Programme for January to June 2022
STAN CRUSE
Thursday 6th January
Zoom session
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 Barrie Cooke
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: Karen Beasley
Subject: Planting up of Seasonal Containers
Speaker's Friend: Stan Cruse
Tea/Coffee: Barry Dibble & John Hopkins
Thursday 5th May
Speaker: The Swinging Sixties
Subject: Mike Britton
Speaker's Friend: Roger Evans
Tea/Coffee: James Bayley & Brian Bloomfield
Thursday 19th May
Speaker: John Craig
Subject: Going to Blazes
Speaker's Friend: Dave Moore
Tea/Coffee: Frank Buffam & Barrie Cook
Thursday 2nd June
Speaker: To be confirmed
Subject: ???
Speaker's Friend: Bryan Rowe
Tea/Coffee: Stan Cruse & Roger Evans
Thursday 16th June
Speaker: Gary Bressington
Subject: The Work of the RNLI
Speaker's Friend: Phil Scull
Tea/Coffee: Dave Moore & Bryan Rowe
Thursday 30th June - Ladies Day
Speaker: Tim Lewis & Sheila Furneau
Subject: Our Harmonious Garden
Speaker's Friend: Ken Sheppard
Tea/Coffee: Eric Arnold Ken Spilman
Thursday 6th January
Zoom session
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 Barrie Cooke
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: Karen Beasley
Subject: Planting up of Seasonal Containers
Speaker's Friend: Stan Cruse
Tea/Coffee: Barry Dibble & John Hopkins
Thursday 5th May
Speaker: The Swinging Sixties
Subject: Mike Britton
Speaker's Friend: Roger Evans
Tea/Coffee: James Bayley & Brian Bloomfield
Thursday 19th May
Speaker: John Craig
Subject: Going to Blazes
Speaker's Friend: Dave Moore
Tea/Coffee: Frank Buffam & Barrie Cook
Thursday 2nd June
Speaker: To be confirmed
Subject: ???
Speaker's Friend: Bryan Rowe
Tea/Coffee: Stan Cruse & Roger Evans
Thursday 16th June
Speaker: Gary Bressington
Subject: The Work of the RNLI
Speaker's Friend: Phil Scull
Tea/Coffee: Dave Moore & Bryan Rowe
Thursday 30th June - Ladies Day
Speaker: Tim Lewis & Sheila Furneau
Subject: Our Harmonious Garden
Speaker's Friend: Ken Sheppard
Tea/Coffee: Eric Arnold Ken Spilman
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
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From March 2020 until September 2021
we held our meetings on Zoom see the Gallery for images |
We keep this past programme as an example of our events
PROGRAMME FOR FIRST HALF OF 2020
Thursday 2nd January
Speaker: Cyril Routley
Subject: From Pillar to Post
Speaker's Friend: Alan Snook
Tea/Coffee: Dave Morre & Ken Sheppard
Thursday 16th January
Speaker: Mike Britton
Subject: War Time
Speaker's Friend: Robin Short
Tea/Coffee: John Ball & James Bayley
Thursday 30th January - Ladies Day
Speaker: Bernard Merrick
Subject: Jordon
Speaker's Friend: Peter Sheppard
Tea/Coffee: Colin Benjamin, Roger Clutsom & Barrie Cook
Thursday 6th February
Speaker: Tim Hooper
Subject: Television Tales
Speaker's Friend: Bryan Rowe
Tea/Coffee: Judy Moore & Eileen Harding
Thursday 20th February
Speaker: Peter Lamb
Subject: Electrical Appliances of a Bygone Age
Speaker's Friend: Roger Evans
Tea/Coffee: Ian Moir & Ken Spilman
Thursday 5th March
Speaker: Mike Hooper
Subject: A History of St Annes
Speaker's Friend: Ian Moir
Tea/Coffee: Joy Clutsom & Eileen Bendrey
Thursday 30th March
Practices session on Zoom to test possibilities
We started weekly Zoom virtual meetings
from April 23rd
See the Gallery for screen shots
All meetings from April 2020 to September 2021 were held virtually on Zoom
A total of 74 sessions were held and kept the members in touch with each other
