Here is a list of all our all our previous talks – Over 400 in total!! You can use the Search function for key words (magnifying glass in our menu).
Thank you to all the Speakers we have had over the years.
Simon, Head of the City Regeneration Team., gave us a most interesting presentation on the regeneration of the city centre around the Castlegate and Riverside Quarters. Sheffield has over 150 miles of rivers and streams and much of the history of the city is because of the river network. The historical city centre and where … Read more
Steve, a member of the Austrian Alpine Club, and a keen trekker for many years, shared with us his experience of his most recent trip to Nepal in April (2015), to reach the summit of Mera Peak, at 6476 metres high. From the summit it is possible to see 5 of the 6 highest mountains … Read more
Dr Murray commenced his talk with a couple of pictures of a) a cruise ship, and b) a prison ship the analogy being that you couldn’t escape from either! His presentation was to do with prisons which I ought to know a lot about as my niece is a prison officer at Bristol prison. However … Read more
Malcolm Dungworth is a retired Company Director who has been totally involved in logistics for the whole of his working life and is embroiled in the motor industry. At the present time he is chairman of the ‘Bamford and District History Group’ and also runs a website with Mark Denton, called ‘Vehicles Duty Of Care.’ … Read more
Our Speaker this week was a local GP who shared his experience of the Ebola crisis which was dominating the headlines only a year ago. Dr Charles Heatley has practiced Medicine for 22 years. He received his initial medical training at Glasgow University, including a year of studying tropical medicine. It was this background knowledge … Read more
John Holt is the High Sheriff of South Yorkshire. This is a high and very ancient office in the service of the Crown. His talk gave some of the history of the office and his personal experiences during his year so far as High Sheriff. John displayed an illustration of the High Sheriff of Bristol … Read more