Next Lunch and Speakers

On 19th April our talk will be by Ian Honeysett, a member of Godalming Writers' Group on 'Tales from the Surrey Hills'.

From a few aspirant or practising writers invited to a meeting in Wetherspoons nine years ago this group developed a structured process involving regular meetings of people who need to write. This has led to the publication of four anthologies of short stories with local themes, true and imagined, ranging from the fantastical tale of Mary Tofts The Rabbit Woman and the failure of the gunpowder plot to cautionary tales of parking and the pandemic. 

Friday 24th May - AGM

On Friday 21st June, Peter Buckroyd, a trustee, will tell how the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust has campaigned successfully to safeguard aircraft, satellites, simulators, drones and buildings related to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, and to bring their unique place in aviation history to the public .

In March Andy Richardson spoke about 'Britain's Amazing Aircraft Industry'.

Britain once had an enormous and arguably the most advanced aircraft industry in the world. How did we get there? Why did we lose it? Greed, bad management, corruption and politics all played a part, argued our speaker. 

In February Steve Stanley spoke on “Romans on the Silk Road, Silk and the Silk Trade in the Roman Empire”.  This was a fascinating insight into the introduction of Chinese silk to Rome, developments in that trade and the reception and impact of silk in Rome c30 BC to AD 400.

At our January meeting David Bickerton gave a fascinating account of the pursuit and sinking of the Bismark.

More than a hundred British warships were involved in the five-day, 1,750 mile hunt. The British battlecruiser HMS Hood was sunk within 10 minutes of engaging the Bismarck which escaped and was almost within reach of safety before being sunk.