Sad News John Clegg
One of our long term members John Clegg died peacefully, aged 90 on 2nd August’24 at Dovecote View. He was an actor, best remembered for playing the part of Gunner ‘Paderewski‘ Graham…
The Colour of Heraldry: Mike Rumble
Our August ’24 meeting was an introduction to Heraldry by Mike Rumble, Chairman of The White Lion Society which produces a quarterly newsletter edited by Mike, on all matters concerning…
Nigel Gossop
Nigel has been one of our members for the past ten years and is our trusted audio-visual guru. We look forward to his August ’24 talk on John Keats “Eve…
Edna O’Brien 1930-2024
The Irish novelist, Edna O’Brien has died at the age of 93. She published novels, short stories, plays and biographies.Her novel Country Girls (1960) was banned in Ireland for…
The Heritage of Gilbert and Sullivan – Bernard Lockett
We welcomed Bernard back on July 3, ’24 for the second of his talks (the first was in 2022) on Gilbert and Sullivan. Gilbert and Sullivan worked together for 25…