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Date	Speaker	Topic
1999
21 Jun	Inaugural Meeting.	Election of Officers.
2 Aug	Lt. Col. Sidney Briggs (Vice Chairman)	North East India around the 1938/39 period and The Chindits.
6 Sep	Eryl Hall-Williams (Member)	The take-over of Belsen in May 1945
4 Oct	Jimmy James	Experiences in Bhutan and Uzbekistan
1 Nov	Peter Wiles	Reminiscences as a Wimbledon umpire
6 Dec	XMAS No speaker	Old hilarious film of Freddie Frinton.
2000
10 Jan	Bob Kitchingman (Member)	Hydrogen bomb test : Christmas Island base - 1950's
7 Feb	Major John Hathnell	Livery & Guilds Companies - The Marketors
6 Mar	Bob Burgess (Claremont Member)	History of display advertising
3 Apr	Mr. & Mrs. Frank & Beryl Hole (Local)	Round the World yachting adventure (RAF Club)
8 May	Dennis Ashbourne (Local)	Hampton Court Palace and the Fire
5 Jun	Charlie Marsh (Elmbridge)	The Chief Engineer's talk about traffic calming, etc.
3 Jul	A.G.M. - No speaker	Note - w.e.f. from October meetings will be on 2nd Mondays
7 Aug	Speaker didn't turn up.	Informal internal discussion group.
4 Sep	Geoff Barkway	Pegasus Bridge on 'D' Day and pre training
9 Oct	Dr. Nigel Barker	Surrey listed Heritage buildings
13 Nov	John Martin	The Woodlands Trust
11 Dec	XMAS - No Speaker	Videos of Monty Python and Tommy Cooper
2001
8 Jan	Deryk Gibson (Member)	The Intelligence Corps
12 Feb	Alfred Browne (New member)	Man's place in the Universe and The Environment
12 Mar	Tony Hobbs (Member)	Amateur Radio as a hobby since mid 1930's
9 Apr	Bob Burgess (Claremont member)	Gardens of Normandy, including Monet's garden.
14 May	Roger Bricknell	Concorde: The Chief Engineer's story
11 Jun	Peter Wiles	Caving
9 Jul	A.G.M	No Speaker
13 Aug	Gavin Fisher (Near Guildford)	The Chase Childrens' Hospice
10 Sep	Peter Watson (Claygate area)	Dunkirk, before, during and after. With two colleagues
8 Oct	John Merrigan	Pilgrims route- Santiago de Compostela. North Spain.
12 Nov	Geoff Morris	Greenhouse effect of the ozone layer on environment.
14 Dec	XMAS LUNCH	(Note Friday 14th) Including wives at Fulwell Golf Club
2002
14 Jan	Kit Haffner (Member)	A Tour Guides function at Lambeth Palace
11 Feb	Mark Haffenden	The Bourne Trust - now Prison Advice and Aid Society. An insight into prison welfare considerations.
11 Mar	Ken Kingham (Member)	Table Top Model Steam as a hobby.
8 Apr	Derek Rowbottom	The Colonial Service in Sarawak in the 1960's
13 May	Stephen Day (Local)	The Colonial Service: Yemen, with particular reference to Aden in the 1960's
10 Jun	Mrs. Louise Zanre	The Jesuits Refugee Service
8 Jul	A.G.M..	No speaker.

Date

Speaker

Topic

8 Jul

A.G.M..

No speaker.

12 Aug

Alfred Browne (M)

The beginning of civilisation - (Part 1)

9 Sep

Raymond Hide (M)

Why does a compass point North?

14 Oct

Mrs. Ann Beauchamp

Canyons of the USA

11 Niv

Tony Osborne (M)

The piano keyboard

14 Dec

XMAS LUNCH

With ladies at Fulwell Golf Club

2003

13 Jan

Ian Franklin

Collecting Roman Coins

10 Feb

Mrs. Heather Symes

National Trust Properties in the south

10 Mar

David Flanagan

Persons missing in Care

14 Apr

Alfred Browne (M)

Beginning of civilisation - (Part 2)

12 May

Stephen Day

Middle-east update, including Iraq

9 Jun

James Sancroft

NHS and the private initiative

14 Jul

A.G.M.

Date

Speaker (M=Member)

Speaker's Topic

14 Jul

A.G.M.

No speaker.

11 Aug

Bruce MacLaurin (M)

Formula 1 Racing Development

8 Sep

Chris Gundry

Disaster Planning

13 Oct

Alan Hall (M)

The hobby of Silversmith

10 Nov

Roger Bricknell

British Waterways and canal boating

W 10 Dec

XMAS LUNCH

With ladies* at Fulwell Golf Club

2004

12 Jan

Dennis Ashbourne

Post War Town Planning in the GLC

9 Feb

Kit Haffner (M)

Life in Hong Kong 1970 - 1993

8 Mar

Dick Moore (M)

'Chicago to Chicago by train' - Double trans continental rail journey

12 Apr

Christine Peel and Jean Deane

Princess Alice Hospice Administration

10 May

Jason Moore

Digging for dinosaurs-USA/South Africa

14 Jun

Robert Burgess (Claremont Probus)

The War in Greece 1944-1945

14 Jul

A.G.M.

No speaker

Date

Speaker

Speaker's Topic

14 Jul

A.G.M.

No speaker.

9 Aug

Alf Browne (M)

Story of The Press Association

13 Sep

Alistair Macdonald

African border disputes, etc.

11 Oct

John O’Reilly

Overseas Corporate Business

8 Nov

Jason Debney

Thames Landscape Strategy

15 Dec

XMAS LUNCH

With ladies at Fulwell Golf Club

2005

10 Jan

Sandra Winter

Campanology – with hand-bell ringing

14 Feb

Dick Moore (M)

'Falls to the Cape' - An African Adventure

14 Mar

Insp. Paul Yearwood

Surrey Police policy and strategy

11 Apr

Mrs. Judy Thurston

Artists of The Great War

9 May

Ken Kingham (M)

A wartime ‘amateur’ Royal Marine

13 Jun

Stephen Day

A welcome update on the Middle East

11 Jul

A.G.M.

No speaker

Date

Speaker

Speaker's Topic

11 Jul

A.G.M.

No speaker.

8 Aug

Mr. Alan Clarke

Fire Service: Arson and Public Safety

12 Sep

Major Paul Whittle

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

10 Oct

Ray Hide (M)

Exploring the Solar System

14 Nov

Mr. Peter Stremes

Story of our local ‘Radio Jackie’

15 Dec

XMAS LUNCH

With ladies at Fulwell Golf Club

2006

9 Jan

Heather Symes

Nat. Trust – Upper Thames

13 Feb

Hazel Banting

Founder of Molesey Police Volunteers

13 Mar

Tony Drake

Water Aid Charities

10 Apr

Simon Elson

Planning Dept. SCC – Molesey Wetlands

8 May

Nabil Mustapha

The meeting of East and West

12 Jun

Andy Weaver

Police Dog Handling – with Tigger

10 Jul

A.G.M.

No speaker

10

Jul

A. G. M.

No speaker

14

Aug

John Chacksfield (M)

Sir Henry Fowler, Railway Engineer.

11

Sep

Chris Stewart

The Princes Trust

9

Oct

Peter Mansfield (M)

Life on M. V. Britannia

13

Nov

Alf Browne (M)

What happens when the Oil runs out?

Thu 7

Dec

Xmas Lunch

Fulwell Golf Club, with ladies

8

Jan

Dick Moore (M)

'20 Million bicycles in Beijing' - A Chinese Adventure

12

Feb

Peter Aron

Living in Korea

12

Mar

John Ambrose

Disasters in schools

2

Apr

Andrew Hughes

Microlight flying for the over 50's

14

May

Jeremy Grace (M)

Family Re-union in New Zealand

11

Jun

Dennis Ashbourne

Victorian transport

9

Jul

A. G. M.

No speaker

Date

Month

Speaker

Topic

13

Aug

Peter Mansfield (M)

The Life of a submariner

10

Sep

John Chacksfield (M)

Sir William Stanier – life and works

8

Oct

Ian Taylor, MBE, MP

To be decided

12

Nov

Cllr. Ernest Mallett

A Farmer’s Boy and Country Life

Thu 6

Dec

Christmas Lunch

Fulwell Golf Club, with ladies

14

Jan 2008

Peter Parker CBE

In Place of Strife

11

Feb

Ian Franklin

Investigating & Preserving Hampton Court Palace

10

Mar

Ray Hide CBE FRS (M)

How Predictable is the Weather and (why) is it Important

14

Apr

Nigel Cooper

The Battle of Gettysburg

12

May

Pat Price-Tomes

Behind the Headlines in Israel and Palestine

9

Jun

John Baddeley (M)

Chemisty and the French Revolution

14

Jul

A. G. M.

No speaker

Trips 2001 - 2007

November 2008 - 'Calendar Girls' at Richmond Theatre

May 2008 - Bluebell Line & Sheffield Park Gardens

November 2007 - 'Legal Fictions' play at Richmond Theatre

September 2007 - Mercedes Benz World and Brooklands Museum

June 2007 - Army Museum and The Royal Hospital Chelsea

November 2006 - Bletchley Park, War-Time coding museum etc.

March 2006 - BBC TV Centre, Shepherd’s Bush

November 2005 - Nelson & Wellington Exhibition, Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

April 2005 - Didcot Power Station by mini-coach and cars, with pub lunch.

September 2004 - Fuller’s Brewery, Chiswick, by coach with pub lunch

May 2004 - Frogmore Gardens coupled with Frogmore House in cars.

September 2003 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, including coach & lunch

(There was at least one attempt at an outing that unfortunately came to nothing because The Globe Theatre event coincided with the bomb at MI6 that put paid to travel from Hampton Court Station on that day.)

Sept 2002 - Visit to Buckingham Palace- (Arranged by Peter Morris-Johnson)

July 2002 - A proposed visit to Chiswick House to see "As you like it" was cancelled due to lack of support

September 2001 - Visit to War Cabinet Rooms (Arranged by Jack Blanchard).

May 2001 - Visit to Denbies Vineyard, Dorking. (Arranged by Roger Marlow)

March 2001 - Visit to Bank of England (Arranged by Peter Morris-Johnson)

March 2001 - Race Night in Cobham (Arranged by Jeremy in conjunction with Rotary)