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“It only hurts when I laugh (NHS Life)”
“2 Pensioners, 6 Months in Jordan.
“What the Dickens”
“Eugene Aram -
“Around the World in 80 Foods”
“Peenemunde Secret Project”
“The Military History of Ripon”
“Moravian Women”
“History of the Stray”
“Harrogate Homeless“
“Sagaland -
“The Goon Show Preservation Society”
“Some Old and Odd Inventions”
“Boston Spa from Hamlet to Spa”
“Atmospheric Pollution”
“Fungus Hunting in Yorkshire”
“Bridging the Gap ”
“North Yorkshire Rotters”
“Ancient’s Foray into a Digital World”
“My Wives and Other Stories”
“Women on Tap”
“Desperately Seeking Gertrude (Bell)”
“Blue Stocking -
“Trekking to Petra”
“Monaco -
“John Hartley -
“Typewriters, Technology and Tea”
“The Shipping Forecast”
2026/27 AGM
Jeff Jacklin
Tony Fennerty
Chris Cade
Alex de Gier
Catherine Taggert
Malcolm Brooke
Guy Wilson
Mary Holmes
Paul Jennings
Richard Cooper
Hannah Armstrong
Chris Smith
Peter Rix
Lesley Newnham
Prof. Alistair Lewis
Jenny Sergeant
Paul Haywood
Jeff Coates
Brian Pentelow
Tim Forman
Rachael Auyu
Paul Kirkwood
Glennis Whyte
Wendy Lill
Graham Read
Rodney Dimbleby
Neil Lancaster
Martin Lunn
Talks Programme
The Wisdom of the Great and Good....
“Things are more like they are now than they have ever been”
Gerald Ford
“A zebra does not change its spots!
Al Gore
“The end is in sight to the severe weather shortage”
Ian Macaskill
(BBC weather forecaster)
“It’s clearly a budget. It’s got a lot of numbers in it”
and
“They misunderestimate me”
George W Bush
“When your back is against the wall, there’s only one thing to do.
Turn round and fight”
(Think about it!)
John Major
Our New Year Buffet Lunch will be held on the 14th January 2027