Events
Committee Meetings
These are held on the first Tuesday each month at 1.30pm at the Gloucester Guildhall in the George Hunt Room.
Monthly Meetings
These are held on the 4th Monday each month, with the talk starting at 2.15pm in Brunswick Baptist Church on Southgate Street - this venue is available from 1.15pm so that members can socialise before the meeting begins. This event is open to all members.
When the 4th Monday is a Bank Holiday, the meeting is held on the third Monday or the fifth Monday as appropriate'.
Annual General Meeting will be held in the Guildhall, Eastgate Street.
"Subs & Clubs" meeting is when as many Group Leaders attend to present their activities and to speak to the members who attend to encourage and/or invite new members to join.
This meeting is also when new membership cards can be picked up (if already paid in advance) and the payment of new or renewal of memberships.
ONLY CHEQUES PLEASE - NO CASH.
This meeting is also held at the Guildhall, Eastgate Street. This event is open to all members.
| Dates for your Diary | ||
|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | ||
| Fri Dec 13th | Table Tennis | Usual Session |
| Sun Dec 15th | Lunching with Friends | 12.30pm Brickhampton Court, GL2 9QF |
| Mon Dec 16th | Meeting | "Gurkha Welfare Trust presentation", Brigadier Jackman. |
| Mon Dec 16th | Badminton | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 16th | Folk Dancing | Usual Session (Xmas Party Dance) |
| Mon Dec 16th | Mah Jong | --Christmas Break-- |
| Mon Dec 16th | Recorders | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 16th | Folk Band | Gig @ Bonhanam Day Centre, 1.45 for 2.00 |
| Mon Dec 16th | Bridge Improvers | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 17th | Chess | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 17th | Book Club 2 | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 17th | Walking Football | --Christmas Break-- |
| Tue Dec 17th | Craft | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 17th | Family History | 10.00am and 2.00pm |
| Wed Dec 18th | Bridge | Usual Session |
| Wed Dec 18th | Travel | Christmas Break |
| Thu Dec 19th | Circle Dancing | 3rd Thursday. Merry Christmas. |
| Thu Dec 19th | Bridge: Evening | Usual Session |
| Thu Dec 19th | Table Tennis: Beginners | Usual Session |
| Fri Dec 20th | Walkers (Fridays) | Walk Leader Required. |
| Fri Dec 20th | Table Tennis | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 23rd | Badminton | --Christmas Break-- |
| Mon Dec 23rd | French (Improvers) | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 23rd | German (Improvers) | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 23rd | Folk Band | -- Christmas break -- |
| Mon Dec 23rd | Bridge Improvers | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 24th | German (Intermediate) | Christmas Holiday |
| Tue Dec 24th | BELLYBOLLYHULA and FUN | Christmas Break |
| Tue Dec 24th | Scrabble | Christmas Break |
| Tue Dec 24th | Play Reading 1 | Christmas Break |
| Tue Dec 24th | Walking Football | --Christmas Break-- |
| Wed Dec 25th | Bridge | Christmas Break |
| Wed Dec 25th | Walkers (Wednesdays) | NO WALK. Christmas Break |
| Wed Dec 25th | French (Conversation) | Christmas Holiday |
| Wed Dec 25th | Ten Pin Bowling | Christmas Break |
| Thu Dec 26th | Italian 1, Conversation | Christmas Break |
| Thu Dec 26th | Play Reading 2 | Christmas Break |
| Thu Dec 26th | Bridge: Evening | Christmas Break |
| Thu Dec 26th | Table Tennis: Beginners | --Christmas Break-- |
| Fri Dec 27th | Table Tennis | Usual Session |
| Fri Dec 27th | Understanding Art | Christmas Break |
| Mon Dec 30th | Badminton | --Christmas Break-- |
| Mon Dec 30th | Folk Band | -- Christmas break -- |
| Mon Dec 30th | Bridge Improvers | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 31st | Local History | Christmas Break |
| Tue Dec 31st | Walking Football | --Christmas Break-- |
| January 2020 | ||
| Mon Jan 6th | Recorders | Usual Session |
| Mon Jan 6th | Folk Band | -- Christmas break -- |
| Tue Jan 7th | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Wed Jan 8th | Horticulture | Party at Longford Village Hall |
| Thu Jan 9th | Archaeology | "Stroud Workhouse - A Danger to Sick People" by Chas Townley |
| Mon Jan 13th | Folk Band | TAF resumes |
| Tue Jan 14th | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Wed Jan 15th | Travel | Peru - Land of the Incas by Ray Sturdy |
| Sun Jan 19th | Lunching with Friends | Aroma, 69 Southgate Street, GL1 1TX |
| Tue Jan 21st | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Thu Jan 23rd | Theatre | "The Croft" - Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham |
| Mon Jan 27th | Meeting | "Solo walk across Africa", Fran Sandham. |
| Tue Jan 28th | Local History | Three Poets, The Chosen Trio - An Enigma, The Nightwalker and The Distributionist - Tony Condor |
| Tue Jan 28th | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Wed Jan 29th | Theatre | "Blithe Spirit" - Malvern Theatre |
| Thu Jan 30th | Steam Railways | 2.30pm - David Aldred - Railways in Gloucestershire West of the River Severn pre 1960's at the Guildhall |
| February 2020 | ||
| Wed Feb 5th | Horticulture | Gloucester City Parks by Mark Graham |
| Thu Feb 13th | Archaeology | "Landscape Legacy of the Normans" by Alan Pilbeam |
| Sun Feb 16th | Lunching with Friends | High Orchard, 2 St. Annes Way, GL2 5FZ |
| Wed Feb 19th | Travel | Iberia Idyll by Nigel Thompson |
| Mon Feb 24th | Meeting | "Folklore and more", Adrian James. |
| Tue Feb 25th | Local History | Gloucestershire Suffragettes and Know Your Place - Sue Jones www.kypwest.org.uk/gloucestershire |
| March 2020 | ||
| Sun Mar 1st | Folk Band | Possible gig @ Llanthony Secunda Priory |
| Wed Mar 4th | Horticulture | A Look at Members' Gardens |
| Thu Mar 5th | Theatre | "Band of Gold" - Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham |
| Thu Mar 12th | Archaeology | Study Visit to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
| Sun Mar 15th | Lunching with Friends | The Fountain Inn, 53 Westgate Street, GL1 2NW |
| Wed Mar 18th | Travel | Yellowstone National Park by Paul Willerton |
| Mon Mar 23rd | Meeting | "Passports, Assassins, Traitors & Spies", Martin Lloyd. |
| Tue Mar 31st | Local History | Gloucester People, Gloucester Places - Phil Moss |
| April 2020 | ||
| Mon Apr 27th | Meeting | "Natures Poisoners", Lynda Warren. |
| Tue Apr 28th | Local History | 'The work of the John Moore Museum' by Simon Lawton, the Curator |
| Thu Apr 30th | Theatre | "A Bunch of Amateurs" - Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham |
| May 2020 | ||
| Wed May 6th | Horticulture | Study Visit to Bowood House, Gardens and Rhododendron Walks |
| Tue May 26th | Local History | 'Roman olive oil imports - The supply of olive oil to the Roman Garrison at Gloucester', Dr Graham Barton. Graham is Hon General Secretary to Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. The CAG symposium will be held at Oxstalls Campus, University of Gloucestershire in Longlevens. Saturday 21 March, 2020 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. £15.00 |
| June 2020 | ||
| Tue Jun 30th | Local History | 'The history of Gloucester Castle' by Andrew Armstrong, Gloucester City Archaeologist. |