2nd March – Monthly Meeting – Being a Global Pharmacist

Trudi Hilton talks about setting up pharmacy services in war-torn areas

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 foe guests.

 13 Apr 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.

11 May Monthly Meeting – Historical Houses in London – Colin Lomas

Colin talks about some of the houses with a long history, all in or near London. You can visit them all. We’ll also learn about the characters associated with them.

 

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.

1st June Monthly Meeting – Walking with Polar Bears – Gillian Lloyd

Gillian’s photographic images include landscape, wildlife and some very special and unique memories with polar bears.

6 Jul Monthly meeting -Protecting Our Pollinators – Peter Smith

3 Aug Monthly Meeting – Vic to Victory – Andy Smith

7 Sept Monthly Meeting – A Bare Chronicle of Existence

Stories and Letters from Internment in Norway in WW1 – Rebecca Clarke

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.

5 Jan Monthly Meeting – Annual Quiz:

Come along and pit your wits against other members. Magnificent prizes to be won.

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 foe guests.

13 April Monthly Meeting – Archaelogical Frauds, Hoaxes and Silly Things

A talk by Scott McCracken

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 foe guests.

11th May Monthly Meeting – To be Confirmed

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 foe guests.

1st June Monthly meeting – Walking with Polar Bears

Gillian Lloyd a photographer, her travels abroad with her photographs

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 foe guests.