6 Jul Monthly Meeting – Protecting Our Pollinators – Peter Smith
Peter is a beekeeper, amateur entomologist and writer. We are living through ‘an insect apocalypse’ with the numbers of insects, including the pollinators on which we depend for 75 per cent of everything we eat, plummeting. Peter looks at the causes of this decline, what is being done to help and what we as individuals can do.
Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 for guests.
8th July – Visit to the Museum of Richmond – Away Day
Visit: Museum of Richmond The Museum is a small, independent registered museum in the centre of Richmond, sharing a space in the Old Town Hall with the Reference Library. It was opened in 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II and is supported by Richmond Borough Council. Within a small space we can learn the story of Richmond from prehistoric times, to the period of its rise as the site of a royal residence in medieval times, through to its modern-day support of arts and fashion. There are limited spaces available for our booked tour of some of the exhibits.
Date: Wednesday, 8July
Time: 10.45am Venue: Museum of Richmond, Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue Meet just inside the main doors on the ground floor. Please do not go up to the Museum.
Cost: Free (donations welcome on the day)
Travel: 65 bus from Kingston. Get off at Hill Rise (stop V) just before Richmond Bridge. Cross the roundabout and walk for three minutes to Whittaker Avenue on the left. Train to Richmond Station. Cross the road and walk for 5-10 minutes along the high street to Whittaker Avenue on your right just before Richmond Bridge.
Accessibility: There are a few steps from pavement level to the main entrance. A lift is available to the Museum and toilets. The Museum itself is step free. To join us, please complete the booking form in the centre of this newsletter and send it to Pamela Crisp (07846 722278).
3 Aug Monthly Meeting – From Victim to Victory – Andy Smith
In an age when victimhood has become fashionable, blame is endemic and personal responsibility the whim of a bygone era, how does one rise above the traumas and trials of life and above public gloom, doom and despair? Andy offers a cheerful yet challenging poetic response to a contemporary topic
Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 for guests.
13 April Monthly Meeting – Archaeological Frauds, Hoaxes and Silly Things – Scott McCracken
Learn about the various frauds and deliberate hoaxes perpetrated against archaeologists, historians and museums. Some are well known (Piltdown Man). Others, including the Vinland map, less so. And some frauds may simply have been a joke that went too far.
Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 for guests.
5 Oct Monthly Meeting – Kingston and the River Thames – Julian McCarthy
2 Nov Monthly Meeting – Partition and My British Raj Family – Jenny Mallin
7 Dec Monthly Meeting – Music, Musicals and Stories behind our Beloved Christmas Music – Frances Fry
1st Dec Monthly Meeting – A Surprising Celebration of Christmas Movies
Pete Allen – Lights, Camera and Ho! Ho! Ho! Jimmy Stewart in It’s A Wonderful Life, Macauley Culkin in Home Alone, Michael Caine and the Muppets in A Christmas Carol but what makes a great festive film? There’s always room for a little surprise. l like John Wayne on the run from the law. What could be more Christmassy than that?
Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 for guests.