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South Craven Retired Men's Forum

The South Craven Retired Men's Forum provides regular opportunities for like minded folk to make new friends and expand their interests. Meetings are held Tuesday mornings from early October to the end of March from 9.30am to 11.30am in the South Craven Baptist Church, Sutton-In-Craven. We begin with coffee and biscuits and time to chat with friends, followed by a varied programme of entertainment by invited speakers on a wide range of topics. Our purpose is to provide regular opportunities to keep minds active and meet up with friends old and new. If you are retired or semi retired and wish to do more with your spare time, then get in touch with us on one of the telephone numbers below. Alternatively just turn up at a meeting and take a look at us. New members are most welcome.

Membership fee is now £5.00 per year. The cost for each meeting of £1.00 is to help cover the weekly expenses, coffee and biscuits..

For further information telephone Bob Trunks on 07496647043, Ian White on (01535) 635588 or Roy Attwood on (01535) 632880.

NEW MEMBERS VERY WELCOME!


June 2nd	Coffee Morning
July 7th	Coffee Morning
Sept 1st	Coffee Morning
Note- there is no coffee morning in August

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Programme of speakers for 2026/2027

Oct 6th	Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)	Colleen Holiday.
Oct 13th	Woodland Management & Conservation	David Davies.
Oct 20th	The Big Bands of the Swing Era	Stuart Atkins.
Oct27th	Famous people that I know	Chris Binns.

Nov 3rd	"Not So Grand A Design"	Brian Clough.
Nov_10th	Formula 1' 11 British Champions from Hawthorn to Norris	Graham Read.
Nov_17th	Astronomy before the telescope	Martin Lunn.
Nov_24th	Northern Highlands of Scotland	David Alred.

Dec 1st	Chieftain Engineer Vehicles	James Gaunt.
Dec_3rd	Coniston Hall	Christmas Lunch
Dec_8th	Sutton School carols	Sutton C.P.School
Dec_15th	Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue	Michael Catley

Jan 5th	3D Printing	David Lloyd.
Jan 12th	"An Interesting Adventure"	Geoff M Jones.
Jan 19th	Big Alex	Bob Seeley.
Jan 26th	Out and About with Spellbound	Spellbound G Sharp.

Feb 2nd	"Caught My Eye"	Paul Haywood.
Feb 9th	History of Keighley Library	Tim Neal.
Feb 16th	The Orchid Man	Ian Lockwood.
Feb 23rd	Walking the Camino de Santiago	Andrea Tse.

Mar 2nd	The Godfather of Rolls Royce	David Glover.
Mar 9th	TBA	TBA.
Mar 16th	Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland	David Alred.
Mar 23 rd	TBA	TBA.
Mar 30th	AGM	AGM.

Programme of speakers for 2025/2026

June 2nd	Coffee Morning
Oct 6th	Ten drunks and a parson	Ian Lockwood.
Oct 13th	The Austerity years	David W Davies.
Oct 20th	From the sublime to the ridiculous-by rail	Paul Haywood.
Oct27th	Tan Hill	Neil Hanson.

Nov 3rd	Street angels and beyond	Paul Blakey.
Nov_10th	Sammy Khan song writer	Stuart Atkins.
Nov_17th	A little bit of Chinese bronze	Bob Seely.
Nov_24th	Mid Wharfedale	David Alred.

Dec 1st	Magical Monaco - to the Grand Prix from the Royal family	Graham Read.
Dec_4th	Coniston Hall	Christmas Lunch
Dec_9th	Sutton School carols	Sutton C.P.School
Dec_15th	Learn to fly, fly to learn	Martin Cocker.

Jan 6th	Astronomy before the telescope	Martin Lunn.
Jan 12th	A game of drones updated	George Martin.
Jan 19th	Out and about with Spellbound	Spellbound
Jan 26th	Decluttering and clearing the house in Later Life	Tracey Webster

Feb 2nd	20 amusing years in sales and marketing	Tim Forman.
Feb 9th	Park Drive	Geoff Queen.
Feb 16th	Halifax to Hong Kong by train	Geoff Budd
Feb 23 rd	Going with the flow	Paul Haywood

Mar 2nd	The long and winding road	Alun Pugh.
Mar 9th	Gentleman Jack	David Glover.
Mar 16th	An African Experience	Brian Clough.
Mar 23 rd	Canal Tales./td>	Colin Thunhurst.
Mar 30th	Come along and have your say!	AGM


Programme of speakers for 2024/2025

Sept 3rd	50th Anniversary Coffee Morning.

Oct 1st	History of the RAF	George Martin
Oct 8th	Problems with words	Alan Hemsworth
Oct 15th	The Falklands by Submarine	Paul Sayce
Oct22nd	Not a Lunar landing	Bob Seely
Oct 29th	Confessions of a Tramoholic	Paul Haywood

Nov_5th	The scandals of Ermysteads	Ian Lockwood
Nov_12th	The work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission	Nina Wardleworth
Nov_19th	Taking Nature	Ray Brown
Nov_26th	Grand tour of China	Brian Clough

Dec_3rd	The Awkward Neighbours	David W Davies
Dec_10th	Cravens Badgers	Liz Groves
Dec_12th	Men's Forum Lunch
Dec_17th	School Carols	Sutton C.P.

Jan 7th	The long and winding road	Alan Pugh
Jan 14th	Letters Home 1942-1946	David Newall
Jan 21st	Natures year	David Alred
Jan 28th	Deeds to earn the Victoria Cross	Martin Cocker

Feb 4th	Spellbound	Gordon Sharp
Feb 11th	Local Lifeboats of the RNLI	Martin Chappelow
Feb 18th	TBA	Paul Blythe
Feb 25th	The Halifax slasher - panic and vigilantism	David Glover

Mar 4th	Formula 1, the greatest show on earth	Graham Read
Mar 11th	All the volcanoes under the sun	Martin Lunn
Mar 18th	The great American songbook	Stuart Atkins
Mar 25th	Come along and have your say	AGM


Programme of speakers for 2023/2024

Sept 5th	Coffee morning

Oct 3rd	India - Delhi to Kovalam.	Brian Clough
Oct 10th	Upper Wharfdale - Grassington to Cam.	David Alred
Oct 17th	A Very British Meteorite.	Martin Lunn
Oct24th	Yorkshire Dialect a light Hearted look.	Alan Hemsworth
Oct 31st	Life and Leisure in Britain 1945 - 1959.	David W Davis

Nov 7th	Red Arrows.	George Martin
Nov 14th	Out and About.	Spellbound
Nov 21st	Points Curves and Twiddly Bits.	Paul Haywood
Nov 28th	Iconic road cars from the 1950's to present day.	Graham Read

Dec 5th	Experience of driving a Steam Roadgoing Locomotive.	Brian Clough
Dec 12th	Schools Carols.	Sutton CP School
Dec 14th	Mens Forum Lunch
Dec 19th	No Meeting	No Meeting

Jan 2nd	No Meeting	No Meeting
Jan 9th	My Fathers WW2 Pilot Diaries.	Alan Pugh
Jan 16th	The Murders of Burke and Hare.	David Sibbald
Jan 23rd	In the steps of the Incas.	Geoff Queen
Jan 30th	A sting in the tale.	John Peet

Feb 6th	Kwazulu Natal.	Tony Birkett
Feb 13th	My Wives and other stories.	Tim Forman
Feb 20th	Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway.	Stephen Middleton
Feb 27th	OY! Where do you think you are going with those elephants?.	Bob Seeley

Mar 5th	"A very dangerous work" Gilbert Scott and the restoration of Ripon Cathedral.	David Winpenny
Mar 12th	The History of Skipton.	Ian Lockwood
Mar 19th	Local history of the Leeds Liverpool Canal. Followed by AGM, Stay and Have Your Say.	Colin Thunhurst
Mar 26th	No Meeting	No Meeting


Programme of speakers for 2022/2023

May 3rd	Coffee morning

Jun 7th	Coffee morning

Jul 5th	Coffee morning

Sep 6th	Coffee morning

Oct 4th	Game of Drones	George Martin
Oct 11th	Upper Fell Rescue	Howard Driver
Oct 18th	The grey years 1990/1997	David W Davies
Oct 25th	Calcutta trams/Darjeeling and Himalayan Railway	Paul Haywood

Nov 1st	Yorkshire Dales - A residents view	Geoff Queen
Nov 8th	Inns names and signs	Alan Hemsworth
Nov 15th	A ramble through the solar system	Martin Lunn
Nov 22nd	Bancroft Mill	Ian McKay
Nov 29th	The Skipton man who electrified Craven and beyond	Robin Longbottom

Dec 6th	Christmas Carols	Sutton School
Dec 8th	Forum Christmas Lunch
Dec 13th	Upper Wharfedale-Bolton Bridge to Grassington	David Alred

Jan 3rd	Men in Sheds	Alan Clarke
Jan 10th	The pilgrimage of grace	Gillian Waters
Jan 17th	Spellbound Again	Spellbound
Jan 24th	Murder most foul	John Beaumont
Jan 31st	Fabergé/ Jeweller to the Czar	Anne Drake

Feb 7th	So you want to be a pirate	Chris Helme
Feb 14th	The English Lakes	Tony Birkitt
Feb 21st	Yorkshire Air Ambulance	WYAA
Feb 28th	Anecdotes of an ordinary gentleman	Tim Forman

Mar 7th	Inventions and their lesser known inventors	Neil Ramshaw
Mar 14th	The Red Arrows	George Martin
Mar 21st	Thomas Telford	Norman Simpson
Mar 28th	AGM Come Along and Have Your Say


Programme of speakers for 2019/2020

Apr 2nd	Coffee morning

May 7th	Coffee morning

Jun 4th	Coffee morning

Jul 2nd	Coffee morning

Sep 3rd	Coffee morning

Oct 1st	Chasing Million Eyres	Jackie Depelle
Oct 8th	Recovery is Addictive 30 Years of GA Abstinence	Paul Isherwood
Oct 15th	Wildlife Safari to Tanzania	Melvin Grey
Oct 22nd	Slaying of Dragons	David W Davis
Oct 29th	Harrogate and the Water Cure	Norman Simpson

Nov 5th	"Lady Randy"	Pat Osbourne
Nov 12th	Home and Away with Spellbound	Spellbound
Nov 19th	Life on the Line	Geoff Queen
Nov 26th	Comedians of Our Good Old Days	Trevor Moody

Dec 3rd	"Off On't Mill Trip"	Robin Longbottom
Dec 10th	Sutton Primary School Carol Singers
Dec 11th	Christmas Dinner, Coniston Hall
Dec 18th	Memories of Christmas Past	Chris Helme

Jan 7th	William the Conqueror and the Harrying of the North	Gillian Waters
Jan 14th	Washburn Valley Yesterday	David Aldred
Jan 21st	It Shouldn't Happen to a Coach Operator	Alan Bonson
Jan 28th	The Cumbria Way	Robert Whitehead

Feb 4th	The Lives of Garden Birds	Mike Grey
Feb 11th	Nidderdale Yesterday	David Aldred
Feb 18th	Perusing Peru	Paul Heywood
Feb 25th	Inns Names and Signs	Alan Hemsworth

Mar 3rd	A Trip Down Memory Lane	Keith Barber
Mar 10th	The Rise and Fall of Music Hall and Variety	John Wallis
Mar 17th	Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Mar 24th	CANCELLED ~~Lincoln - Roman to the 21^st Century~~	Tony Birkett
Mar 31st	CANCELLED A.G.M. Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2018/2019

Apr 10th	Coffee morning

May 1st	Coffee morning

Jun 5th	Coffee morning
Jun 7th	Trip to Southport

Jul 3rd	Coffee morning

Sep 4th	Coffee morning

Oct 2nd	"Wilson and the Sailors" 1964 to 1979	David Davies
Oct 9th	Reminiscences of a Magistrate	G Dobson
Oct 16th	Yorkshire A to Z	Dorothy Burrows
Oct 23rd	The English Civil War in Yorkshire	Gillian Waters
Oct 30th	Victoria Cross	David Howard

Nov 6th	Unusual Sights and Sites of the Dales	Pat Clarke
Nov 13th	The Vintage Pair	George Martin
Nov 20th	The rise of medieval English Cathedrals Part 2	Tony Birkett
Nov 27th	Home and Away with Spellbound	Spellbound Productions

Dec 4th	Upstairs, Downstairs, from humble beginnings to the American dream	Jackie Depelle
Dec 11th	Harrogate and the Water Cure	Norman Simpson
Dec 13th	Christmas Dinner, Coniston Hall
Dec 18th	Canal and Canyon	Geoff Queen

Jan 8th	From Beijing to Cononley by Train	Paul Haywood
Jan 15th	Yorkshire Choice (Slide Show)	David Alred
Jan 22nd	Boundaries and Boundary Stones of South Craven	Robin Longbottom
Jan 29th	Victorian and Edwardian Leisure	Ian Dewhirst

Feb 5th	Lady "Randy" Winston Churchill's Mother	Pat Osborne
Feb 12th	The Early life of Winston Churchill - in his own words	John Sheard
Feb 19th	How we used to Live	Chris Helme
Feb 26th	Hats and Huts	Sue McGeever

Mar 5th	The History of Wentworth Woodhouse	Trevor Moody
Mar 12th	The lives of Garden Birds	Mike Tray
Mar 19th	Falklands Most Daring Raid	Duncan Verity
Mar 26th	A.G.M. Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2017/2018

May 2nd	Coffee morning

Jun 6th	Coffee morning
Jun 8th	Trip to York

Jul 4th	Coffee morning

Sep 5th	Coffee morning

Oct 3rd	Bridging the Gap	Paul Haywood
Oct 10th	Beautiful Barbados	Roy Attwood
Oct 17th	Old Flames	G Dobson
Oct 24th	Making Sports Cars	Peter Powell
Oct 31st	They did not return WWI Dead	Patrick Hargreaves

Nov 7th	History of Glusburn Institute	Bernard Peel
Nov 14th	Fire and Restoration of Winsor Castle	Don Metcalfe
Nov 21st	Spellbound Productions	Gordon Sharp
Nov 28th	Dambusters	David Howard

Dec 5th	A Working Class Childhood	Roy Burgin
Dec 12th	Carols from Sutton CP School
Dec 14th	Christmas Dinner, Coniston Hall

Jan 9th	The War of the Roses "Towton" Britain's Bloodiest Battle	Don Metcalfe
Jan 16th	The Rise of Medieval Cathedrals Part 1 :- Saxon to Gothic Beginnings	Tony Birkitt
Jan 23rd	Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales	Norman Simpson
Jan 30th	Recovery and change 1951 - 64	David Davis

Feb 6th	Joseph Paxton	John Sheard
Feb 13th	On her majesty's service	Colin Holt
Feb 20th	"Abandon Hope" Life in the Workhouse	Peter Watson
Feb 27th	Royal Flying Corps	Joe Branford

Mar 6th	Old Yorkshire (Slides)	Dorothy Burrows
Mar 13th	Canal and Canyon	Geoff Queen
Mar 20th	Frank Meadow Sutcliffe Whitby Photographer	Trevor Moody
Mar 27th	A.G.M. Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2016/2017

Oct 4th	Nigel Hampson	The Titanic	Slides
Oct 11th	John Peet	Why a Skipton man planted trees in Nepal Slides	Slides
Oct 18th	Dr John Rhodes	Mercy Ships	Slides
Oct 25th	Norman Simpson	Settle to Carlisle Railway	Slides

Nov 1st	Alun Pugh	Teaching - an interruption of my Holidays!	Talk
Nov 8th	Hilda Harrison & Friends	Songs to entertain us	Music
Nov 15th	Trevor Moody	Comedians of the good old days!	Slides
Nov 22nd	Mike Gill	A Mining Miscellany	Slides

Nov 29th	Trevor Vaughan	Parson's Pie	Talk
Dec 6th	Sutton Primary School Carol Concert
Dec 8th	Christmas Dinner
Dec 13th	Stuart James	A trip to Burma	Slides

Jan 10th	George Garland	A life in Education	Talk
Jan 17th	Paul Longbottom	The story of Hayfield Mill, Glusburn	Slides
Jan 24th	Iain Harris	A Physio's Life	Talk
Jan 31st	Les Joy	Enemy Coast ahead! Flying Lancasters of Bomber Command	Slides

Feb 7th	Susan Broadhead	Skipton Parish Church - stained glass windows	Slides
Feb 14th	Alan Inman	Zimbabwe	Slides
Feb 21st	John Trenouth	Heroic failures of invention	Slides
Feb 28th	Peter Bewes	Skipton Railway Station - A changing scene	Slides

Mar 7th	George Martin	Drones	Slides
Mar 14th	Brian Clough	A walk on the Wild side	Talk
Mar 21st	David Birks	Cambridge Colleges	Slides
Mar 28th	A.G.M.	Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2015/2016

2nd Jun	Beamish Museum Trip

Oct 6th	David Aired	Zion and Yellowstone Parks	Slides
Oct 13th	Mick Roe	10,000 acres of sky	Slides
Oct 20th	Douglas Goode	Bridges and how they work	Slides
Oct 27th	Jean Robinson	Restoration of a burial ground in Skipton	Slides

Nov 3rd	Raymond Snape	Humour in Poetry	Talk
Nov 10th	Hilda Harrison & Friends	Songs to entertain us	Music
Nov 17th	Sean Gallagher	Camino de Santiago	Slides
Nov 24th	David Birks	A Yorkshireman's war - Prisoner of the Japanese	Slides

Dec 1st	Dennis Taylor	Not just a flight of fancy!	Slides
Dec 8th	Sutton Primary School Carol Concert
Dec 10th	Christmas Dinner
Dec 13th	Keith Barber	Memories of the Forties	Slides

Jan 5th	Nigel Hampson	The Titanic	Slides
Jan 12th	Collective Legal Solutions	Looking after your wealth	Talk
Jan 19th	Dr Kenneth Jackson	Skipton - the origins of the modern town	Slides
Jan 26th	Stewart Anthony	Volunteering in a school in South Africa	Slides

Feb 2nd	David Davies	The big freeze of 1947	Slides
Feb 9th	Tony Burkitt	The history of Lincoln from Roman times to today	Slides
Feb 16th	Allan Ruddock	Around the World in 80 Days?	Slides
Feb 23rd	Michael Jackson	Details later	Slides

Mar 1st	Dr Bryan Tidswell	The history of Polythene	Slides
Mar 8th	David Mosley	East Riddlesden Hall	Talk
Mar 15th	Peter Watson	The artefacts of folk magic	Talk
Mar 22nd	Michael Scott	First shots! The war at sea from August to December 1914.	Slides
Mar 29th	No meeting	Easter Tuesday
Apr 5th	A.G.M.	Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2014/2015

5th Jun	Trip to Hull

Oct 7th	Norman Simpson	Titus Salt and Saltaire	Slides
Oct 14th	Frances Forrest	Travels of a Thursday's Child	Slides
Oct 21st	Hilda Harrison & Friends	Songs to Entertain Us	Music
Oct 28th	Richard Wimpenny	Aspects of World War One	Slides

Nov 4th	John Sheard	William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle & 6th Duke of Devonshire	Slides
Nov 11th	John Hargreaves	Yorkshire Luddites	Slides
Nov 18th	Alan Hemsworth	For the sake of example!	Talk
Nov 25th	Prof Mike Dixon	Charles Darwin in llkley for the Water Treatment	Talk

Dec 2nd	Paul Hildred	The Science and Art of Metal Detecting	Slides
Dec 9th	Sutton Primary School Carol Concert
Dec 11th	Christmas Lunch at the Coniston Hotel
Dec 16th	Geoff Queen	A to Z of Europe	Slides

Jan 6th	David Wortley	Wood & Wood Turning	Talk
Jan 13th	Ian Dewhirst	The Great War on the Home Front	Talk
Jan 20th	Sandy Tod	The Indus Basin Project	Slides
Jan 27th	Christine Clarkson	Humour in a B&B	Talk

Feb 3rd	Mike Breeze	An interest in Canals	Slides
Feb 10th	Gillian Waters	The House of Clifford	Slides
Feb 17th	Norman Robinson	A Humorous Look at Orchestral Music, with a performance by the World Famous South Craven Men's Forum Symphony Orchestra	Talk
Feb 24th	Chris Freeman	Jungle Look - New York and Costa Rica	Slides

Mar 3rd	Peter Higginbottom	Doing Porridge!	Slides
Mar 10th	John Wallis	Variety in Wartime	Talk
Mar 17th	Peter Sharp	China	Slides
Mar 24th	Stuart James	Peru	Slides
31st Mar	A.G.M.	Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2013/2014

6th Jun	Trip to Beverley

1st Oct	Brian Appleby	Nepal	Slides
8th Oct	Angela Henson	Iceland - Land of Fire and ice	Slides
10th Oct	Trip to Fleetwood
15th Oct	Alan Pugh	Saltaire	Slides
22nd Oct	David Birks	Churchill	Talk
29th Oct	Keith Fothergill	Tufty to SuperTed in 33 years	Talk

5th Nov	Alan & Dorothy Hemsworth	Bazalgette and the Great Stink	Slides
12th Nov	Hilda Harrison and Friends	Songs to entertain you	Music
19th Nov	Barbara Dixon	A Ramble around the Register Office	Talk
26th Nov	Alan Poxon	Kite Making	Talk

3th Dec	Harry Jackson	The story of Enigma and Ultra	Talk
10th Dec	Sutton Primary School Carol Concert
12th Dec	Christmas Lunch at the Coniston Hotel
17th Dec	Raymond Snape	Memories of a Household Cavalryman	Slides

7th Jan	Roy Attwood	Calgary and the Canadian Rockies	Video
14th Jan	Dr George Ingle	Trouble at t'mill	Slides
21st Jan	Michael Jackson	Here and There	Slides
28th Jan	Peter Holt	Nepal and India or South Africa	Slides

4th Feb	Hazel Ingham	Donkeys	Video
11th Feb	Derek Clabburn	17-19th century clock making in the Dales	Talk
18th Feb	Allan Stuttard	Waterwheel to email	Talk
25th Feb	Graham Alcock	Can you believe your eyes?	Slides

4th Mar	Peter Watson	The origins of surnames	Talk
11th Mar	Elaine Beresford	More of my poetry	Talk
18th Mar	Chris Helme	A week in May	Slides
2nd Mar	Gareth Davies	Peru and the Inca Trail	Slides

1st Apr	A.G.M.	Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2012/2013

7th Jun	Trip to Durham

2nd Oct	Lesley Horton	Writing a crime novel	Talk
9th Oct	Geoff Queen	Wild West Wanderings	Slides
11th Oct	Trip to Liverpool
16th Oct	Stuart James	Madagascar	Slides
23rd Oct	David Pratt	China	Slides
30th Oct	Joan Whitley	Life on the Wicked Stage - Keighley Playhouse	Talk

6th Nov	John Cumberland	Restoration of Gayle Mill	Slides
13th Nov	Hilda Harrison & Friends	Songs to entertain you	Music
20th Nov	David Aired	Butterflies, Fungi & Dragonflies	Slides
27th Nov	Chris Freeman	History by Design	Slides

4th Dec	Jack Hargreaves	The First House is at 10 past 6	Talk
11th Dec	Sutton Primary School Carol Concert
13th Dec	Christmas Lunch at the Coniston Hotel
18th Dec	Dorothy Burrows	Old Bradford	Slides

4th Jan	Gillian Waters	Guy Fawkes - Yorkshireman	Talk
15th Jan	Mike Breeze	Award-winning films	Films
22nd Jan	Anne Cryer	Life as a Member of Parliament and afterwards	Talk
29th Jan	Rod Fisher	The Care Fees Scandal and how to avoid it	Talk

5th Feb	Ian Dewhirst	Yorkshire Dialect	Talk
12th Feb	Tim Forman	Twenty amusing years in sales and marketing	Talk
19th Feb	Rev David Batchelor	Sisters of Sinai - Two remarkable Victorian women	Talk
26th Feb	David Davis	The time of your life - 1945 to 1979	Talk

5th Mar	James Innerdale	Vernacular architecture of the Yorkshire Dales	Slides
12th Mar	Tony Burkitt	Rush for wind - the growth of wind-farms	Slides
19th Mar	Stewart Lewis	Humour in environmental health	Talk
26th Mar	Sue Foster	Hearing dogs for the deaf	Talk

9th Apr	A.G.M.	Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2011/2012

2nd June	Trip to Chester

4th Oct	John Hargreaves	Percy Shaw, the Cats Eye man	Talk
11th Oct	Tony Rostron	Cycling around Norway	Slides
13th Oct	Trip to Salford Quays
18th Oct	Alun Pugh	Wartime Diaries of my Pilot Father	Talk
25th Oct	Sir Thomas Ingilby	Castle life in the 21^st century	Talk

1st Nov	Chris Helme	All in a days work - reminiscences of a30 years in the Police Service	Slides
8th Nov	Jean Kendrew	Gotland - A Baltic Island	Slides
15th Nov	Hilda Harrison & friends	Songs to entertain us	Music
22nd Nov	Alan Hemsworth	Handel, Hogarth and the Foundling Hospital	Talk
29th Nov	Peter Sharp	AV shows of my travels	Slides

6th Dec	Harry Jackson	U-boats in the Atlantic	Talk
8th Dec	Christmas Lunch at the Coniston Hotel
13th Dec	Carol Concert with Sutton County Primary School

3rd Jan	John Holroyd	Stationary Steam Engines	Slides
10th Jan	Bill Palmer	Transport Slides and Films	Slides
17th Jan	Rev Peter Yorkstone	Electric vehicle design	Talk
24th Jan	Roy Atwood	Ontario in the Fall	Video
31st Jan	Mike Clarke	History of the Leeds-Liverpool canal	Slides

7th Feb	Peter Higginbotham	A Gruelling Experience - 300 years of life in the workhouse	Slides
14th Feb	Martin Williamson	Railways in the Blood	Slides
21st Feb	Sandy Tod	Changing a Tanzanian Community	Slides
28th Feb	Keith Fothergill	Time to remember - how we used to live!	Talk

6th Mar	John Sheard	Bess of Hardwick	Slides
13th Mar	David Smail	The Building of Devil's Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale	Slides
20th Mar	Elaine Beresford	Yet more of my Poetry	Talk
27th Mar	Patrick Hargreaves	Paper Kisses - Victorian Love Letters	Video

3rd Apr	A. G. M.	Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2009/2010

6th Oct	John Sheard	Bolton Abbey Estate	Slides
13th Oct	Alan Davies	Ambulance Service First Responders - Saving lives in the community.	Talk
20th Oct	Keith Hillery	Parceval Hall	Slides
27th Oct	Pat Clarke	1000 years of English Architecture	Slides

3th Nov	Jean Kendrew	More Turkish Delights	Slides
10th Nov	John Holroyd	A Rail journey in China & Pakistan	Slides
17th Nov	Sid Perou	Adventure Filming	Films
24th Nov	David Pratt	The coast to coast walk, St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay	Slides

1st Dec	David Aldred	A Transport and Steam Enthusiast	Slides
8th Dec	Jack Hargreaves	Those Radio Times	Talk
15th Dec	Carol Concert with Sutton County Primary School

5th Jan	Laurie Wright	Mainly Transport	Film
12th Jan	Alan Hemsworth	Pretty Maids all in a Row	Talk
19th Jan	Geoff Queen	Day Trip to New York	Slides
26th Jan	John Wallis	Rise and Fall of Music Hall	Talk

2nd Feb	Dorothy & Brian Burrows	Russian Waterways	Slides
9th Feb	Rev Ken Sowerby	Humour in the Ministry	Talk
16th Feb	Mrs Ethne Bannister	Coniston Hall Restoration	Slides
23rd Feb	Bill Palmer	Old Keighley	Slides

2nd Mar	Sharon Link	Manorlands Hospice	Talk
9th Mar	Phil Wolley	On Safari	Slides
16th Mar	David Russell	Heart of England	Slides
23rd Mar	Rev David Warrington	Subject to be announced	Slides
30th Mar	Peter Holt	Subject to be announced	Slides

6th Apr	A. G. M.	Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2008/2009

7th Oct	Harry Long	Fell and Cave Rescue	Slides
14th Oct	Sid Perou	30 Years as an Adventure Cameraman	Slides
21st Oct	Don Metcalfe	John Harrison's Clocks	Talk
28th Oct	Chris Irelan-Bunting	The Humour of Musical Plumbing	Talk

4th Nov	Chris Freeman	There's more to Tenerife...	Slides
11th Nov	Alan Hemsworth	An Unsung Hero	Talk
18th Nov	Dr George Ingle	Early Yorkshire Cotton Industry	Slides
25th Nov	Gill Lindsay	Antarctica	Slides

2nd Dec	Mike Bamford	Three Weeks in Tibet	Slides
9th Dec	Carol Concert with Sutton County Primary School
16th Dec	Alan Ruddock	Peru	Slides

6th Jan	Geoff Queen	Veni Vidi Vietnam	Slides
13th Jan	Peter Sharp	Magic of Malhamdale	Slides
20th Jan	Ian Dewhirst	Life in the 50s	Talk
27th Jan	Hilda Harrison & Friends	Songs to Entertain Us	Music

3rd Feb	Eric Ainsworth	Austria	Slides
10th Feb	Angela Henson	Japan - A Land of Contrasts	Slides
17th Feb	Brian Jordan	Big Band Music	Music
24th Feb	Elaine Beresford	More of My Poetry	Talk

3rd Mar	Michael Jackson	Corsica	Slides
10th Mar	Derek Proctor	Tasmania	Slides
17th Mar	Ron Saunders	Smuggling can be a Funny Business	Talk
24th Mar	Stuart James	Egypt, but Not a Nile Cruise	Slides
31st Mar	Mike Breeze	Along the Towpath	Slides

6th Apr	A. G. M.	Come along and have your say


Programme of speakers for 2007/2008

2nd Oct	Pat Clarke	Yorkshire Dales Scenery & Features	Slides
9th Oct	Laurence Smith MBE	40 Years in Uniform	Slides
16th Oct	Allen Chapman	Forum Walks	Slides
23rd Oct	Phil Wholley	North America top to bottom	Slides
30th Oct	George Martin	The Boeing 747	Slides

6th Nov	David Pratt	A Taste of Spain	Slides
13th Nov	John Holroyd	Why go Abroad?	Slides
20th Nov	Sharon Brown	Rehabilitation Nursing	Slides
27th Nov	David Aldred	Nidderdale Yesterday	Slides

4th Dec	Rev. Jennifer Lund	Not the Vicar of Dibley!	Talk
11th Dec	Carols with Sutton County Primary School
18th Dec	David Hoyle	Yorkshire Dialect	Talk

8th Jan	Michael Jackson	Corsica	Slides
15th Jan	Geoff Queen	Quiz - Around Britain	Slides
22nd Jan	Tony Rostron	Beautiful Britain	Slides
29th Jan	Rev. Graham Kidman	The Music of John Philip Sousa	Talk

5th Feb	Jean Kendrew	Turkish Delights	Slides
12th Feb	Hilda Harrison and Friends	A Musical Morning	Music
19th Feb	Stuart James	Transports of Delight	Slides
26th Feb	Terry Slocombe	The Lighter Side of the Law	Talk

4th Mar	Michael Scarborough	With Open Eyes	Slides
11th Mar	Michael Edmondson	At the Bottom of your Garden	Talk
18th Mar	Frank Pedley	The Music in my Life	Talk
25th Mar	EASTER	NO MEETING

1st Apr	A. G. M.	COME AND HAVE YOUR SAY


Programme of speakers for 2006/2007

3rd Oct	Pat Clarke	Listed Buildings of Bradford and Leeds	Slides
10th Oct	David Pratt	Corsica - A mountain in the sea	Slides
17th Oct	John Holroyd	Narrow Gauge Nicities	Slides
24th Oct	Brian Jordan	History of Big Bands and Dance Bands	Talk
31st Oct	Philip Wholley	Equador & the Galapagos Islands	Slides

7th Nov	Maurice Baron	Britain in Bloom	Slides
14th Nov	Alan Hemsworth
21st Nov	Stanley Firth	Billy the Kid and New Mexico	Slides
28th Nov	Alan Bradbury

5th Dec	David Aldred	Washburn Valley Landscapes	Slides
12th Dec	Carols with Sutton County Primary School
18th Dec	Michael Jackson

2nd Jan	Geoff Queen	From God's own country to God's own country	Talk
9th Jan	Ian Dewhirst	20th Century Military Life	Talk
16th Jan	Peter Holt		Slides
23rd Jan	Hilda Harrison and Friends		Music
30th Jan	Ian Lockwood	Editor - Craven Herald	Talk

6th Feb	Jean Kendrew	Kazurkistan	Slides
13th Feb	David Proctor	Sliding around the UK	Slides
20th Feb	Elaine Beresford	My Poetry	Talk
27th Feb	Paul Kenny	Yorkshire Curiosities	Slides

6th Mar	Peter Rhodes	North Beck	Slides
13th Mar	Rosemund Mitchell	A Love affair with the milkman	Talk
20th Mar	Alan Foster	It's all Greek to me	Slides
27th Mar	Eric Ainsworth

2nd Apr	A. G. M.


Programme of speakers for 2005/2006

4th October	John Holroyd	Britain by Rail	Slides
11th October	Brian Davis	The English are best	Talk
18th October	Mike Baumber	Haworth	Talk
25th October	Mabel Foster	Eyes at my feet	Talk

1st November	David Russell	Bordering Wales	Slides
8th November	Geoff Queen	Dam Yangtzi	Slides
15th November	Alan Hemsworth	The problem with words	Talk
22nd November	Peter Holt		Slides
29th November	David Pratt	Egypt: Gift of the Nile	Slides

6th December	David Aldred	Bolton Bridge to Grassington	Slides
13th December	Carols wih Sutton Primary School
20th December	Allan Holmes JP	Oakworth	Talk

3rd January	Paul Kenny	On Location 2	Slides
10th January	Rod Fisher	An Englishman's House is his Castle	Talk
17th January	Rev Michael Cowgill	Sudan	Slides
24th January	Hilda Harrison & Friends
31st January	John Goodfellow	Skipton Building Society	Talk

7th February	Jean Kendrew	Picos de Europe	Slides
14th February	George Martin		Slides
21st February	Frank Pedley	Cruising the Elbe	Slides
28th February	Alan Bradbury	Here, there, you tell me where	Slides

7th March	Peter Brown		Slides
14th March	Michael Scarborough		Slides
21st March	Alec Aspinall	My Life in the Navy	Talk
28th March	John Walker	Switzerland	Slides