Archive of past meetings :-
2023
Thursday 18th May - Mike Bottomley - Al Bowlly (UK's First Popstar)
Thursday 11th May - AGM
Thursday 4th May - Brian Cowell - Topology Analysis Situs
Thursday 27th April - Alan Pilbeam - The Leach Valley
Thursday 20th April - Cyril Twist - My Work and Play Experiences
Thursday 13th April - Gordon Craig - Gloucester Harbour
Thursday 6th April - No Meeting - Maundy Thursday
Thursday 30th March - Dr Tim Brain - The Battle Hastings
Thursday 23rd March - Peter Marsden - The Gas Industry Part II
Thursday 16th March - Ian MacIntosh - History of Stroud
Thursday 9th March - Howard Woolnough - Return of the £10 Poms
Thursday 2nd March - No Meeting - Funeral Wake in Parish Hall
Thursday 5th January - Colin Terrell - The Butterfly Effect
2022
Thursday 24th November - Peter Petrie - So They Just Got It Wrong!
Thursday 17th November - David Scarff - A WWI Adventure
Thursday 10th November - David Bainbridge - Sail Training
Thursday 3rd November - Peter Bennett - The Vale of Berkeley Railway
Thursday 27th October - Gillian White - 1346 - Crecy
Thursday 20th October - Mike Bottomley - Edith Cavell WWI Heroine
Thursday 13th October - Sally Ferrers Waterloo
Thursday 6th October - Dennis Halliday - Discovering a Family tree
Thursday 29th September - Cyril Twist - What a Difference a Century Makes
Thursday 22nd September - No Meeting - Funeral Wake in Hall
Thursday 15th September - Peter Covey-Crump - RomaniaThursday 8th September - Paul Nurden - From a Market Perspective
Thursday 1st September - Mike Aggleton - Fairey Swordfish Part III
Thursday 25th August - Stephen Gutteridge - Cheltenham & Gloucester Tramway
Thursday 18th August - Tim Brain - My Career in Policing
Thursday 11th August - Colin Terrell - What's in Psychology Ho HO Ho!
Thursday 4th August - Neela Mann - Aristocrats Admirals and Architect
Thursday 28th July - Peter Gill - The Wit of Noel Coward
Thursday 21st July - David Withey - Work Is a Four Letter Word
Thursday 14th July - John Griffin - Hard Landings
Thursday 7th July - Mike Beacon - Life of Richard Carr-Gomm
Thursday 30th June - Chris Evans - Butterfly Garden
Thursday 23rd June - David Iliffe - Photography of Mini-Beasts
Thursday 16th June - David Thorp - The Charge of the Light Brigade 1854
Thursday 9th June - Alan Pilbeam - William Tyndale
Thursday 2nd June - Queen's 70th Anniversary
Thursday 26th May - Mike Aggleton - Fairey Swordfish Part I
Thursday 19th May - Gordon Craig - Chocolate
Thursday 12th May - David Bainbridge - The Pilot of Penzance
Thursday 5th May - Local Elections
Tuesday 26th April - Peter Covey-Crump - Ukraine/Moldova
Thursday 21st April - AGM
Thursday 14th April - Maundy Thursday
Thursday 7th April - Chris Hickey - Defibrillation
Thursday 31st March - David Thorp - On Top of the World
Thursday 24th March - Jan Mosiewicz - Danuta and Jan Mosiewicz the Wartime Experience of 2 Polish Heroes 1939-45
Thursday 17th March - Richard Bennett - A Varied Life
Thursday 10th March - John McDonnell - Money Money Money!
Thursday 3rd March - Dennis Halliday - Melodies through the Years Part II
Thursday 24th February - Simon Fox - A Life in Medicine and Law by Dr Fox QC
Thursday 17th February - Mike Aggleton - Radio & TV Hoaxes
Thursday 10th February - Cyril Twist - A Load of Rubbish Part II
Thursday 3rd February - Paul Holliman - Blind from Birth
Thursday 27th January - Ian Boskett - The Great Train Robbery
Thursday 20th January - John Palmer - Turning It Round
Thursday 13th January - Prof Colin Terrell - Examples of Changes in His Lifetime 1945-2021
Thursday 6th January - Dr Tim Brain - Coronation of Henry III in Gloucester 1216
2021
Thursday 30th December - Christmas Break
Thursday 23rd December - Cancelled
Thursday 16th Christmas Lunch at Lilley Brook Golf Club
Thursday 9th December Brian Cowell - My Grandfather and the Mercantile Marine 1880's to Early 20th Century
Thursday 2nd December - Cyril Twist - A Load of Rubbish Part II (postponed)
Thursday 25th November - Alan Pilbeam - The Royal Route through Gloucestershire in 1535
Thursday 18th November - Jim Stevenson - My Life in Concrete
Thursday 11th November - Peter Petrie - A Whisper of Betrayal
Thursday 4th November - Barry Simon - History of Aviation in Glos
Thursday 28th October - Chris Reid - Going with a Bang
Thursday 21st October - John Peters - Trying to Take Photographs of Historic & Listed Buildings
Thursday 14th October - Dennis Halliday - Melodies through the Years
Thursday 7th October - Ian Boskett - The Great Train Robbery
Thursday 30th September - Cyril Twist - Another Load of Rubbish II
Thursday 23rd September - Bill Irving - Four Stories Plus
Thursday 16th September - Peter Covey Crump - Eastern Orthodox Monasteries - (Return to Sacred Hearts Parish Hall)
Thursday 9th September - Mike - Publishing Puzzles for Profit
Thursday 2nd September - Howard Parker- The Vale of Berkeley Railway
Thursday 26th August - Tom Constant - The Furness Peninsula
Thursday 19th August -Paul Robbins - Great British Eccentrics
Thursday 12th August - No Meeting
Thursday 5th August - No Meeting
Thursday 29th July - Ron Jeffrey - Guy Gibson
Thursday 22nd July - David Allen - The Forgotton Brummie : Sir Francis Galton
Thursday 15th July - Paul Murphy - Charlie Chaplin Part 2
Thursday 8th July - Paul Murphy - Charlie Chaplin Part 1
Thursday 1st July - Barry Dent - Hugo Eckener Master of the Airships
Thursday 24th June - Fraser Gunn - The Great Fire of Windsor
Thursday 17th June - Brian Hinton - Serving Queen and Country in Zimbabwe 1991-3
Thursday 10th June - Howard Nichols - The Mary Celeste
Thursday 3rd June - Nigel Thompson - A Brief History Of Popular Music Part 2
Thursday 27th May - AGM
Thursday 20th May - Dennis Harvey - Power to Save the Planet
Thursday 13th May - Brian Hinton - 9 Lives
Thursday 6th May - Nigel Thompson - A Brief History of Popular Music Part1
Thursday 29th April - Tom Kolb - Denmark My Country
Thursday 22nd April - John Clark - The Development of the Main Battle Tank
Thursday 15th April - Ken Atherton - Signs of the Time
Thursday 8th April - Charlotte Goodworth - Writing a Memoir
Thursday 1st April - NO MEETING - Maundy Thursday - Easter Break
Thursday 25th March - Brian Portch - A Tour of the Anglo Zulu War Battlefields of 1879
Thursday 18th March - Ken Atherton - The Mysterious Fate of Commander Buster Crabbe
Thursday 11th March -Bob King - The world of Magic
(plus mini magic Cabaret Wives, Partners invited to attend)
Thursday 4th March - Tony Conder - A Gloucestershire Odyssey
Thursday 25th February - Bob King - The Magic of Glass Part 1
Thursday 18th February - Ray Stockhall - Dry Stone Walling
Thursday 11th February - Peter Covey-Crump - Ukraine & Moldova
Thursday 4th February - Ron Jeffery - Atlantic Barons
Thursday 28th January - Elizabeth Tebby Germaine - Scary and Startling
Saturday 23rd January - Anthony Haydon - Forensic Science 2
Thursday 21st January - Impromptu Quiz, and Ken's slideshows on Whittington & Forthhampton Fetes
Thursday 14th January - Richard Trelfa - Gloucester Shopmobility
Thursday 7th January - Improptu Quiz, Ken's Slideshows on Buses and Prescott Hill Climb
2020
Thursday 31st December - New Years Eve - NO MEETING
Thursday 24th December - Christmas Eve - NO MEETING
Thursday 17th December - Alan Matthews - Christmas Quiz (Partners included)
Thursday 10th December - Ken Brennan - Ion drive Propulsion
Thursday 3rd December - Workshop on Zoom Breakout Rooms
Thursday 26th November - Bruce Duncan - The Loan Soldier
Thursday 19th November - Colin Terrell - Good News/Bad News
Thursday 12th November - Richard Trelfa - Lt Gen JCH Lee
Thursday 5th November - Peter Covey-Crump - Tunisia
Thursday 29th October - Fraser Gunn - Air Sea Rescue
Thursday 22nd October - Prof Tim Wright - Monitoring our Hazardous Planet from Space
Thursday 15th October - Dr Tim Brain - The Gloucestershire Water Emergency 2007
Thursday 8th October - David Snelson - The History of the Ark Royals
Thursday 1st October - Public Relations and Some! - video from Cirencester Probus Club
Thursday 24th September - Ken Brennan - Stanway Fountain, Steam Trains and Cotswold Open Gardens
Thursday 17th September - T.E. Lawrence -video provided by Cirencester PC
Thursday 10th September - Dennis Harvey - The Chelltenham Boy Who Gave Londoners the Needle
Saturday 5th September - Patrick Dunne - Neutrinos
Thursday 3rd September Alan Matthews - Quiz
Thursday 27th August - Malcolm Lewis - Wings Over Burma
Thursday 6th August to 20th August NO MEETING!
Thursday 30th July at 10:00am - Malcolm Lewis - Birmingham
Saturday 25th July at 11:00am - Anthony Haydon - Forensic Science
Thursday 23rd July at 10:00am - Peter Covey-Crump - Iran
Thursday 16th July at 10:00am - Ken Brennan - A walk from Aggs Hill to Cleeve Hill and Well Beyond.
Saturday 11th July at 11:00am - Stephanie Dunne - Private Funds in a Time of Market Dislocation
Thursday 9th July at 10:00am - Zoom Training
Thursday 2nd July at 10:00am - Mike Aggleton on Radio & TV Hoaxes
Thursday 25th June at 10:00am - Ken Brennan on the National Space Centre and Harwell
Thursday 18th June at 10:00 AM - John Wright on the History of the Postcode
Thursday 11th June at 10:00 AM - Ken Brennan - Flying Stuff , a slide show of aeronautical content
Saturday 6th June 2020 at 11 AM - Colin Terrell - The Power of the Brain - With Humour
Saturday 30th May 2020 at 11 AM - Peter Covey-Crump - Syria
Saturday 23rd May 2020 at 11 AM - Ken Brennan - Gloucestershire Open Gardens
Saturday 16th May 2020 at 11 AM -Ken Brennan - Steam Trains Slideshow
Saturday 2nd May 2020 at 11 AM - John Palmer - Wood turning.
Saturday 25th April 2020 at 11 AM - Presentation and Slideshow.
Saturday 18th April 2020 at 11 AM - Next virtual meeting.
Saturday 4th April 2020 at 11 AM - Inaugural virtual meeting.