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Our Programme

 

Our forthcoming lunches are as follows:

 

  • Wednesday 13 Nov 2024:    Club Lunch,  Speaker William Avenell "Climate Change"
  • Wednesday 11th Dec 2024:    Christmas Club Lunch. Speaker Neil Sadler “Almost Death in Parkadise“.

 

  • Wednesday 15th January 2025:   Club Lunch, Speaker Ian Everest "Tales from Sussex Downs". 
  • Wednesday 12th February 2025:   Club Lunch, Speaker Phillipa Tillyer "Living The Dream".
  • Wednesday 12th March 2025:  Club Lunch, Speaker Kathryn Ferry. "Beach Huts". 
  • Wednesday 9th April 2025:    Club Lunch, Richard Ratcliffe  -  Entertainer
  • Wednesday 12th May 2025:    Club Lunch, Speaker James Dickinson "Dover Castle".
  • Wednesday 11th June 2025:    Club Lunch, AGM No speaker.


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 Our recent lunches took place on:

  • ​Wednesday 11th January 2023: Club Lunch, Speaker Brian Freeland on  “ View from the Wings“.
  • Wednesday 8th February 2023: Club Lunch, Speaker Gerry Larner on  “ The Rise and Fall of a Crawley Engineering Company“.
  • Wednesday 8th March 2023:     Club Lunch, Engaging talk given by one of our members, Peter Nilsson, reflecting on his fascinating career.
  • Wednesday 13th April 2023:      Ladies Invitation Lunch,  Richard Ratcliffe - Entertainer.
  • Wednesday 10th May 2023:       Club Lunch, Speaker Michael Smith on “ Tom Crean Unsung Hero”.
  • Wednesday 14th June 2023:      Club Lunch, AGM.
  • Wednesday 9th August 2023:  Club Lunch, Speaker Ian Gledhill “ Trams Transport for the Masses“.
  • Wednesday 13th September 2023:   Club Lunch, Speaker Gavin Jamieson “ Jumbo Edwards“.
  • Wednesday 11th October 2023:    Club Lunch, Speaker Richard Ratcliffe  “ From Hollywood to Cricklewood“.
  • Wednesday 8th November 2023:     Club Lunch, Speaker Neil Sadler  “ Tales from the Clink”.
  • Wednesday 13th December 2023:    Christmas Lunch, Jo Kember  -  Entertainer.​
  • Wednesday 10th January 2024:    Club Lunch, Speaker William Avenell  “ Why did I not Concentrate on Geography”.
  • Wednesday 14th February 2024:     Club Lunch, Speaker Gerry Larner  “ Milk“.
  • Wednesday 13th March 2024:    Club Lunch, Speaker James Dickinson  “ Henry III and The Battle of Lewes”​.
  • Wednesday 10th April 2024:    Club Lunch, Richard Ratcliffe  -  Entertainer.
  • Wednesday 8th May 2024:     Club Lunch, Speaker Jacqueline Aviolet  “ History of the Victoria Sponge Cake”.
  • Wednesday 12th June 2024:    Club Lunch, AGM No speaker.
  • Wednesday 10th July 2024:    Club Lunch, Speaker  Bill McNaught "Buffalo Bill and Queen Victoria."​
  • Wednesday 14th August 2024:   Club Lunch, Speaker Frances Gorman "St Catherine’s Hospice".
  • Wednesday 11th Sept: Club Lunch, Speaker Ian Worley "My Sailing Exploits".
  • Wednesday 9th Oct 2024:   Club Lunch, Speaker Michelle King. "Food & Drink" - on traditional Sussex fare.

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  • Our annual 2024 holiday was held at Cricket St Thomas, a regency mansion perfectly framed by 160 acres of lush gardens in a West Country oasis. It was a most enjoyable holiday, enriched with outings to Bath and Wells Cathedral.

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