Programme
Programme - Reports of these meetings will be found on the Reports page
Reminder - Please remember that all members need to confirm that they will/will not be attending each meeting, and require a meal, by contacting Lawrence Smith at least 7 days in advance of that meeting. Failure to turn up for the ordered meal will make you liable for its payment, unless agreed otherwise. Tel 01275 848117 email lsmith705@myyahoo.com
- All meetings are on the 3rd Wednesday of the month except where indicated
2026 Programme
21st January - 'Robert Burns' by Sandy Kemlo
18th February - 'Our Lives' - members being interviewed
18th March - 'The Posset boy who became a reluctant hero' (Tommy Broom DFC**) by Bryan Stokes
15th April - 'Toastmaster to the Queen' by Tony Rance
20th May - TBC
? June - Summer Lunch + guests Nailsea Masonic Hall with 'My Life in Music from singer to Cruise Ship Director' by Jan McNeill
15th July - TBC
19th August - Bacon Butties Informal with guests and Tea/Coffee
16th September - Annual General Meeting - Talk by a member TBC
October -
November -
December -
2025 Programme
15th January - Mike Rowland - "Slavery in Bristol"
19th February Sue Ferguson. Chairman of Portishead Porters
19th March Andy Stowe - “An Auctioneer’s Life”
16th April Gareth Lloyd - “Technical Side of Fire and Rescue”
21st May James Willcock. “MetroWest”
18th June Ladies Lunch Nailsea. Lottie Dale “Treading the Wards - A Nurse’s Tale”
16th July Philip Ashford. “Shipping under Sail in the Bristol Channel, Kings Road & Pill"
20th August - Bacon Butties with Coffee/Tea but no speaker
17th September - AGM and talk by Rodney Gunner
15th October - Quiz night - a new venture
19th November - Lt Col (retd) Dr Martin Gliniecki QGM, CEng on Bomb Disposal
TUES 2nd December - Christmas Lunch + guests at Nailsea Masonic Hall 12.30 for 1pm
2024 Programme
17th January - Birds and Sanctuaries: Ham Wall RSPB Reserve by Bob Buck 21st February - Secrets of a Market Trader; All that glitters…. by Rodney Gunner (member) 20th March - The King and his 14 Wives – Eswatini, Africa by Jenny Bowen 17th April - Memoirs of a TV Cameraman by Geoff Vian 15th May - Myths of Climate Change by Barry Hamblin 19th June - Summer Ladies Lunch with guests - 'The Wind in the Willows' : Musical Entertainment by Tim Lewis & Sheila Furneaux at Nailsea Masonic Hall 17th July - Peter Gibbs - Bristol Aerospace Museum talk “The History of Concorde”. 21st August - Confirmed as a return of the ‘Bacon Buttie’ informal meeting for members, partners and friends. 25th September - AGM - Followed by a Talk by Member Lawrence Smith 16th October - Garry Gowans - 'From D-Day to the Reichstag Forest' 20th November - Philip Ashcroft - Air Ambulance Service TUES 3rd December - Special Lunch with invited Guests at Nailsea Masonic Hall
2023 Programme
20th September - From a Boy to a Man in 8 hours by Rodney Gunner (member)
18th October - Recollections of a Methodist minister by Nick Moxon - 50yr Celebration meeting
15th November - Crime Fiction and Science: Spotting the Mistakes by Brian Price
Tues 5th December - Christmas Lunch with guests at Nailsea Masonic Hall
15th January - Mike Rowland - "Slavery in Bristol"
19th February Sue Ferguson. Chairman of Portishead Porters
19th March Andy Stowe - “An Auctioneer’s Life”
16th April Gareth Lloyd - “Technical Side of Fire and Rescue”
21st May James Willcock. “MetroWest”
18th June Ladies Lunch Nailsea. Lottie Dale “Treading the Wards - A Nurse’s Tale”
16th July Philip Ashford. “Shipping under Sail in the Bristol Channel, Kings Road & Pill"
20th August - Bacon Butties with Coffee/Tea but no speaker
17th September - AGM and talk by Rodney Gunner
15th October -
19th November -
17th December - Ladies Christmas Lunch at Nailsea.
2024 Programme 17th January - Birds and Sanctuaries: Ham Wall RSPB Reserve by Bob Buck 21st February - Secrets of a Market Trader; All that glitters…. by Rodney Gunner (member) 20th March - The King and his 14 Wives – Eswatini, Africa by Jenny Bowen 17th April - Memoirs of a TV Cameraman by Geoff Vian 15th May - Myths of Climate Change by Barry Hamblin 19th June - Summer Ladies Lunch with guests - 'The Wind in the Willows' : Musical Entertainment by Tim Lewis & Sheila Furneaux at Nailsea Masonic Hall 17th July - Peter Gibbs - Bristol Aerospace Museum talk “The History of Concorde”. 21st August - Confirmed as a return of the ‘Bacon Buttie’ informal meeting for members, partners and friends. 25th September - AGM - Followed by a Talk by Member Lawrence Smith 16th October - Garry Gowans - 'From D-Day to the Reichstag Forest' 20th November - Philip Ashcroft - Air Ambulance Service TUES 3rd December - Special Lunch with invited Guests at Nailsea Masonic Hall
2023
20th September - From a Boy to a Man in 8 hours by Rodney Gunner (member)
18th October - Recollections of a Methodist minister by Nick Moxon - 50yr Celebration meeting
15th November - Crime Fiction and Science: Spotting the Mistakes by Brian Price
Tues 5th December - Christmas Lunch with guests at Nailsea Masonic Hall