Recent meetings have covered a wide range of subjects, and some examples are below:
Date | Event | Title or Location | Speaker or Contact | Comments |
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2024 Meetings | ||||
20th November | Live Talk at Oatlands | "10 Ways to Improve your Enjoyment of Wine" | John Butterwick | |
6th November | Live Talk at Oatlands | "History of my House" | Alex De Gier | |
17th October | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
16th October | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Richard III - Monster or Martyr?" | Maria Leotta | |
9th October | Visit to Local Military Site | As notified to members | Frank Smith | |
2nd October | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Tracks 'n' Maps" | Tony Thorndike | |
19th September | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
18th September | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Murderous Anaesthetists" | Alan Kershaw | |
4th September | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Space in the 1960s" | Martin Lunn | |
22nd August | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
21st August | Live Talk at Oatlands | "York Railways" | Karen Adams | |
14th August | Informal Lunch | Amber's Restaurant, Cedar Court Hotel | Frank Smith | |
7th August | Live Talk at Oatlands | "How Clean is my Valley" (Nidd Gorge) | David Clayden | |
24th July | Summer Lunch | West Park Hotel | John Fordyce | |
18th July | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
17th July | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Funny Turns" | Dave Moylan | |
3rd July | Live Talk at Oatlands | "A Walk in the Eden Valley" (Change from original programme) | Roger Oldfield | |
20th June | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
19th June | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Dei Goes to War" | Alan Pugh | |
12th June | Visit to Allerton Waste Recovery site | Allerton Park & Goldsborough | Frank Smith | |
5th June | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Highwaymen" | Eric Jackson | |
15th May | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Street Angels" | Paul Blakely | |
9th May | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
8th May | Informal Lunch | Malt Shovel, Brearton | Frank Smith | |
1st May | Live Talk at Oatlands | Oatlands | Neil Hanson | |
24th April | Otley Courthouse Visit and Lunch | Otley Courthouse | Frank Smith | |
17th April | Live Talk at Oatlands | "The Big Freeze" | David Davies | |
11th April | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
3rd April | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Formula 1 British Champions" | Graham Read | |
20th March | 2024 AGM | Oatlands | David Peckett | |
7th March | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
6th March | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Yorkshire Shipping" | Roy Cressey | |
21st February | Live Talk at Oatlands | "North York Moors Railway" | Ron Pickering | |
8th February | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
7th February | Live Talk at Oatlands | "The Victorian Internet" | Keith Drinkwater | |
17th January | Informal Dinner | "Papa's", Prince's Square | Frank Smith | |
17th January | Live Talk at Oatlands | "The Golden Age of Piracy" | Peter Spedding | |
10th January | Legless Walk | William & Victoria, Cold Bath Road | Bill Orr | |
3rd January | Live Talk at Oatlands | "What a Way to Run a Railway" | Stuart Lines | |
2023 Meetings | ||||
13th December | Christmas Lunch | West Park Hotel | John Fordyce | |
6th December | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
29th November | Informal Lunch | Pranzo", Cold Bath Road | Frank Smith | |
15th November | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Work of the Woodland Trust" | Keith Wilkinson | |
1st November | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Tales from the Schoolroom" | Ann Whiers | |
19th October | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
18th October | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Telling t'Tale" (Yorkshire dialect) | Rod Dimbleby | |
11th October | Informal Lunch | "Guy Fawkes", Scotton | Frank Smith | |
4th October | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Organ Donations" | Mark Smith | |
27th September | Sel-Drive Outing | York - Holgate Windmill and Cold War Bunker | Frank Smith | |
20th September | Live Talk at Oatlands | "The Day That Changed My Life" | Malcolm Brooke | |
6th September | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Stained Glass - a Mystery Trade" | Ian Tomlinson | |
23rd August | Summer Lunch | West Park Hotel | John Fordyce | |
17th August | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
16th August | Live Talk at Oatlands | "A Virtual Tour of York Minster" | Paul Medforth | |
9th August | Informal Lunch | Fisk | Frank Smith | |
2nd August | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Familiarity with the Modern Digital World" | Dave Power | |
20th July | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
19th July | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Ticket to Darjeeling" | Tony Thorndike | |
5th July | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Rugby League Ref" | David Asquith | |
22nd June | "A Pie and a Pint" | Tap on Tower Street | Frank Smith | |
21st June | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Full- and Part-Time Tales" | Paul Whiteley | |
14th June | Informal Dinner | Sukothai | Frank Smith | |
7th June | Live Talk at Oatlands | "A 1960s Childhood - Boys' Toys" | Timothy Edwards | |
17th May | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Fake News" | Julian Morgan | |
10th May | Informal Lunch | Konak Meze, Mount Parade | Frank Smith | |
3rd May | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Love Food - Hate Waste" | Jeff Coates | Click here |
19th April | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Land of the Midnight Sun (Iceland)" | Geoffrey Pawson | |
5th April | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Mercy Ships" | Alan Kershaw | |
15th March | Buffet Lunch and Annual General Meeting | Oatlands Club | David Peckett | |
8th March | Informal Lunch | Domo | David Clayden | |
1st March | Live Talk at Oatlands | "Britain at Ease (1945-59)" | David Davies | Click here |
15th February | Live Talk at Oatlands | "The Joy of Sheds" | Brian Pentelow | Click here |
8th February | Informal Lunch | Three's a Crowd | David Clayden | |
1st February | Live Talk at Oatlands | “Bruges & Belgium – A Travelogue” | Elizabeth Edwards | Click here |
18th January | Live Talk at Oatlands | "How Family History Wrote my Novel" | Janet Dean | |
11th January | Informal Lunch | Pranzo | David Clayden | |
4th January | Live Talk at Oatlands | "A Village Headmaster" | Dr John Ridley | Click here |