DIARY

Thursday, 12th December 2024                                              Christmas Lunch

Our 3-course Christmas Lunch, including tea or coffee, will be held in Colwall Village Hall.  The time is 12 for 12.30pm.  Bring your own bottle (glasses provided).  The cost is £16 per person.
There will be a RAFFLE at this meeting.


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.
There will be a RAFFLE at this meeting.


8th May 2025                                                              The Beauchamp Dynasty
                                                                                                              Sally Dickson

Dr Sally Dickson tells us about Urse D'Abitot, one of William the Conqueror's followers, who was appointed Sheriff of Worcestershire.


12th June 2025                                                            The Jerry Lee Lewis Story
                                                                                                                     Peter Gill                                     

The Highly entertaining Peter Gill makes a welcome return, this time telling us all about the highs and lows of Jerry Lee Lewis' life.  Jerry was sometimes described as the wildman of rock'n'roll.  Hits included Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Lovin, to name but a few.


10th July 2025                   AGM                       followed by "Music and Travel"
                                                                                                           Jane Fanshawe

Jane, a Colwall resident, shares her life's experiences of travel and music, working alongside her late husband, the composer and ethnomusicologist, David Fanshawe.
There will be a RAFFLE at this meeting.


Please note there is no meeting in August.