PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS FOR 2009-2010

To be held at 1430h at the Botley Baptist Church Hall

 

DATES     SPEAKER          SUBJECT

2009

14 September     Ivan Wright         Bumbles, Cuckoos and Solitares – the Bees

28 September     Peter Crumpton         The Social History of the Potteries

12 October      Phillip Pullman         What stories are made of

26 October   Mary Stableford       My friend Mr. Lowry – his paintings and life

09 November     John Robinson         The Gunpowder Plot – a family perspective

23 November     Neill Rowe         Send a Cow

December     Christmas Lunch – date to be announced

2010

11 January     Eda Forbes         The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques scheme

25 January     Martin Way         Roses and Castles

08 February     Colin Oakes         Pepys – Plague and Fire

22 February     Anu Prashar         Trading Standards – what you need to know

08 March     Wendy Black         Southwest China

22 March     Amanda Wood       Klondike – the last great gold rush

12 April     Jill Carey         Our worldwide gardens

26 April     Liz Woolley         The parish of St. Thomas’, West Oxford

10 May     James Mitchell       The Magic of Music

24 May     Serena Quartermain       Reynolds and Gainsborough

14 June     Tim Healey         The Green Man

28 June     Jackie Sherman       Writing your Autobiography

July       Summer Lunch – date to be announced

 

 

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