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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | ||
| Wed Oct 23rd | Bridge | Usual Session |
| Wed Oct 23rd | Walkers (Wednesdays) | Usual Session. Details in Autumn Newsletter (Oct-Dec 2019) |
| Wed Oct 23rd | French (Conversation) | Usual Session |
| Wed Oct 23rd | Ten Pin Bowling | Usual Session |
| Thu Oct 24th | Art | Usual Session |
| Thu Oct 24th | Theatre | Peter Pan Goes Wrong - Everyman, Cheltenham |
| Thu Oct 24th | Italian 1, Conversation | Usual Session |
| Thu Oct 24th | Play Reading 2 | Usual Session |
| Thu Oct 24th | Bridge: Evening | Usual Session |
| Thu Oct 24th | Table Tennis: Beginners | Usual Session |
| Fri Oct 25th | Choir | Usual Session |
| Fri Oct 25th | Table Tennis | Usual Session |
| Fri Oct 25th | Electronics | Usual Session |
| Fri Oct 25th | Understanding Art | Usual Session |
| Mon Oct 28th | Meeting | "The Abbeyfield Gloucester Society", Michael Beacon. |
| Mon Oct 28th | Badminton | Usual Session |
| Mon Oct 28th | French (Improvers) | Usual Session |
| Mon Oct 28th | German (Improvers) | Usual Session |
| Mon Oct 28th | Folk Band | Gig @ Richmond Painswick Retirement Village |
| Mon Oct 28th | Bridge Improvers | Usual Session |
| Tue Oct 29th | Local History | Fielding & Platt - an innovative Gloucester engineering firm - Dr Stephen Mills |
| Tue Oct 29th | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Wed Oct 30th | Bridge | Usual Session |
| Thu Oct 31st | Art | Usual Session |
| Thu Oct 31st | Bridge: Evening | Usual Session |
| Thu Oct 31st | Table Tennis: Beginners | Usual Session |
| November 2019 | ||
| Fri Nov 1st | Table Tennis | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 4th | Badminton | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 4th | Walkers (Mondays) | Usual Session. Details in Autumn Newsletter (Oct-Dec 2019) |
| Mon Nov 4th | Folk Dancing | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 4th | Mah Jong | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 4th | Recorders | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 4th | Folk Band | Bishop's Cleeve return match (Lonsdale Rd) |
| Mon Nov 4th | Bridge Improvers | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 4th | Mexican Train | Usual Session Continuation of this Group to be Advised by Group Leader |
| Tue Nov 5th | Meeting | Committee Meeting |
| Tue Nov 5th | Chess | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 5th | Talking of Books | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 5th | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Wed Nov 6th | Bridge | Usual Session |
| Wed Nov 6th | Horticulture | "All year round garden" with Frank Hardy |
| Wed Nov 6th | Piano Duets | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 7th | Art | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 7th | Cryptic Crosswords | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 7th | Circle Dancing | 1st Thursday |
| Thu Nov 7th | Bridge: Evening | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 7th | Table Tennis: Beginners | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 8th | Choir | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 8th | Table Tennis | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 8th | History of Science | Usual Session |
| Sun Nov 10th | Lunching with Friends | NB: Change of Date. Cote Brasserie. Gloucester Quays, GL1 5SH |
| Mon Nov 11th | Badminton | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 11th | Humour | Suspended until further notice |
| Mon Nov 11th | Crime Book Club | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 11th | French (Improvers) | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 11th | German (Improvers) | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 11th | Folk Band | session @ Lonsdale Rd (Christmas Programme) |
| Mon Nov 11th | Bridge Improvers | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 11th | Singing Together | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 12th | German (Intermediate) | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 12th | BELLYBOLLYHULA and FUN | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 12th | Enjoying Music | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 12th | Enjoying Music | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 12th | Scrabble | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 12th | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Wed Nov 13th | Bridge | Usual Session |
| Wed Nov 13th | French (Conversation) | Usual Session |
| Wed Nov 13th | Ten Pin Bowling | Usual Session |
| Wed Nov 13th | Theatre | Ten Times Table - Malvern |
| Thu Nov 14th | Archaeology | "Dr. Edward Jenner" by David Smith |
| Thu Nov 14th | Art | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 14th | Italian 1, Conversation | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 14th | Bridge: Evening | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 14th | Table Tennis: Beginners | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 15th | Walkers (Fridays) | Usual Session. Details in Autumn Newsletter (Oct-Dec 2019) |
| Fri Nov 15th | Choir | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 15th | Table Tennis | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 18th | Badminton | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 18th | Folk Dancing | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 18th | Mah Jong | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 18th | Recorders | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 18th | Folk Band | session @ Lonsdale Rd (Christmas Programme) |
| Mon Nov 18th | Bridge Improvers | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 19th | Chess | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 19th | Book Club 2 | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 19th | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 19th | Craft | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 19th | Family History | 10.00am and 2.00pm |
| Wed Nov 20th | Bridge | Usual Session |
| Wed Nov 20th | Travel | Winter Social - Guildhall |
| Thu Nov 21st | Art | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 21st | Circle Dancing | 3rd Thursday |
| Thu Nov 21st | Bridge: Evening | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 21st | Table Tennis: Beginners | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 22nd | Choir | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 22nd | Recorders | Evening - Christmas music at English Martyrs RC Church, Tuffley, Gloucester |
| Fri Nov 22nd | Table Tennis | Usual Session |
| Sat Nov 23rd | Folk Band | Christmas Fayre, Quedgeley |
| Mon Nov 25th | Meeting | "Tudor Bishops of Worcester - Saints, Sinners, Heretics & Refugees", Philip Bowen. |
| Mon Nov 25th | Badminton | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 25th | French (Improvers) | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 25th | German (Improvers) | Usual Session |
| Mon Nov 25th | Folk Band | Gig @ "Gloucester Life Changes" (venue tbc) |
| Mon Nov 25th | Bridge Improvers | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 26th | Local History | A History of Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Gloucestershire (celebrating 30 years of Nature in Art) - Simon Trapnell |
| Tue Nov 26th | German (Intermediate) | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 26th | BELLYBOLLYHULA and FUN | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 26th | Scrabble | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 26th | Play Reading 1 | Usual Session |
| Tue Nov 26th | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Wed Nov 27th | Bridge | Usual Session |
| Wed Nov 27th | Walkers (Wednesdays) | Usual Session. Details in Autumn Newsletter (Oct-Dec 2019) |
| Wed Nov 27th | French (Conversation) | Usual Session |
| Wed Nov 27th | Ten Pin Bowling | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 28th | Art | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 28th | Italian 1, Conversation | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 28th | Play Reading 2 | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 28th | Bridge: Evening | Usual Session |
| Thu Nov 28th | Table Tennis: Beginners | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 29th | Choir | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 29th | Table Tennis | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 29th | Electronics | Usual Session |
| Fri Nov 29th | Understanding Art | Usual Session |
| December 2019 | ||
| Mon Dec 2nd | Badminton | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 2nd | Walkers (Mondays) | Usual Session. Details in Autumn Newsletter (Oct-Dec 2019) |
| Mon Dec 2nd | Folk Dancing | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 2nd | Mah Jong | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 2nd | Recorders | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 2nd | Folk Band | session @ Lonsdale Rd maybe cancelled |
| Mon Dec 2nd | Bridge Improvers | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 3rd | Meeting | Committee Meeting |
| Tue Dec 3rd | Chess | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 3rd | Talking of Books | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 3rd | Folk Band | possible gig at Enjoying Music (am) |
| Tue Dec 3rd | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Wed Dec 4th | Bridge | Usual Session |
| Wed Dec 4th | Horticulture | "Gardening for Wildlife" with Helen Mugridge |
| Wed Dec 4th | Piano Duets | Usual Session |
| Thu Dec 5th | Art | Usual Session |
| Thu Dec 5th | Cryptic Crosswords | Usual Session |
| Thu Dec 5th | Circle Dancing | 1st Thursday |
| Thu Dec 5th | Bridge: Evening | Usual Session |
| Thu Dec 5th | Table Tennis: Beginners | Usual Session |
| Fri Dec 6th | Choir | Meeting at St. Mary de Crypt |
| Fri Dec 6th | Table Tennis | Usual Session |
| Fri Dec 6th | Folk Band | Gig @ Guild House, 2.15 for 2.30 |
| Fri Dec 6th | History of Science | Usual Session |
| Fri Dec 6th | Wine and Events | 12.00pm The Barge Restaurant - Christmas Lunch |
| Mon Dec 9th | Badminton | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 9th | Humour | Suspended until further notice |
| Mon Dec 9th | Crime Book Club | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 9th | French (Improvers) | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 9th | German (Improvers) | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 9th | Folk Band | possible gig @ Brockworth (am) |
| Mon Dec 9th | Bridge Improvers | Usual Session |
| Mon Dec 9th | Singing Together | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 10th | German (Intermediate) | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 10th | Choir | 10.00am St. Mary de Crypt CHRISTMAS CONCERT |
| Tue Dec 10th | BELLYBOLLYHULA and FUN | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 10th | Scrabble | Usual Session |
| Tue Dec 10th | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Wed Dec 11th | Bridge | Usual Session |
| Wed Dec 11th | French (Conversation) | Usual Session |
| Wed Dec 11th | Ten Pin Bowling | Usual Session |
| Thu Dec 12th | Archaeology | "A Tudor Christmas" by Cherry Hubbard |
| Thu Dec 12th | Art | Usual Session |
| Thu Dec 12th | Italian 1, Conversation | Usual Session |
| Thu Dec 12th | Bridge: Evening | Usual Session |
| Thu Dec 12th | Table Tennis: Beginners | Usual Session |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Tue Jan 21st | Walking Football | Usual Session |
| Thu Jan 23rd | Theatre | "The Croft" - Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 2.00pm £25.00. Closing date for bookings 30th November 2019 |
| 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 |
| February 2020 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Thu Mar 5th | Theatre | 2.00pm "Band of Gold" Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham Price: £33.00. Closing date for bookings: 13th January 2020 |
| Mon Mar 23rd | Meeting | "Passports, Assassins, Traitors & Spies", Martin Lloyd. |
| Tue Mar 31st | Local History | Phil Moss - title to be advised |
| April 2020 | ||
| Mon Apr 27th | Meeting | "Natures Poisoners", Lynda Warren. |
| Tue Apr 28th | Local History | talk to be advised |
| Thu Apr 30th | Theatre | 2.00pm "A Bunch of Amateurs" Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham Price: 26.00. Closing date for bookings: 28th February 2020 |