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The Local History Group was formed in 2008 

'''History Exhibitions.'''   The Group has managed to put on an exhibition almost every other year.   The first as a School Reunion run by Rosemary Mortham just before the Group was started.   All subsequent Exhibitions were the work of all members, with some taking a special interest. 

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'''Lacey Green Walk part 3.'''   August 2023, from the Methodist Chapel to the Whip.   click [[2023 Local History Group Walk part 3]]

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'''Exhibition Summer 2022.   click [[2022 History Exhibition]]'''  

'''Granny's Attic, Exhibition of Domestic Bygones, mostly Victorian/Edwardian'''.  Collated by [[Rosemary Mortham]] and held in the garage at [[Pondside]], [[Kiln Lane]]. Lacey Green.  The new local history media wiki being developed was also demonstrated. 

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'''Lacey Green Walk part 2.'''  Summer 2022, from Kiln Lane to the Methodist Chapel.   

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'''Lacey Green Walk part 1.  2021'''.  Church Lane etc.  Outside as during the Covid epidemic.   

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'''Exhibition November 2019.  Village Memories'''.  Held in Lacey Green School Hall   

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'''Exhibition November 2018   click [[2018 History Exhibition]]'''   Held in Lacey Green Church

Celebrating the centenary of the end of WW1.    click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1918_School_Armistice_Celebrations 1918 School Armistice Celebrations]

Celebrating the centenary of the '''Royal Air Force''', formed from the '''Royal Flying Corps''' in 1918.   Several men who trained in those early days had homes here during WW2, by then high ranking officers.   click [[RAF Local Residents]] for more details

A full history of each will be given at the exhibition, giving photographs, details of their lifetime careers, their honours and awards, families and their association here with other details such as the planes they flew.

the history of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Bomber_Command Bomber Command] together with the controversy it provoked.

the '''Suffragettes'''.   see [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1913_Saunderton_Railway_Station_Gutted_by_Fire 1913 Saunderton Railway Station Gutted by Fire]

The '''celebration parade''' of the schoolchildren will be reported.   see [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1918_School_Armistice_Celebrations 1918 School Armistice Celebrations]

The '''influenza pandemic''' of 1919.  see [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1919_Influenza_Pandemic 1919 Influenza Pandemic]

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'''Exhibition September 23rd -24th 2017.  Local Crafts'''.  Held in Lacey Green School Hall

'''Special emphasis on Bodgers, Brickmaking and Lace Making'''.

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'''Exhibition November 12th-13th 2015   History of the Church and Chapels.'''   Held in Lacey Green Church.

Church by [[Rosemary Mortham]] and [[Doug Tilbury]]. Methodist Chapel - work of [[Dennis Claydon]] (recently deceased).  Baptist Chapel by Joyce Walker.

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'''Exhibition Summer 2015.   Wedding Dresses.'''  Held in Lacey Green Church.   click '''[[2015 History Exhibition]]''' 

Exhibition of Wedding Dresses.  Collated by Margaret Gray.  Photos by Caroline Egerton

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'''Exhibition November 2014.  The Start of World War One.'''  Held in Lacey Green Church

Much work done on the men who died in the Great War by [[Rita Probert]] and [[Dennis Claydon]]

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'''Exhibition.   The Way we were.'''  Held in the Village Hall

Showing of Video Films of houses in the village with commentary about Lacey Green by [[Dennis Claydon]], [[Doug Tilbury]] and Gordon May. Commentary about Loosley Row by Joyce Walker and [[Rita Probert]].   These films are on the website.

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'''Exhibition June 2000.  School Reunion.'''   Held in the Lacey Green School Hall.

An event to celebrate the Millenium and approximately 150 years of St. John's School.   Many photographs were displayed.  Also past pupils were invited to fill in a sheet of their memories.