Programme
Monthly Meetings
Our meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month (except December when we meet on the 2nd Tuesday) at the Knowle Masonic Centre.
We meet from 12 noon for an informal chat and a drink before sitting down to lunch at 12.30 which is followed by a talk from a visiting speaker.
2026 Programme
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| DATE | TALK | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 20 January 2026 | Oh What a Bostin War Quintin Watt Mobilisation and recruitment in the Black Country in 1914 | |
| Tuesday 17 February 2026 | What a Curry On Andy Munro Birmingham curry houses and the rise of the Balti | |
| Tuesday 17 March 2026 | Oh those Earls of Warwick Trevor Langley A glimpse into their lives over the last 1100 years | |
| Tuesday 21 April 2026 | Sixty Years of Change Jill Kashi Working life at Baddesley Clinton 1923-1980 | |
| Tuesday 19 May 2026 | 1346: Crecy Dr Gillian White The story of the campaign and battle | |
| Tuesday 16 June 2026 | Annual General Meeting | |
| Tuesday 21 July 2026 | Summer Lunch: From Folk Remedies to Pharmacy Marie Fogg Various folk and herbal remedies from medieval to Victorian times | |
| Tuesday 18 August 2026 | The Workings of Birmingham Airport Andy Holding A look at our local airport | |
| Tuesday 15 September 2026 | Brum Rocked Peter Walker A look back at pop groups from Birmingham emerging in the sixties and seventies | |
| Tuesday 20 October 2026 | The French Resistance Robert Pike Resistance in the Second World War | |
| Tuesday 17 November 2026 | Airships – Then and Now Tony Bray Development of airships from first development to modern times | |
| Tuesday 8 December 2026 | Christmas Lunch – The Christmas Radio Times Robert Mee A look back at the Christmas Magazine for radio and television |