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BOURNEMOUTH AND BEYOND DISCOVERY GROUP

 

Autumn Programme 2023

 

DATE

TALK TITLE

SPEAKER

3rd Oct

Richard III and his mother

Charles Rees

10th Oct

Life in Myanmar

Land of golden pagodas

Valerie Young

17th Oct

Internet and telephone security

Ian Schulz

24TH Oct

The Iconic QE2 Story

Steve Herra

31st Oct

Exploring the South Island of New Zealand

Rosemary Legrand

7th Nov

Who shot JFK

(60th anniversary this year)

Richard Hutley

14th Nov

‘The man in Black’  The Johnny Cash Story

Chris Walker

21st Nov

Annual Lunch

 

29th Nov

AGM

 
     

 

 

Spring programme 2023

January  

31st     David Beardsley       “Russell Cotes – The Story of the Victorian Villa”.

 

February

7th        David Warhurst        “Cockle Trail Plaques of Old Poole”.   

14th      Steve Roberts           “Hengisbury Head”.             

21st       Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue   “Fire Safety in the Home”.

28th      Kay Townsend          “Fairgrounds at War 1939-45”.

  

March

7th        Nick Hiscocks            “History of Christchurch, Westbourne”.

14th      Jackie Winter             “Exploring West Dorset”.

21st       Nick Saunders           “The SOE in WW2 and the training of secret agents in

                                                  Beaulieu”.

28th      Suzanne Kempe         “The New Forest, shaped by ancient tradition of

                                                  commoning”.

 

 

Autumn Programme 2022

October


4th    Joanna Gardiner       Dogs Saving Lives  ‘Super Sniffers’


11th    Mike Webber            From Atlanta to Niagara 


18th    Ian Schulz                 The Namib and the Kalahari 


25th    Brian Margetson       Planes and boats and Trains  ‘Two hundred years of channel
Crossings’

November


1st       Lunch


8th      Brian and Jacqueline Sutton     Duke of Monmouth 

 

15th    Gez Mellers                                Forensics ‘facts and fiction’ 


22nd    Rosemary Legrand                  Exploring the South Island of New Zealand Talk Cancelled

 

29th     Ron Taylor                                 Islands of the Western Med 


December


6th         AGM

                    

 

Previous Programmes

Spring Programme 2022

 

January

25th      David Warhurst     Cockle Trail Plaques around Old Poole         

 

February

1st        Kay Townsend           My life on the Fairground                              

8th        Colin van Geffen       Airfields of the New Forest                            

                  

February

15th        Eileen Rawlings       Brownsea Open Air Theatre                          

22nd      Jean Sutton               Like Father, like Daughter: Russians in Tuckton Part 2       

                 

March

1st        Philip Browne             Sticks and Stones : The trial of John Brake (1850)                     

8th        David Beardsley         Russell Cotes: The Story of the Victorian Villa                           

15th       Stuart Morris              Royal Navy in Dorset Part 2                         

22nd    Jane Ferentzi-Shepherd    The Digby Family                                

29th      Keith Mitchell               Update on Local Hospitals      

 

Autumn programme 2021

October

19th       Rosemary Lagrand        Exploring the North Island of New Zealand

26th      Chris Walker                An Introduction to the Great American Songbook

November 

5th       Group Lunch             Details to Follow

9th       Richard Hutley           Policing Past and Present

16th     Neil Meldrum              The Enigmatic Ancient Maya    

23rd     Jacqueline and Brian Sutton    ‘It started with a kiss…….the life and times of Dylan Thomas’   

November

30th       AGM

Meetings held at Richmond Hill St Andrews Church Hall, St Stephen’s Road, Bournemouth  BH2 6JJ  7.30 to 9.15PM

Fees:  Reduced from £20 to £10 for this term, or £4 per meeting.  Refreshments 30p.

 

SPRING  PROGRAMME  2021

Due to current Restrictions the Spring Programme 2021 and Annual Lunch has been postponed.

Richmond Hill Church Hall,  St Stephens Road,
Bournemouth  BH2 6JJ      7.30 – 9.15pm

January
26th  David Warhurst                   Cockle Trail Plaques around Old Poole

February
2nd Kay Townsend                        My Life on the Fairground

9th Colin van Geffen                      Airfields of the New Forest

16th Paul Sturgess                        Coast to Countryside

23rd Jean Sutton                            Like Father, Like Daughter, Russians in Tuckton  (Part 2)

March
2nd Philip Browne                         Five Houses in Fordington (Dorchester) Through Time

9th David Beardsley                      Russell Cotes    The Story of the Victorian Villa

16th Stuart Morris                          Royal Navy in Dorset – Part 2

23rd Jane Ferentzi-Shepherd       The Digby Family

 

Dependent on Coronavirus Restrictions
Enquiries to:
John Jones, BBDG Co-Chairman,
01202 521754

 

SPRING  TERM  2020

January

21st Paul Miles                 Origins of Bournemouth                 

28th Stephen Robson       Hon Charles Rolls         

      

February

4th Mike Andrews                 Mudeford                           

11th Jackie Winter            Boots Libraries                           

18th David Jenkin            Vernon Maitland – Excelsior Holidays 1958-1997

25th Social Evening     

                

March   

3rd Stuart Bacon                          Landmark Trust in Dorset                   

10th Jean Sutton                          Russians in Tuckton

Due to health advice, the remaining talks were postponed until 2021.                      

17th David Beardsley                  Russell Cotes – The Story of the Victorian Villa                     

24th Stuart Morris                        Royal Navy in Dorset – Part 2          

31st Jane Ferentzi-Shepherd      The Digby Family              

                 

Autumn programme 2019

October

1st         Duncan Gee                The Isles of Scilly  ‘ A subtropical haven’, Felicity Woodhead.

8th           Julia Freeman            Twenty Five Years at Wimbledon

15th       Bryan Pinchen           More Strange Bizarre and True tales  from the natural world            

22nd      Penny and Damien Buckley   The Way to Santiago   

29th       Dave McCormack       Cold War Berlin 1945-61

 

November  

 

8th         Annual Lunch

12th        James Feaver               The Magic of Mushrooms 

19th        Mike Gallagher             A Magic Lantern Show – Life in Victorian London 

26th        Mike Webber                Amazing Andalusia

 

December   


3rd          AGM

Meetings held at Richmond Hill St Andrews Church Hall, St Stephen’s Road, Bournemouth  BH2 6JJ  7.30 to 9.15PM

Fees:  £20 per term, or £4 per meeting.  Refreshments 30p.

 

Winter 2019  Programme

January

22nd               Paul Sturgess                     Dorset of Old

29th               Eileen Barker                     Women of Science,  Politics & Art 

 

February

5th                   Andrew Burn                     History of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 

2th                  Mike Brooke                       Alfred Russel Wallace – The Poole Years 

19th                Colin van Geffen                Calshot 

26th                Social Evening

 

 

March

5th                     Brian Jackson                   Bournemouth’s Paddle Steamers    

12th                   Bonnie Sartin                     Musical Heritage of  Thomas Hardy             

19th                   Peter Stanier                      Dorset Watermills 

26th                   Stuart Morris                     Royal Navy  –  Part 2     

 

April

2nd                    Hattie Miles                         Life as a Photojournalist

 

Meetings held at Richmond Hill St Andrews Church Hall, St Stephen’s Road, Bournemouth  BH2 6JJ  7.30 to 9.15

Fees:  £20 per term, or £4 per meeting.  Refreshments 30p.

 

 

Talks: September – November 2018

September

18th        Phoebe Merrick       Romsey Prisoner of War Camp

25th        Rob Curtis                 Inner Sanctums, Private Business – A Social History of Sanitation

 

October

2nd        Valerie Young           The Social History of Bletchley Park

9th         Tony Bennett            Letter from America ‘ How Washington Works

16th       John Combes           Cyprus Naturally

23rd      Charles Miller           Changing Energy Sources – Options for Today and Tomorrow

 

November

2nd       Annual Lunch

6th        Mike Read                 The Falklands – Islands of Kings, Tyrants & Giants

13th      John Heighes           Jobs for the Girls

20th      Ian Schultz                An Alternative Christmas –Exploring Wildlife in Nicaragua

27th      AGM

 

 Talks: January – March  2018

January
16th           Steve Roberts                Gordon Selfridge

23rd           Mike Brooke                  Charles Darwin’s ‘rival’, Alfred Russel Wallace – The Poole Years

30th           Kathy McNally              The Golden Age of Piracy 1680-1720  

 

February
6th           David Warhurst             Studland & Poole’s part in D-Day

13th        Stuart Morris                 Royal Navy in Dorset

20th        Chris Harris                 Transport of Delight – moreBus & its forerunners                                                                

27th        Jeremy Waters             The Flying Boats of Poole Harbour 1939 – 1948

 

March

6th              Nick Saunders               A Walk through New Milton

13th           Howard Nicholls          Poole Pottery

20th           Social Evening