Richmond upon Thames

Events

Meetings are normally held on the last Wednesday of each month at 2.30 pm in Clarendon Hall, York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham, TW1 3BZ. It is on bus routes 33, R68, R70, H22 and 490 (Lebanon Court bus stop)

Meetings are free to members. Visitors are welcome on payment of £2..

There will be volunteering opportunities at the monthly meetings, including meeting and greeting as well as making tea. If you are able to help, please contact Sue Wood by clicking on her name to open an email.


Dates for your Diary
March 2024
Wed Mar 20thMeetingMONTHLY MEETING at 2.30pm in Clarendon Hall, York House

AGM followed by:

Gandhi v Churchill : Triumph and Disaster at the End of the Raj by Peter Popham

While Stalin and Hitler were killing millions, a small, shy Indian, defying Churchill, relieved the British Empire of its crown jewel without so much as picking up a stone. How did Gandhi do it? What can we make of his legacy today? And why was Winston Churchill, so effective as a war leader, impotent to stop him?
Wed Mar 20thPub LunchesThe Foresters Arms
45 High Street, Hampton Wick, KT1 4DG

Meet at 12 noon..This is an informal drop-in group.

Please contact the leader Linda Gadd (by clicking on her name) if you have any questions.
April 2024
Wed Apr 24thMeeting

*NB* NO MONTHLY MEETING IN APRIL as the hall is required by the Council for use in the mayoral elections due to be held at the start of May.

May 2024
Wed May 29thMeetingMONTHLY MEETING at 2.30pm in Clarendon Hall, York House

Eddie Chapman- The Life and Crimes of Double Agent Zigzag by Paul Barwick

Paul Barwick served in the police service for 34 years, in uniform and later as an intelligence officer. His talk will reveal the true story of Eddie Chapman who worked for German intelligence and then as a double-agent for the British. He was the only British service personnel ever to receive an Iron Cross; his true story is an amazing episode in British espionage history.
June 2024
Wed Jun 26thMeetingMONTHLY MEETING at 2.30pm in Clarendon Hall, York House

The Great American Song Book by Roger Browne

Roger is a professional pianist, raconteur and singer. In his presentation he will discuss and perform music from the Great American Song Book including the works of Gershwin, Kern, Porter, Rodgers, Berlin, Carmichael, Fats Waller and others
July 2024
Wed Jul 10thTheatre Matinees & DramaI have a few spare tickets for Arthur Miller’s A View from The Bridge, Wednesday 10th July, 7.30, Theatre Royal, Haymarket.

Band A stalls tickets £50 (face value £90). Payment by 11th March please.

Dominic West stars along with Kate Fleetwood and Callum Scott Howells in Arthur Miller’s timeless masterpiece, a passionate study of one man’s place in the close knit Italian American community of 1950’s New York.

Please contact me Judy Craik by clicking on my name
Wed Jul 31stMeetingMONTHLY MEETING at 2.30pm in Clarendon Hall, York House

Burying the Ghosts by Sonia Case

Sonia talks about her late mother's escape from Nazi Germany and the subsequent events that occurred in wartime London and beyond. Locations include Berlin, North London, Richmond upon Thames and Poland. Sonia chronicled these events in a book published in September 2023 to wide critical acclaim.and it was featured in the December edition of the magazine 'Living in Richmond' because of the many Richmond locations and the interesting subject matter.
August 2024
Wed Aug 28thMeetingMONTHLY MEETING at 2.30pm in Clarendon Hall, York House

The Amazing History of Lighthouses by Mark Lewis
A general introduction to “pharology” – the study of lighthouses and other navigational aids, giving an outline from the prototype – the Pharos of Alexandria, through the evolving history of their construction, methods of illumination, operation and maintenance, the lives of the keepers, including some of the extraordinary heroic stories associated with them.