Directory of Previous Talks

At the age of 6 in 1945, Jannina and her mother set off from Poznan in Poland to escape the oppression of the Soviets who through the turmoil of the war had now occupied her country. Her father had already left and walked to Greece and then got to England to join the RAF. The … Read more

Linda is the Labour M.E.P. for this area and gave of her time to try and explain to us the working of the European Parliament – something of a challenge in just 40 minutes. Nonetheless the talk stimulated some quite heated discussion and it was a shame she had to catch a train to Brussels … Read more

A lifelong farrier and a Fellow of the Worshipful Company of Farriers for some 6 years, Doug spoke of the work of this most important of professions in the care of hooved animals. He brought along a selection of shoes for horses from shires to race horses. In telling some amusing tales of his working … Read more

Fascinated to discover the secret of life, some 30 members listened intently to Adrian. The early mention of Watson and Crick soon has us realising that we were on the DNA trail! The amazing discovery by these two scientists at the Cavendish Laboratories in Cambridge back in 1953 revolutionised many aspects of our daily lives … Read more

After such a build-up to his appearance it was always possible that we might have been disappointed. It was matter of minutes into his tales that we realised that there was no fear of that! A great raconteur and speaker who clearly has an innate ability to bring to life the stories he relates – … Read more

It is almost a year since Trevor entertained us with his memories of the people he has interviewed at the Empire Palace theatre in Sheffield and today was , in a way, a continuation of his talk. He told us about two larger than life characters who were poles apart and yet were good friends. … Read more