Recent Open Meetings
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2023
December | Members | A DIY Christmas Entertainment (see photos) - Ukulele, Singing for Pleasure, a short Pantomime, communal singing |
November | David York | Tips on Scams & Cybercrime from Cambridgeshire police's "Cyber & Fraud Prevention Officer" |
October | Roger Leivers | House of Spies (in Godmanchester) |
September | Nigel Start | A history of gardening in Britain |
August | Philip Caine | The author gave us insights into his career from Barrow to Baghdad, and led him to become an author |
July | Martin Orkin | The Beatles Story - with many music extracts which got feet tapping and even some singing |
June | Tony Kirby | The Rise & Fall of Seaside Resorts since 1750 |
May | Paul Smith | Thomas Cook & The Origins of Popular Tourism |
April | Paul Robbins | A decade of change - Life in 1960's Britain (which many of us could relate to) |
March | Neil Dickinson | Arsenic's Toxic Legacy - Cornwall was the world’s biggest exporter and arsenic could be mistaken for sugar! |
February | Jim Stebbings | A musical insight into the Topsy-Turvey World of Gilbert & Sullivan |
January | Cathy Shelboune | Several short accounts of maritime heroes as selected from her pack of cards |
Earlier years' Open Meetings topics can be found in the Open Meetings Archive.