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In addition to our monthly meetings, each with an interesting talk, we offer many different events, outings and holidays that you might like to come along on. Click on the event title to see the event detail.
The talk will be given by:- Michaela Freed "RHS Wisley" We will all have visited RHS Wisley and admired the wonderful horticulture but Michaela will give us an informed talk on the new buildings, Hilltop and 3 new surrounding gardens and about the Laboratory which is becoming a Museum.
The talk will be given by:- Robin Sebastian Hunter AGM + Being Kenneth Williams Talk We will first hold our brief AGM which will be followed by the the talk. Robin is a working actor who works on many different projects. His big break came in 2003 when he was cast as the camp comedy… Read More »Monthly Meeting – AGM + “Being Kenneth Williams”
The talk will be given by:- Roger Mendham Roger is a keen and accomplished photographer and has distinctions from the Royal Photographic Society and is currently President of the Surrey Photography Society. His artistic tastes are predominantly 20th and 21st century. He is particularly interested in the visual aspects of art and has studied the… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “The Art of the Automobile”
The talk will be given by:- Jessica Thurtell Jessica looks at eating in England from Peasant Pottage to Grand Dining taking in table manners and cutlery and revealing the forgotten origins of some of the familiar words and phrases. Jessica gave this talk as part of the Heritage Open Days in Dorking.
The talk will be given by:- Chris Truran Chris joined the Metropolitan Police in 1975 and trained as a Scenes of Crime Officer (SOCO). He worked in Central, North and Northwest of London and during his 38 years’ service examined over 25,000 crime scenes. When he started DNA was in its embryonic stage. The talk… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “DABS and DNA”
The talk will be given by:- Simon Ritchie Simon is part of the Leatherhead Community Association. The British have been drinking tea since the 17th Century, in those days imported from China at great expense .Later, The East India Company decided to create their own Tea Industry in India, but they had no suitable plants… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “How the British Fell in Love with Tea”
The talk will be given by:- Geoffrey Mead Geoffrey is an associate tutor with the Geography Team at the University of Sussex. He specialises in the landscapes of Southeast England in both the urban and rural areas. He taught Adult Education for nearly 30 years and gives talks across the Southeast of England to a… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “The South at Work”
The talk will be given by:- Sarah Slater Sarah is a Guide Lecturer who has worked for the Historic Royal Palaces based at Hampton Court Palace since 2008. Sarah’s foundations are in acting and she is theatrically trained. She has also had a career in Finance within the Retail Banking Sector. Sarah’s talk is of… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “Secrets of the Royal Court”
The talk will be given by:- Chris Shaw Chris is a member of Smallfield Aviation and lectures on a wide range of technical subjects some of which are suitable for a technical audience and some for a general audience. Ever since people developed languages there has been a need to communicate in secret for some… Read More »Monthly Meeting – EGM +”Not just for Spies”
14:00-14:30 - Refreshments - 14:30-14:45 - Announcements - 14:45-16:00 - Talk The talk will be given by:- Christine Jarvis Mrs. Thatcher once commented, "If the Palace of Westminster is the Mother of All Parliaments, then Guildhall must be the Grandmother!". Guildhall, is the HQ of the City of London Corporation in the Square Mile and… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “The Guildhall, Treason, Chopin and Mr. Pickwick”