, Old Amersham \n£5 suggested donation \nIn partnership with the Tyndale Society and St Mary’s Church\, we are marking Tyndale500\, the 500th anniversary of the first New Testament in English. \n500 years ago in 1526 William Tyndale published the first New Testament in English to ever be printed and the first to be translated from the original Greek.  His words and phraseology set a standard which continues today.   The famous Authorised Version owes much to his text\, and readers of Bibles in modern English still owe a great debt to Tyndale.  \nNeil Rees lives in a village near Chesham and works as a technology consultant for the Bible Society. He is Chairman of the Tyndale Society and writes a monthly local history page for the Bucks Free Press. \n  \nPlease make sure you have checked details before ordering tickets. It is necessary for the museum to charge a cancellation fee of £1 to cover credit card and administration costs. \n 
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/the-importance-and-legacy-of-tyndales-translation/
LOCATION:St Mary’s Church\, Old Amersham\, Church St\, Old AMERSHAM\, Bucks\, HP7 0DB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adults,Talks
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SUMMARY:Destination Amersham
DESCRIPTION:Talk and exhibition viewing \nWednesday 11 March\, 6.30pm-8.30pm\, talk starts at 7pm \n£13 including a glass of wine or soft drink \nTo tie in with our new temporary exhibition\, join local historian Alison Bailey for an illustrated talk that explores the diverse communities that have called Amersham home. From ‘aliens’ required to pay tax in the 15th century\, to recent refugees from war-torn countries\, Amersham and the surrounding area has a long history in welcoming people from all backgrounds. \nOur Destination Amersham exhibition will be open before and after the talk. Enjoy our story tree created by artist Harsha Basu with people from the local community\, alongside objects and photographs from the museum’s collection that provide an insight into the many and varied origins of Amersham’s residents.   \nNotes\nThe talk will be in the Museum’s Woodcock Room which on the first floor\, accessed by a platform lift. There is more information about accessibility in our access statement here: Please get in touch with any queries about accessibility\, or any requirements that we might need to know about to make your visit as straightforward as possible. \nPlease make sure you have checked details before ordering tickets. It is necessary for the museum to charge a cancellation fee of £1 to cover credit card and administration costs.
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/destination-amersham/
LOCATION:Amersham Museum\, 49\, High Street\, Old Amersham\, HP7 0DP
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SUMMARY:Six Inches of Soil Film Night
DESCRIPTION:Amersham Museum + Wild Amersham \nVenue: Amersham Museum \nWednesday 25 February 7-9.30pm \n£8/£5 unwaged or under 25\, including tea/coffee and biscuits \nAmersham is a town rooted in the surrounding countryside and dependent on its farming heritage. Come and watch a remarkable and inspiring film\, Six Inches of Soil. It tells the story of three young British farmers on their journey of regenerative farming. Regenerative farming practices promote healthier soils\, provide healthier\, affordable food\, restore biodiversity and sequester carbon.   \nAfter the film\, hear from David Knight\, a local farmer using regenerative methods\, who will tell you briefly about his farm in the Chilterns\, followed by a chance to ask him questions.  \nNotes\nThe talk will be in the Museum’s Woodcock Room which on the first floor\, accessed by a platform lift. There is more information about accessibility in our access statement here: Please get in touch with any queries about accessibility\, or any requirements that we might need to know about to make your visit as straightforward as possible. \nPlease make sure you have checked details before ordering tickets. It is necessary for the museum to charge a cancellation fee of £1 to cover credit card and administration costs.
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/six-inches-of-soil-film-night/
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SUMMARY:Valentine’s Day & the herbal heart: History\, folklore & tasting evening
DESCRIPTION:£13 including a glass of wine or soft drink \nEver wondered what Valentine’s Day looked like before supermarket roses and pink cards? Local medical herbalist Kristine De Block invites you to an evening of tasting and storytelling that follows Valentine’s Day back to saints\, secret notes\, midwinter rituals about health\, luck\, and getting people safely through the dark of the year. \nFrom there we turn to the medicinal plants. You’ll explore some of the herbs people have reached for when the heart is in trouble – racing with nerves\, heavy with grief\, tangled up in love\, or simply too tired to care. Kristine will introduce a few classic “heart herbs”\, share the folklore and real stories wrapped around them\, and talk about simple preparations you can make in an ordinary kitchen. \nYou’ll go home with a very different sense of what Valentine’s Day can mean\, and a handful of herbal ideas to play with at home. No prior knowledge needed – just curiosity and a love for natural things. \nNotes\nThe talk will be in the Museum’s Woodcock Room which on the first floor\, accessed by a platform lift. There is more information about accessibility in our access statement here: Please get in touch with any queries about accessibility\, or any requirements that we might need to know about to make your visit as straightforward as possible. \nPlease make sure you have checked details before ordering tickets. It is necessary for the museum to charge a cancellation fee of £1 to cover credit card and administration costs.
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/valentines-day-the-herbal-heart-history-folklore-tasting-evening/
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SUMMARY:The birth of the suburbs and Metro-Land
DESCRIPTION:(Including glass of wine or soft drink) \nAs recently as the early 1900’s\, you didn’t need to venture far out of London to find open fields. Areas like Wembley and Harrow were undeveloped. Familiar names on the Tube Map today\, were small isolated towns or villages. \nWhat we now know as Old Amersham is long established having been mentioned as Agmodesham in the Domesday Book. But\, prior to the railways arrival\, there were only a scattering of buildings in what is now Amersham-on-the-Hill\, Chesham Bois and Amersham Common\, with even less at Little Chalfont. Their development came about due to an early twentieth century phenomenon\, Metro-land or as we now know it Metroland. \nCopies of our new book signed by the contributors\, All Aboard to Amersham will be for sale at the event\, alternatively buy a combined talk plus book ticket and get the book for £7.50\, normal price £8.50. \nJoin Ralph Hilsdon\, museum volunteer and railway historian\, to explore the story of the impact that the development of the railway had on Amersham and the surrounding area. \n  \n  \nPlease make sure you have checked details before ordering tickets. It is necessary for the museum to charge a cancellation fee of £1 to cover credit card and administration costs.
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/the-birth-of-the-suburbs-and-metro-land/
LOCATION:Amersham Museum\, 49\, High Street\, Old Amersham\, HP7 0DP
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SUMMARY:Talk:  Potions\, plants and physic: 17th century secrets in the museum garden
DESCRIPTION:£10\, including wine/soft drink \nTake a journey back to the 17th century apothecary’s garden\, where the plants were grown to heal. Join pharmacist and medical historian John Minshull as he guides you through Amersham Museum’s garden\, using Nicholas Culpeper’s 1653 English translation of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis as a guide. \n 
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/talk-potions-plants-and-physic-17th-century-secrets-in-the-museum-garden/
LOCATION:Amersham Museum\, 49\, High Street\, Old Amersham\, HP7 0DP
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SUMMARY:Talk and Tasting: Kitchen Remedies
DESCRIPTION:£10 per person (including glass of wine or soft drink) \nStep into the fascinating world of traditional kitchen remedies with local medical herbalist Kristine De Block for an evening of discovery\, tasting\, and storytelling. We’ll explore the healing wisdom found in everyday herbs and spices – from honey and thyme to vinegar and cinnamon – and discover how people through the ages turned simple ingredients into powerful home medicine. You’ll get to taste a few preparations\, learn a little of their history\, and leave with ideas you can try at home. No prior knowledge needed – just curiosity and a love for natural things. \n \n  \nPlease make sure you have checked details before ordering tickets. It is necessary for the museum to charge a cancellation fee of £1 to cover credit card and administration costs.
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/talk-and-tasting-kitchen-remedies/
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SUMMARY:Talk: Edward Watkin
DESCRIPTION:The Wembley Tower & the First Channel Tunnel\nAmersham Museum \n£15 per person (including glass of wine or soft drink) \nTo tie in with Railway200\, the national celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway\, we are hosting a railway-themed talk. Amersham Museum trustee Pete Healy will charts the story of how Edward Watkin\, sometimes termed the last Railway King\, brought the Metropolitan and Great Central Railways to Amersham before planning to create an Eiffel Tower beating tower at Wembley and a Channel Tunnel nearly a century before the successful one we know today. \nTo book\, please click on this link. \n 
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/talk-edward-watkin/
LOCATION:Amersham Museum\, 49\, High Street\, Old Amersham\, HP7 0DP
CATEGORIES:Adults,Talks
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SUMMARY:WOMEN IN INTELLIGENCE
DESCRIPTION:A Hidden History from WW1 To WW2\nIn the week of the 80th anniversary of VE Day\, we are delighted to welcome Dr Helen Fry to give a talk.\nThe ticket price includes a glass of wine or soft drink. \nIn twentieth century\, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence\, defying the conventions of their time. Across both world wars\, far from being a small part of covert operations\, they ran spy networks and escape lines\, parachuted behind enemy lines and interrogated prisoners. Meanwhile\, back at Bletchley and Whitehall\, women’s vital administrative work in Military Intelligence kept the British war engine running. Helen takes a panoramic view of the rich and varied intelligence and espionage work women undertook as civilians and in uniform. From spies in the Belgian network ‘La Dame Blanche’\, knitting coded messages into jumpers\, to those who interpreted aerial images and even ran entire sections. She will talk about some of the inspirational contributions of these remarkable women from her extensive research. \nAbout Helen Fry\n \nHistorian Dr Helen Fry has written over 25 books on the Second World War\, with particular reference to the 10\,000 Germans who fought for Britain\, and also British intelligence\, espionage and WWII. Her latest highly acclaimed book Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World War received the Silver Award from Military History Matters Book Award. Her bestselling books include The Walls have Ears about the secret wartime eavesdropping operation; also Spymaster: The Man who Saved MI6; and MI9 about the British Secret Service for escape and evasion in World War Two. She appears frequently in numerous TV documentaries\, including covering the major anniversaries of D-Day for the BBC. In 2022 Helen was recognized as a woman of achievement at the Women of the Year Lunch Awards. In 2023 she received The Lifetime Achievement Award in Jewish Military History and Education. She is an ambassador for the Military Intelligence Museum; a trustee of the Friends of the Intelligence Corps and a trustee of the Medmenham Collection.
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/women-in-intelligence/
LOCATION:King’s Church\, Raans Road\, Raans Road\, AMERSHAM\, Bucks\, HP6 6LX\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The history of Amersham through place names
DESCRIPTION:£10 per person including a glass of wine or soft drink \nHolloway Lane\, Chesham Bois in 1937\nWhy does Amersham have so many Stanleys? Westanley Avenue\, Stanley Hill Avenue and Stanley Hill for example. How did Copperkins Lane get its name\, or High & Over? Place names give us clues to our history\, particularly local history\, as the names of our streets and buildings often reflect local events and local people. Some Amersham names were evidently inspired by important events such as Lollard Close or nature or geography\, such as Cherry Lane and Station Road. Others were inspired by people\, whether they are the great and the good\, such as Gilbert Scott Court or Artisans and humble farmers such as Loudhams Road. \nSome names have inspired different stories and interpretations such as Turpin Row\, which despite a great story does not have a connection with Dick Turpin\, and Gore Hill\, which was not the site of a 9th century battle with the Danes\, so fierce that the blood ran down the hill. \nFind out more of the stories about the origins of our local place names\, whether based on facts or local legends\, from local historian Alison Bailey. \nThis talk complements our current temporary exhibition Rooted in the Land. \n  \nHow did the Henry Allen Nursery get its name?
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/the-history-of-amersham-through-place-names/
LOCATION:Amersham Museum\, 49\, High Street\, Old Amersham\, HP7 0DP
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SUMMARY:Talk: Plague Houses and Pandemics
DESCRIPTION:£10 per person including glass of wine or soft drink \nWe’re delighted to welcome Alison Wall to give an illustrated talk about the history of the plague\, the Pest Houses and the evolution of medicine to the present day\, based on her recent book Plague Houses and Pandemics.”  Alison’s extensive research included material in the collection at Amersham Museum. \nAlison’s talk explores the little-known history of the pest house\, including local examples in Amersham\, Chalfont St’ Giles\, Great Missenden\, Croxley\, Watford and Chipperfield. Although mention is made of pest houses in historical sources\, it is often in an incidental fashion\, for example Samuel Pepys states “a mayde ran away and was taken back to the pest house by the pest coach.”(diary entry 1665) but he provides no detail of what the Pest House was like and who was accommodated there. \nAlison will discuss the history and beliefs of disease\, starting with Aristotle and Galen\, including the Great Plague of 1665\, alongside smallpox and other infections. The evolution from Pest Houses to isolation hospitals will be investigated\, as well as fever nurses\, specifically trained to deal with infections like diphtheria. Alison will also share where demolished and still standing pest houses are located. \nAlison will reflect on the similarities and differences between the Great Plague in 1665 and the Covid epidemic of 2020. She suggests \n“A key difference\, was the fact that in 1665 they knew not to house those infectious with the plague in the hospitals. They understood the risks of spread and recognised the importance of health protection.” \nAlison is a retired nurse\, midwife and Health Visitor. She retired in 2015 after working in Camden and Islington as a Public Health Strategist. \n  \nThe talk will be in the Museum’s Woodcock Room which on the first floor\, accessed by a platform lift. There is more information about accessibility here: Access Statement – Amersham Museum  Please get in touch with any queries about accessibility\, or any requirements that we might need to know about to make your visit as straightforward as possible.
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/talk-plague-houses-and-pandemics/
LOCATION:Amersham Museum\, 49\, High Street\, Old Amersham\, HP7 0DP
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