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.