7th Sept Monthly Meeting – A Bare Chronicle of existence: Stories of internment in Norway in WW1 – Rebecca Clarke
Royal Navy Volunteer reserves on HMS India were adrift in the North Sea, saved but only to be interned in Norway for the rest of the war. Stories of the love, isolation and loneliness with examples of remaining family artefacts.
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.
5th Oct Monthly Meeting – Kingston and the River Thames – Julian McCarthy
Kingston tour guide and local history author reveals how the river has supported and served the town and why the suffix “upon Thames” remains historically and socially significant.
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.
2 Nov Monthly Meeting /AGM Starts at 1.30 followed by Partition and my British Raj Family
Join us for our Annual AGM and then hear stay to hear the talk by jenny Malin on how her father came to England whilst his sister stayed in India. Jenny explores how differently their lives deveolped after partition.
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.
7th Dec Monthly Meeting – Music , Musicals and Stories Behind our Beloved Christmas Music -Frances Fry
Light hearted look at out favourite Christmas songs and how they came into being.
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.
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.
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.