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Programme for 2023

 Thursday 5th January
Speaker: Chris Bigg
Subject: The Heart of the City of Bristol in Pictures

Speaker's Friend: Ken Spilman
Tea/Coffee: Eric Arnold

Thursday 19th January
Speaker: Bernard Merrick
Subject: The Glories of Venice

Speaker's Friend: James Bayley
Tea/Coffee: Barrie Cook & Frank Buffam

Thursday 2nd February
Speaker: Pete Chaplin
Subject: A Job with a Bite

Speaker's Friend: Brian Bloomfield
Tea/Coffee: Dave Moore & Bryan Rowe

Thursday 16th February
Speaker: Georgina Green
Subject: Tai Chi and Mindfulness

Speaker's Friend: Eric Arnold
Tea/Coffee: Phil Scull & Ken Sheppard

Thursday 2nd March
Speaker: Paul Gregory
Subject: History of Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway

Speaker's Friend: Ken Sheppard
Tea/Coffee: Dennis Darch & Barry Dibble

Thursday 16th March
Speaker: Dave Cheesley
Subject: The Golden Age of Picture Postcards

Speaker's Friend: Graham Walker
Tea/Coffee: Tony & Marcia Clift

Thursday 30th March - Ladies Day
Speaker: John Tucker
Subject: Ready, Steady, Go for Summer

Speaker's Friend: Peter Blackmore
Tea/Coffee: Val Ball & Eric Arnold







Programme for 2022
Kept for reference



Thursday 20th January
Speaker: Gary Gowens
Subject: The Roman Navy in Britain

Speaker's Friend: Eric Arnold
Tea/Coffee: James Bayley & Brian Bloomfield



Thursday 3rd February
Speaker: David Hardwick
Subject: 60 Years of Change in the Bristol Coalfields

Speaker's Friend: James Bayley
Tea/Coffee: Frank Buffam & Barrie Cook


Thursday 17th February
Speaker: Jo Richardson
Subject: Our Place in Space

Speaker's Friend: Brian Bloomfield
Tea/Coffee: Stan Cruse & Roger Evans

 
Thursday 3rd March
Speaker: Sue Parsons
Subject: Winterbourne Medieval Barn

Speaker's Friend: Eric Arnold
Tea/Coffee: Dave Moore & Bryan Rowe

 
Thursday 17th March
Speaker: Cyril Routley
Subject: A Life Onboard SS Great Britain
Speaker's Friend: Frank Buffam
Tea/Coffee: Phil Scull & Ken Sheppard

 
Thursday 31st March- Ladies Day
Speaker: Elizabeth Rhodes
Subject: Life before Tea Bags

Speaker's Friend: Barrie Cook
Tea/Coffee: Peter Sheppard & Graham Walker

 
Thursday 7th April
Speaker: Mike Britton
Subject: Secret Societies
Speaker's Friend: Ken Spilman
Tea/Coffee: Bob Wembridge & Dennis Darch

Thursday 21st April
Speaker: Bernard Merrick
Subject: Cats and Paws for Thoughts
Speaker's Friend: Stan Cruse
Tea/Coffee: Barry Dibble & Dennis Darch

Thursday 5th May
Speaker: The Swinging Sixties
Subject: Mike Britton
Speaker's Friend: Phil Scull
Tea/Coffee: Barrie Cook & Brian Bloomfield

Thursday 19th May
Speaker: Phil Scull
Subject: A Policeman's Stories
Speaker's Friend: Dave Moore
Tea/Coffee: Frank Buffam & Barrie Cook

Thursday 2nd June
No Meeting at the Hall
Jubilee Cream Tea at Winterbourne Medieval Barn


Thursday 16th June
Speaker: Gary Bressington
Subject: The Work of the RNLI
Speaker's Friend: Roger Evans
Tea/Coffee: John Turner & Bryan Rowe

Thursday 30th June - Ladies Day
Speaker: Tim Lewis & Sheila Furneau
Subject: The Wind  in the Willows
Speaker's Friend: Ken Sheppard
Tea/Coffee: Eric Arnold & Ken Spilman

Thursday 7th July
Speaker: Alan Wallington
Subject: Bees in My Life
Speaker's Friend: Eric Arnold
Tea/ Brian Bloomfield & John Turner

Thursday 21st July
Speaker: Jenny Noakes
Subject: The Bath City Pastors
Speaker's Friend: James Bayley
Tea/Coffee: Frank Buffam & Barrie Cook

Thursday 4th August
Speaker: Cyril Routley
Subject: Signs of the Times
Speaker's Friend: Brian Bloomfield
Tea/Coffee: Stan Cruse & Roger Evans

Thursday 18th August
Speaker: Peter Lamb
Subject: Lighting the World
Speaker's Friend: Bryan Rowe
Tea/Coffee: Dave Moore & Eric Arnold

Thursday 1st September
Speaker: John Craig
Subject: Going to Blazes
Speaker's Friend: Frank Buffam
Tea/Coffee: Phil Scull & Ken Sheppard

Thursday 15th September
Speaker: Graham Walker.
Subject: Music from the Land of Song
Speaker's Friend: Barrie Cook
Tea/Coffee: Roger Evans & Ron Beer

Thursday 29th September - Ladies Day
Speaker: Brian Griffiths
Subject: Italy Bellisimo
Speaker's Friend: Ken Spilman
Tea/Coffee: Bob Wembridge & Dennis Darch

Thursday 6th October
Speaker: Gary Gowens
Subject: The Golden Age of Roman Villas
Speaker's Friend: Stan Cruse
Tea/Coffee: Barry Dibble & Phil Scull

Thursday 20th October
Speaker: Alan Jocelyn
Subject: The Bristol roits of 1831
Speaker's Friend: Eric Arnold
Tea/Coffee: James Bayley & Barry Dibble



Thursday 3rd November
Speaker: Paul Evans
Subject: An Interlude of Humour
Speaker's Friend: Dave Moorel
Tea/Coffee: Frank Buffam & Barrie Cook

Thursday 17th November
Speaker: Steve Goddard
Subject: North Korea
Speaker's Friend: Bryan Rowe
Tea/Coffee: Stan Cruse & Roger Evans

Thursday 1st December
Annual General Meeting
Tea/Coffee: Dave Moore & Bryan Rowe


Thursday 15th December
Speaker: Graham Walker
Subject: Desert Island Discs
Speaker's Friend: Ken Sheppard
Tea/Coffee: Eric Arnold & Ken Spilman

Thursday 29th December
Closed for Christmas




PREVIOUS PROGRAMME SEPTEMBER 2021 to DECEMBER 2021

  Thursday 2nd September
Speaker: Ken Spilman
Subject: Future computer developments


Thursday 16th September
Speaker: Tony Havers
Subject: DRG/Forming Manufacturing



Thursday 30th September
Speaker: Harriett Lupton
Subject: The Art of Hearing


Thursday 7th October
Speaker: Brian Griffiths
Subject: RAF National Service in Aden



Thursday 21st October
Annual General Meeting
Plus Speaker: Alan Wallington
Subject: Impressions of Russia 2021


Thursday 4th November
Speaker: Dave Cheesley
Subject: Motoring memories


Thursday 18th November
Speaker: Alan Freke
Subject: The work and drawings of F. A. Simpson


Thursday 2nd December
Speaker: Luke
Subject: Great Western Air Ambulance Charity


Thursday 16th December
Speaker: Graham Walker
Subject: A Christmas Entertainment


Thursday 30th December
Closed for Christmas and New Year




From March 2020 until September 2021
we held our meetings on Zoom see the Gallery for images

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