Programme

Every Thursday at 10.45am the smell of coffee and a supply of biscuits encourages members to chat with friends and colleagues prior to the weekly talk. The talks now start at the revised time of 11am

An analysis of our wide-ranging talks since 2008 shows that the four most popular subjects are – History (20.2%),Local Interest (15.8%), Geography/Travel (13,7%) and Arts/Entertainment (12.6%)

These were followed by Geo Politics (9.8%), Lifestyle (7.6%), Science/Technology (7.5%) Natural History (5.2%) Sport (2%) Health(1.4%) and finally Education (0.7%)

We record past meetings on another page of this site

Future Weekly Meetings – 2024/2025

DateTitleSpeakerHost
Dec 5thWhat Has Happened to AmericaRon Jeffery

Dec 12thChristmas Lunch at Lillybrook Golf ClubKeith Douglas
Dec 19th&
26th		No Meetings or Talks
Jan 2ndNo Meeting
Jan 9thNew Year Club Quiz and Social
Jan 16thFalls Awareness and Prevention – Gloucestershire Falls Prevention TeamLindsey Logan
Jan 23rdWinter Colour and Interest in the GardenDuncan Coombs
Jan 30thProducing the BBC’s Antiques RoadshowRobert Arley
Feb 6thNATO Update – tbc
Followed by Committee Meeting		Jasper Stroler
Feb 13thFighting GlidersAshley Letts
Feb 20thGreek IslandsMike Bone
Feb
27th		Training For Space
– to be followed by a pub lunch		Richard Farrimond
March 6thThe Thread of LifePeter Petrie
March 13thHolst Victorian HouseSabine Otton
March 20thThe TyphoonRay Carter
April 10thTalk – to be advised
Followed by a Committee Meeting
April 17thtba
April 24thAGM
May 1stChairman’s Lunch – details to be announced
May 15thtba
May 22ndtba
May 29thtba
June 6thIBMJulian Cox
June 26thTalk to be confirmed
Followed by a Committee Meeting
July 10thPub Lunch to follow the talk – to be confirmed
Sept 4hPub Lunch to follow the talk – to be confirmed