Lunches

Chairman: David Williams Speaker:  Guy Bartlett whose talk is entitled " History of the Red Arrows".  Guy is an aviation historian and UAV pilot.  He will talk about the Red Arrow pilots being amongst the most highly-qualified and experienced pilots within the RAF.  Each pilot is hand-picked and only a few will be given the privilege [...]

Chairman: Nigel Jepps Speaker is Peter Griffiths and his talk is entitled "A Lifetime in Aviation (with a fear of heights}" Part Two. Peter, who has already given members part one of the above, started flying for BOAC in 1967. During his career, he has flown flying boats, a freighter during the first Gulf War, executive jets for [...]

Chairman: Nick Hawkins Speaker: Ian Worley and his talk is entitled "Racing through the Southern Ocean". After working for many years in the City, Ian decided he wanted some adventure in his life. In 1977 he saw an advert in the Times asking for volunteers to crew Great Britain II in a sailing race around Cape [...]

Chairman:   Nigel Jepps Speaker is John Field: his talk is entitled "The Amazing World of Magic". John has been giving this talk for over 40 years, telling about the oldest  magician known to mankind, the oldest tricks in magic, scams based on magic, and the first book written about magic. He will also tell of two [...]

Chairman:  Peter Carpenter Speaker:  Adrian Phillips "Winston's Bandits."  Adrian's talk is based on his recent book of the same title. Churchill was a warm and emotional man who needed the support of friends and family. Through his wilderness years when he battled to rearm Britain against Hitler, a small handful of individuals gave him that backing.  [...]

Chairman:  Lynton Jones   Speaker:  Jack Deans "Finger Prints and Murder". Jack worked at New Scotland Yard for 35 years as a fingerprint expert and crime scene examiner.  In this time he examined 120 scenes of murder, dealt with all levels of crime including terrorism.  For 10 years he was the senior fingerprint expert in the [...]

Chairman:  Nigel Jepps Speaker is Eddie Askwith and his talk is entitled "How Big is the Universe". Eddie is a retired airline pilot who now spends a lot of time giving talks to clubs and societies. His talk will reduce the size of the universe in a way that most people can understand it. When you [...]

Chairman:   Peter Thompson   Speaker:  Chris Levett on:  "What happened to the English Hop Industry?" Chris's talk relates to the origins and history of hops, the great tales and unique traditions of the English industry, and of those treasured memories that will soon be confined to history. He will tell tales of the thousands of Londoners [...]

Speaker - Steve Bird "Zulu".  We've all watched the film a thousand times on TV, but what really happened and how true to life  (or not)  were the characters portrayed in the film?  What happened to them after the battle?  And turning to the film, how did that come to be made in the way it [...]

Chairman;  Michael Pearsall   Speaker - Paul Whittle "Rock Steady, Gibraltar Story".  Paul has already given one of his historical talks to members and it's a testament to how well it went down that he has been asked to give another.  It will be a fascinating tour of this historic British Military bastion- its history, heritage, [...]