Don't forget! This afternoon we'll be visiting Amersham Museum with some historic documents to share. Come along and have a chat about what we do!

Don't miss 'Apple Pips' - a brand new play inspired by a real-life Buckinghamshire true crime story. Performances at Queens Park Arts Centre on 21-22 Nov. Part of this year's @bucksarchives.bsky.social Buckinghamshire History Festival. tickets.queensparkarts.com/event/763:365/ #TellGreatStories

The lesser known sequel to 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'.

It's week two of Buckinghamshire History Festival! Head over to histfestbucks.co.uk to see our brilliant events this week, including a couple of online events that are completely free to attend!

For #MKMonday we're sharing this great photo of the local Channel 40 crew setting up for some filming at Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre! This was taken in the 1970s.

Today is the Lord Mayor's Day over in London! We've found this great cartoon we think from the London Illustrated News in around 1870. It shows a much more low-key event than the celebration of today.

Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

We've still got a few spaces left for tomorrow's tour! Book your free space by emailing us at [email protected] For even more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

We've realised we're rapidly approaching a whopping 6000 followers on here. What would you like to see at 6k? A face reveal? A musical number? A list of our documents sorted from most delicious looking to least?

It's the second week of Buckinghamshire History Festival, and we've got another bunch of brilliant events for you to enjoy! This week we have tours through cemeteries, windmills, and the archive, alongside a special talk from an author! For more info head to histfestbucks.co.uk

'Here be dragons' should be replaced by 'Here there be probably parts of Bedfordshire but the border is pretty vague'.

This week's #MKMonday photo is in our catalogue as 'May Day fun run in Linford Wood, 1980', but that fails to capture just how much it looks like a still from a slasher film.

It's the first day of November, so here's another page from Florence Fremantle's handmade 1926 calendar! There's an extract from Love's Labour's Lost by Shakespeare and some very frozen looking plants.

It's Halloween! Here's the scariest thing in our archive.

Parents, make sure you're careful this Halloween! Inside this Snickers we've just found the 1444 map of Boarstall, one of the oldest maps of an English village and a fantastic example of late medieval cartography.

We're very excited to have the Mystery Tours returning for this year's History Festival! Join the Time Traveller in this spooky walk through Aylesbury, uncovering some of the darkest parts of the town's history. For more info and to book your ticket, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

As Black History Month draws to a close, we thought we'd share this entry in a baptism register for Buckingham, April 1571. It features a 14 year old boy called Samson Aethiops, noting that he was born in Africa.

Buckinghamshire has got a lot of historic pubs, and this talk for the History Festival explores some of them around Bourne End! Hosted by the Bourne End Bucks One Place Study Society, this talk is a historic pub crawl without needing to leave your seat. Book your tickets at histfestbucks.co.uk

We don't usually share public health advice, but we thought we'd make an exception for this brilliant document. In a collection from 1911 is this speech that covers 'What to say to a boy of nine or ten going to his first school', filled with talk about puberty. It contains exactly what you expect.

We've got a fantastic online talk about Buckinghamshire's early modern musical history as part of the History Festival! This talk by Caro Lesemann-Elliott explores their project's work revealing new evidence of music-making. Book your free ticket at histfestbucks.co.uk

Buckinghamshire History Festival starts this weekend and we've got loads of great events for you to enjoy! With archaeology days, exhibitions, and guided walks, who knows what you'll discover? For more details, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

We've got a new job available here in the archive! We're looking for an Archive Assistant to support our collections team. For more information, head to jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/3...

Here's the bar at Bletchley Leisure Centre for #MKMonday! If you couldn't tell from the haircuts, this photo was taken in the 1970s.

Here's a very spooky event from our friends at @cheshammuseum for Buckinghamshire History festival! Join local historian Eleanor Phillips for this talk on the paranormal history of the Chilterns. Book your ticket at cheshammuseum.org.uk/event/phantoms-of-the-chilterns

We're very excited to have Milton Keynes Archaeology Day back for the History Festival this year! This is a free event for the whole family that celebrates the archaeological heritage of the city and the places beyond. For a full programme of events and activities, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

Our friends at Wycombe Museum are running two workshops for home educators as part of Buckinghamshire History Festival! Come learn about Wycombe's heritage in a fun, interactive session. To book your space, head to wycombemuseum.org.uk/events/explore-for-home-educators-bodgers-bottomers

From tomorrow you can book your tickets for this tour of the Ercol factory in Princes Risborough! This exclusive tour is likely to sell out fast so make sure you secure your space. To book your ticket, go to wycombemuseum.org.uk/events/a-tour-of-the-ercol-factory-nov25

Next week we'll be visiting High Wycombe Library for some contemporary collecting as part of Black History Month! We'll be recording responses to the question 'What does Black History Month mean to you?', preserving them as part of our collection. Come along on the 30th and be a part of history!

Walking Wycombe With Willie is back for this year's History Festival with this great free walking tour about the wide ranging history of the town. There's no need to book - just turn up! For more info, head to walkingwycombewithwillie.co.uk For even more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

It’s not long until our tours begin for Buckinghamshire History Festival! Make sure you book your space for this exclusive look behind the scenes of our archive. Secure your space by emailing us at [email protected] For more details and more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

Whoops! We've received this document from 1815 which has a burn mark on it. We think this is from candle wax dripping onto the vellum. Luckily we've got the luxury of modern lights these days so we don't need to worry about setting anything on fire.

Our friends at Amersham Museum are hosting a lacemaking demonstration for Buckinghamshire History Festival! Come along and see this historic skill in action. For more info, head to amershammuseum.org/event/lacema... For even more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

If you've ever wanted to learn about the work of an apothecary, Amersham Museum are hosting this brilliant talk for Buckinghamshire History Festival! Led by a medical historian, tour their garden and discover how plants heal. To book your tickets and for more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

The ever wonderful Mary Does Marlow is back for this year's History Festival! Explore Marlow with 'Mary Shelley', and learn how the town inspired some of her most monstrous stories. To book, head to ticketsource.co.uk/marydoesmarlow For even more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

You gotta come to the archive babe there's a book all about you

Despite being a landlocked county, we've got a surprising amount of naval history. Join this free online talk as we explore Buckinghamshire's history at sea during the 18th and 19th centuries! Book your space by emailing us at [email protected] For more, go to histfestbucks.co.uk

Luckily we avoided the AWS outage by keeping our catalogue in twenty different servers carefully scattered around secret locations throughout the county

For #MKMonday this week we thought we'd share this classic Milton Keynes photo! Here's the artist Liz Leyh posing with her iconic concrete cows back in 1978.

All aboard this brilliant talk on Aylesbury's railway history for Buckinghamshire History Festival! Join David Lane, local railway historian, for this illustrated talk on the complex history of the town's rail system. For more info and to book your space, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

For the History Festival we're excited to have @unboundtheatre.bsky.social with their play 'Apple Pips'! This play is based on the true story of John Tawell, and is inspired by the documents we keep in our collection. For more info and to book your tickets, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

It's over: I've already depicted you as the seething broad gauge train, and myself as the smug narrow gauge!

If you've ever wanted to read historic handwriting, we've got a free workshop just for you! We'll be running a palaeography workshop in the archive on the 21st of November. Make sure to book your spot by emailing us at [email protected] For more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

Here's a brilliant seal we've found on a 1533 agreement between the Greyfriars and Dame Lettice Lee for the friars to pray for her family. It's so well preserved that we can even see fingerprints on the back of the seal from 492 years ago.

Walking Wycombe With Willie is back for this year's History Festival with this great free walking tour about Wycombe's political history. There's no need to book - just turn up! For more info, head to walkingwycombewithwillie.co.uk For even more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

This has more levels than our rolling stacks.

RIP to Harald Godwinson who died 959 years ago today you would have loved Buckinghamshire Archives xx

In the middle of next month we'll be visiting our friends over at Amersham Museum with a selection of historic photographs and documents. Come along and learn a little about local history and have a look through the museum too! For more information and even more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand Collection smells of vinegar

We're very excited to have Dew Dance bringing an evening of dance to this year's History Festival! This performance will explore heritage through contemporary dance, right in the heart of High Wycombe. For more info and to book your tickets, head to histfestbucks.co.uk