SPEAKERS AT MAIN MEETINGS
Below you will find information about the speakers who have entertained us at our Main Meetings.
Prospective and new members should find these meetings interesting. See further information about our programme of future meetings at EVENTS.
January 2024 The History and Importance of Power of Attorney, Chris Chippendale
December 2023 Frost Fairs on the Thames, Mike Stringer
November 2023 German Occupation of the Channel Islands, Paul Rogers
October 2023 Your Cheating Heart (story of folk and country music), Mike Grillo
September 2023 The Secrets of Covent Garden, Jean Jacyna
August 2023 Hearing Help Essex, Sophie Ede
April 2023 AGM followed by presentations about Interest Groups
March 2023 Our Shaking Planet (examination of earthquakes), Adrian Wright
February 2023 Tanzania Wild Life and Conservation, Graham and Mary Brace
January 2023 Brunel’s life, Peter Maggs
December 2022 A Christmas Feast, David Drury
November 2022 Nancy Wake WW2 Spy, Paul Barwick
October 2022 Silver Antiques, Martin Swinton
September 2022 The Iconic QE2 story, Steve Herra
July 2022 A Very English Dynasty, Four Generations of the D’Oyly Carte Family, Jim Stebbings
June 2022 Hardy Perennials in the Garden, George Lockwood
April 2022 Sea Planes over Southampton Water, Roger Smith
March 2022 Trinity Lighthouses around our Coast, Karl Lumbers
February 2022 Gainsborough Art, Emma Boyd
January 2022 The Amazing Mr Dickens, David Allen
December 2021 Christmas, a Festive History, Andy Thomas
November 2021 The City Livery Companies, David Williams
October 2021 The Lost City of Dunwich, Mark Mitchels
September 2021 Rayleigh through the Looking Glass, Alan Clark
August 2021 Morecambe and Wise Comedy Reminiscences, Steve Short
July 2021 Canals and Waterways, Richard Thomas
June 2021 Wildlife in Epping Forest, Peter Warne
May 2021 Full Steam Ahead, the Development of the Indian Railway in the 1900s, Jenny Mallin
April 2021 (held late March to avoid Easter) Geology of Essex, Ian Mercer
March 2021 Clocks and Time-Keeping through the Centuries, John Hope
February 2021 An Underground Guide to Historical London, Nick Dobson
January 2021 How to Read Churches, Rev Dr Nicholas Henderson
December 2020 Fools Gold Christmas music, Steve and Carol Robson
November 2020 British Humour in Picture Postcards, James Taylor
October 2020 90 years of Austin 7 Social History, Andy Bennett
September 2020 Behind the Wall, Sheila Dearns, followed by AGM
August 2020 Forte Physical Health, Chris Branch
July 2020 WW1 Hylands House, Linda
June 2020 Street Names of Galleywood, Ken
May 2020 HMS Belfast, Alan
April 2020 AGM followed by a talk by a local osteopath from Forte Physical Health POSTPONED
March 2020 Butterflies of Britain and Europe, Roger Gibbons
February 2020 The Life of a Gamekeeper, Graham Bendall
January 2020 Pub Games Played at your Local, Patrick Chapin