• Meeting: “Botswana – With Love” (Rescheduled)

    Oatlands 1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    Our President, Tony Thorndike, will regale us with a description of his trip to Botswana.  It is promised to be a railway-free presentation! This talk has been rescheduled from its originally-planned dated of 2nd Sep

  • Meeting: “The UAE Revisited”

    Oatlands 1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    The one and only Lothar Trinogga will be speaking to us about his experiences when he worked in the UAE

    Free
  • Meeting: “Farming in the Yorkshire Dales”

    Oatlands 1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    Christine Ryder is a farmer's wife from the Blubberhouses area and will be talking about their farming enterprise along with some of her other activities

  • Meeting: “Harrogate to the Himalayas by Bike”

    Oatlands 1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    Thorsten Bruce recently cycled from Harrogate to Nepal to raise money for Nepalese school that he supports.  It should be a fascinating talk.

  • Meeting: “The Austerity Years – 1945 – 1951”

    Oatlands 1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    David Davies will return to talk about the immediate post-WW2 years, when life was still hard and rationing still in place.  I can (just) remember going with my mother to collect new ration coupons, and I'm sure that many of you will remember the same period

  • Committee Meeting

    Zoom

    The next Committee meeting will be held by Zoom on Wednesday, 2nd September.  The agenda and other details will be distributed in due course

  • Meeting: “The Life of an Artist” (Rescheduled)

    Oatlands 1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    Andy Beck is a Lake District based artist who specialises in painting Lakeland scenes.  He particularly known for his sumptuous book "The Wainwrights in Colour" which displays his paintings of the many scenes drawn by Alfred Wainwright in his classic fell walking books. This talk has been rescheduled from its originally-planned date of 20th May

    Free
  • Meeting: “A History of the Pub”

    Oatlands 1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    Paul Jennings will speak to us about the history of one of many people's favourite institutions

    Free
  • Meeting: “The Mille Miglia”

    Oatlands 1 Coronation Grove, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    Peter Hepworth, a classic car and motor racing enthusiast, will be telling us about the history of the historic Italian road race, the Mille Miglia, which originally ran from 1927 to 1957 and has since been resurrected in a a different format