Buckinghamshire May 2019
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Primary Times <strong>Buckinghamshire</strong> &Milton Keynes<br />
WHAT’S ON WHERE<br />
31 <strong>May</strong><br />
Bee Crafts<br />
Hughenden Manor HP14 4LA<br />
www.nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
10.30am Have fun with bee-themed crafting<br />
activities. Make abee and flower to add to<br />
the giant tree and try your hand at beeswax<br />
candle rolling. Cost £2. T: 0344 249 1895<br />
31 <strong>May</strong><br />
Playtime<br />
MK Gallery MK9 3QA<br />
www.mkgallery.org<br />
12pm Drop by for creative holiday fun as<br />
we transform our Studio into alab for play,<br />
exploration and adventure. Cost £3.<br />
T: 01908 676 900<br />
31 <strong>May</strong><br />
Carving Votive Offerings<br />
Queens Park Arts Centre HP21 7RT<br />
www.qpc.org<br />
10am Inspired by the Pitt Rivers Museum in<br />
Oxford –carve, detail and paint your very<br />
own magical pendant. Suitable for ages 7+<br />
years. Cost £24. T: 01296 424332<br />
31 <strong>May</strong><br />
Pottery Animal Planters<br />
Queens Park Arts Centre HP21 7RT<br />
www.qpc.org<br />
10am Come along and have fun making fun<br />
and funky animal-shaped planters. Suitable<br />
for ages 7+ years. Cost £24. T: 01296 424332<br />
31 <strong>May</strong><br />
Temple Stained Glass<br />
Eden Shopping Centre HP11 2DQ<br />
www.edenshopping.co.uk<br />
These beautiful stained glass paper<br />
keepsakes will glimmer all day long.<br />
T: 01494 768 068<br />
1 Jun<br />
The Magic of Storymaking with<br />
Andy Copps<br />
Roald Dahl Museum HP16 0AL<br />
www.roalddahl.com<br />
12pm, 1.30pm &3pm Learn how to create<br />
a tale, how to use your voice and how to<br />
captivate the audience. Cost £3 per person.<br />
Suitable for ages 5+ years. T: 01494 892192<br />
1 Jun<br />
Discover Dahl’s Archives<br />
Roald Dahl Museum HP16 0AL<br />
www.roalddahl.com<br />
12pm, 2pm &3pm Take aclose-up look at<br />
Roald Dahl’s letters and manuscripts, find<br />
out some secrets about your favourite Roald<br />
Dahl books, and get the chance to ask all<br />
your burning Roald Dahl questions to the<br />
experts! Suitable for 8+ years. Cost £1.50.<br />
T: 01494 892192<br />
1 Jun - 2 Jun<br />
1940s Weekend<br />
Bucks Railway Centre HP22 4BY<br />
www.bucksrailcentre.org<br />
10.30am Join us for afabulous weekend at<br />
The Railway set in Wartime 1940s!<br />
T: 01296 655720<br />
1 Jun - 2 Jun<br />
Historic Re-enactment: Lace Wars<br />
MK Museum MK12 5EL<br />
www.miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk<br />
11am Over the weekend there will be arena<br />
displays, skirmishes, weapons firing and<br />
chance to meet both soldiers and civilians.<br />
This is the real Outlander story.<br />
T: 01908 316222<br />
2 Jun<br />
Science of the Sky<br />
Roald Dahl Museum HP16 0AL<br />
www.roalddahl.com<br />
12pm, 1.30pm &3pm Try out experiments<br />
that lift, float, fly and fizz upwards based on<br />
Roald Dahl’s stories –including helicopter<br />
seeds, catapults, indoor fireworks and more.<br />
Cost £2 per person. Suitable for ages 5+<br />
years. T: 01494 892192<br />
2 Jun<br />
Didcot Railway Centre Transport<br />
Rally<br />
Didcot Railway Centre OX11 7NJ<br />
www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk<br />
10.30am Awide selection of buses, coaches<br />
and commercial vehicles, miniature<br />
railways, rides and stalls. T: 01235 817200<br />
2 Jun<br />
Orienteering<br />
Furzton Lake MK4 1GA<br />
www.theparkstrust.com<br />
10am Family friendly session. Cost £5.<br />
3 Jun<br />
Mindful Mondays<br />
Chiltern Open Air Museum HP8 4AB<br />
www.coam.org.uk<br />
6pm Take part in arange of mindful<br />
activities and forgotten skills. T: 01494 871117<br />
6 Jun - 1 0 Jun<br />
Giffords Circus<br />
Blenheim Palace OX20 1PP<br />
www.giffordscircus.com<br />
Roll up, roll in to the stately pleasuredome<br />
for miracles, song, symphony and<br />
enchantment. Musicians, horses, clowns<br />
and tumblers enfolded in this joyful<br />
paradise, with music loud and long.<br />
T: 01241 691181<br />
7 Jun<br />
Code Club<br />
Amersham Library HP6 5AH<br />
www.buckscc.gov.uk<br />
5pm Aregular club for kids aged 8-12+<br />
years to learn basic programming, to create<br />
projects and share new ideas, and to get<br />
a better understanding of how computers<br />
work. Booking essential. T: 01296 382415<br />
9 Jun<br />
Whirlgig Whiffle-birds<br />
Roald Dahl Museum HP16 0AL<br />
www.roalddahl.com<br />
12pm, 1.30pm &3pm Celebrate Roald Dahl’s<br />
love of birds by making ahanging mobile<br />
of feathered friends. Cost £3 per person.<br />
Suitable for ages 5+ years. T: 01494 892192<br />
9 Jun<br />
Open Day<br />
Pitstone Green Museum LU7 9EY<br />
www.pitstonemuseum.co.uk<br />
11am ARural Life Museum with many<br />
exhibits relating to farming and country life.<br />
10 Jun<br />
Mindful Mondays<br />
Chiltern Open Air Museum HP8 4AB<br />
www.coam.org.uk<br />
6pm Take part in arange of mindful<br />
activities and forgotten skills. T: 01494 871117<br />
15 Jun<br />
Propsposterous Flying<br />
Thingalingalings<br />
Roald Dahl Museum HP16 0AL<br />
www.roalddahl.com<br />
12pm, 1.30pm &3pm One to really get<br />
your imagination fired-up! Make aRoald<br />
Dahl-inspired model out of junk. Cost £3 per<br />
person. Suitable for ages 5+ years.<br />
T: 01494 892192<br />
15 Jun<br />
Code Club<br />
Chesham Library HP5 2JD<br />
www.buckscc.gov.uk<br />
2pm Afree Code Club for 8-11 year olds.<br />
Learn how computers work and develop<br />
programming skills using the language of<br />
Scratch and/or the BBC Micro:bit.<br />
T: 01296 382415<br />
15 Jun<br />
Spanish Storytime<br />
Princes Risborough Library HP27 0AA<br />
www.buckscc.gov.uk<br />
10.30am Bring your under-10’s to the library<br />
for afun introduction to other languages<br />
with our Spanish story time. T: 01296 382415<br />
15 Jun<br />
Father’s Day<br />
Buckingham Library MK18 1JP<br />
www.buckscc.gov.uk<br />
10am Drop in to make aFather’s Day Card.<br />
Suitable for children aged 3-8years.<br />
T: 01296 382415<br />
15 Jun - 16 Jun<br />
History Festival<br />
Campbell Park MK9 4AD<br />
www.miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk<br />
A huge and colourful programme will bring<br />
all the sights and sounds, and some of the<br />
smells from times past, into the present.<br />
Free admission.<br />
15 Jun - 16 Jun<br />
Father’s Day Weekend<br />
Gulliver’s Land MK15 0DT<br />
www.gulliversfun.co.uk<br />
Dad’s go free throughout Father’s Day<br />
Weekend when accompanied by at least<br />
one full paying person.<br />
16 Jun<br />
Father’s Day<br />
Didcot Railway Centre OX11 7NJ<br />
www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk<br />
10.30am You will be able to view the<br />
collections of locomotives, coaches,<br />
wagons and buildings and enjoy the various<br />
facilities and exhibits. T: 01235 817200<br />
16 Jun<br />
Historic Commercial Vehicle Rally<br />
Bucks Railway Centre HP22 4BY<br />
www.bucksrailcentre.org<br />
10.30am Up to 60 historic vehicles will be on<br />
display, arriving from about 11am, along with<br />
free rides on the steam trains, miniature<br />
ride-on steam trains, exhibitions and prize<br />
draw. T: 01296 655720<br />
16 Jun<br />
Father’s Day<br />
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway<br />
OX39 4ER<br />
www.chinnorrailway.co.uk<br />
11am Dads travel half price with any<br />
accompanied fare-paying visitor.<br />
T: 01844 353535<br />
16 Jun<br />
Open Sunday<br />
Linford Lakes Nature Reserve MK14 5AH<br />
www.theparkstrust.com<br />
10am Event organised by the Friends of<br />
Linford Lakes Nature Reserve.<br />
T: 01908 233600<br />
17 Jun<br />
Mindful Mondays<br />
Chiltern Open Air Museum HP8 4AB<br />
www.coam.org.uk<br />
6pm Take part in arange of mindful<br />
activities and forgotten skills. T: 01494 871117<br />
21 Jun<br />
Code Club<br />
Amersham Library HP6 5AH<br />
www.buckscc.gov.uk<br />
5pm Aregular club for kids aged 8-12+<br />
years to learn basic programming, to create<br />
projects and share new ideas, and to get<br />
a better understanding of how computers<br />
work. Booking essential. T: 01296 382415<br />
21 Jun - 1 Sep<br />
Midsummer Mowed Maze<br />
Waddesdon Manor HP18 0JH<br />
www.waddesdon.org.uk<br />
10am Navigate your way around amaze that<br />
has been mowed into the grass.<br />
T: 01296 820414<br />
22 Jun<br />
National Animal Welfare Trust<br />
Open Day<br />
Trindledown Farm RG17 7DQ<br />
www.nawt.org.uk<br />
11am Enjoy afamily day out at Trindledown<br />
Farm, where we will have aselection of<br />
stalls for you to browse, afun dog show to<br />
enjoy and lot’s of delicious treats.<br />
T: 020 8950 0177<br />
22 Jun<br />
Aylesbury WhizzFizzFest<br />
Aylesbury Town Centre<br />
www.whizzfizzfest.org.uk<br />
A family friendly literary and arts festival,<br />
read all about it on our News page.<br />
22 Jun<br />
Author Interview: Judith Kerr<br />
Aylesbury Market Square HP20 1TW<br />
www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk<br />
2.30pm Delight in atrip down memory lane<br />
with the remarkable illustrator and author<br />
Judith Kerr, creator of some of the best<br />
loved children’s books. Suitable for ages 5+<br />
years. Tickets £5.<br />
22 Jun<br />
Meet Nick Butterworth<br />
Aylesbury Market Square HP20 1TW<br />
www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk<br />
1.15pm Come and meet the creator of<br />
the much loved character Percy the Park<br />
Keeper. Tickets from £3.<br />
22 Jun<br />
An audience with Cressida Cowell<br />
Aylesbury Market Square HP20 1TW<br />
www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk<br />
12pm Cressida will share her inspiration<br />
behind her books and give tips on<br />
becoming an author or illustrator. Suitable<br />
for ages 8+ years. Tickets from £5.<br />
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MAY <strong>2019</strong><br />
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