DIARY

August 2024                                                   No meeting


12th September 2024                 The Whys and Wherefores                                                                                    of Tudor Life
                                                                          Adrienne Grinyer
We will be entertained by two ladies in Tudor costume, who will show us what life was really like for ordinary folk back in those far-off days.  The talk will cover homes, families, food, drink, remedies, superstitions and even some of the songs which were popular at the time. 


10th October 2024                                             Glass Making
                                                                                Vicky Kitchen
Vicky Kitchen of Kingcote Gallery, Flyford Flavell will talk briefly about Glass Art.  We will then have an opportunity to make a piece of glass art for ourselves - either a coaster or small wall hanging.  Materials will be provided for which there will be a small charge of around £5. 


14th November 2024                            Gunpowder Plot - A                                                                               Midlands Rising
                                                                                  Philip Bowen
Philip Bowen will talk to us about the gunpowder plot.  This was the biggest terrorist plot in our history under Elizabeth I and James I.  The conspirators, objectives, plan and its dramatic failure will be examined.


Thursday, 12th December 2024             Christmas Lunch


9th January 2025         A Literary Trail around the Malverns
                                                                             Mary Constable
What did W. H. Auden, Edward Thomas, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Masefield, C. S. Lewis, Robert Frost and many other authors have in Common?
Answer: They all lived in or visited this beautiful area and were inspired by it.
Mary and David Constable and friends will bring this literary trail to life using illustrations and readings.


13th February 2025      Neville Chamberlain and his Family
                                                                          Susan Humphrey
Susan's talk is about her grandfather, Neville, his family, and the ground-breaking work done by him and his father, Joe, on Birmingham City Council.  Susan will tell us about Neville's preparation for the war he felt was inevitable, and his efforts to forestall it, by setting up the Munich agreement.

13th March 2025                                           A Town like...
                                                                           Brian Havercroft
Brian will tell us about Central Australia, warts and all, showing what it has to offer and his experiences while there.


10th April 2025                                           The Becket Effect
                                                                               Trish Hayward
This will be a fairly light-hearted consideration of how the western world reacted to the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 and how the story has continued to be told and interpreted through the centuries, right up to the present day.


8th May 2025                                  The Beauchamp Dynasty
                                                                                 Sally Dickson