The Men o' War Tent of the Sons of the Desert

We usually have around 7 meetings a year with breaks over the mid-summer and mid-winter periods. Click this link for details of our next meeting .

Please let us know if you have any suggestions of Laurel and Hardy films you might like to see at our meetings.

The Men o' War Tent is a branch of the international Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society - a society known as the Sons of the Desert which is named after the 1933 feature film. Our tent is based in North Essex (England) and since September 2022 we have been meeting at the Brantham Village Hall which is ideal for our meetings with its raised stage and screen and plenty of local street parking.

Our tent was established in January 1987 and is officially listed within the

Sons of the Desert as Oasis number 70.

Men o' War tent: Members and Meetings

The number of people attending meetings varies but typically would be around 30 or so ...

Men o' War Tent: Who does the organising?

From left to right: Paul is 'Grand Sheik' and often opens each meeting; David looks after the finances and and will usually be the one who collects entrance and raffle ticket money; Nigel is usually busy working the projector but will often take time out to count us in for a rousing rendition of the 'Sons of the Desert' song; Matthew also takes part in planning programmes and helps out at meetings.