| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | On Thursdays 2:00 pm (Quarterly) |
| Venue: | Lawnsmead Hall |
A series of Special Meetings with talks being given by invited Guest Presenters. The talks will be on a range of quite differing and interesting topics. The talks last for approx. 1 hour and then tea/coffee and biscuits are served. We leave the Hall after clearing up at 4pm. (Please note that the Hall is booked from 1pm so the speaker, Marcia and Liz with a few helpers can lay out the tables and chairs, check heating etc. Members start arriving from 1.30pm and each quarterly talk starts at 2pm). The talks are held on the 4th Thursday on a quarterly basis in January, April, July and October.
Forthcoming events
22nd October 2026
2:00 pm
Talk
'My Love of Africa' is presented by Tom Way. During this talk, Tom will showcase his most recent portfolio of images from his travels around the African Continent. Recent assignments […]
28th January 2027
2:00 pm
Talk
This talk is presented by Hayley Scott. She is the founder of The Forensic Experience and a former Forensic Practitioner (Crime Scene Investigator) with over 14 years’ experience working with […]
22nd April 2027
2:00 pm
Talk
In her very popular talk, entertaining professional speaker Bobbie Darbyshire will draw on the experience of many well-known authors to reveal how the fictional world arrives in a novelist’s mind. […]
22nd July 2027
2:00 pm
Talk
Stephen Chater will speak about Stony Jack and the Cheapside Hoard. Discovered by workmen in 1912, the Cheapside Hoard is the greatest single collection of Elizabethan and Stuart jewellery in […]
28th October 2027
2:00 pm
Talk
This talk is presented by Ian Porter. It reveals Mr Selfridge's real life and his incredible lifestyle and high spending. In addition, it covers how he transformed shopping from a […]