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Speaker Meetings
The Speaker Meetings take place
at 2:00 pm
on the third Wednesday of each month
15th March 2023
The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
Stuart Linford
Stewart Linford visited us in July 2018 with his fascinating talk on ‘The Windsor Chair’, made for years by his family in their High Wycombe factory.
Many of us were struck by his humour and physical likeness to that revered wartime leader. This time we have asked him to return and talk about the Wit of Winston Churchill in a talk which is packed with stories exploring the virtues and vices of that charismatic Prime Minister.
This promises to be a very interesting and entertaining afternoon.
We meet live at
St. Mary-le-More Church
in Wallingford town centre.
Future talks:
19th April 2023 - Peter Adamson
A Landmark in Time, the World of Wittenham Clumps
Peter Adamson worked for UNICEF for many years, and with his wife Lesley produced the annual "State of the World's Children" report and founded "The New Internationalist " magazine.
A well-known author, his latest book ‘A Landmark in Time, the World of the Wittenham Clumps’ explores our locality as seen from the Clumps and has been a sell-out success in the Wallingford area.
Peter lives locally.
Speaker Meetings 2023
Jan Georghi Markhov & the Poison Umbrella Murder - Paul Barfield
Feb The Musical Theatre of Gilbert and Sullivan - Bernard Lockett
15 Mar The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill - Stuart Linford
19 Apr A Landmark in Time, the World of Wittenham Clumps
- Peter Adamson
17 May Witty Ditties - Green Matthews
21 Jun Rome/Palmyra - Dr Paul Roberts
19 Jul Rationing and Cooking for Victory - Karen & Bret Wiles
16 Aug Summer Lunch Party
20 Sep King and Collector - Siobhan Clarke
18 Oct Mekong - Jim Holmes
15 Nov British Humour in Postcards - James Taylor
13 Dec Sax at Christmas - Jonathan Woodhouse
2024
17 Jan Now you see it, Now you don’t - Bertie Pearce
21 Feb How SODC will meet its CO2 reduction target - Andrea Powell
20 Mar How to be a 21st Century Gardener - Timothy Walker
17 Mar The work of the TVAA based at Benson - Air Ambulance
past Speaker Meetings 2022
Humanitarian Vision Jim Holmes
How Tropical Rainforests Work Dr David Jones
Last Supper at Pompeii - Dr Paul Roberts
Charles Darwin and The Beagle - James Taylor
Tooth, Claw and Mane - Tom Way
Dr Livingstone, I Presume - Fran Sandham
Honey in History - Graham Harrison
Dress, Dazzle and Display - Siobhan Clarke
A is for Arsenic: the Poisons of Agatha Christie - Dr Kathryn Harkup
The Wind in the Willows - John Ericson
The Bob & Dot Show: A Christmas Entertainment
past Speaker Meetings 2020/21
Wildlife on Your Doorstep - Tom Way
Art Inspired by Wine - John Ericson
Music in Art - Sophie Matthews
London in times of Shakespear - Tim Barron
House of the Romanovs - Siobhan Clark
British Museum Treasures - Don Brown
Sing a Century - Andy Smith
From Barrow to Baghdad and back again - Philip Caine
Chloroform - Sense and Insensibility - Graham Harrison
Memories of a TV Cameraman - Steven Jellyman
The Land of Giants and Volcanoes - Timothy Walker
Remembered, the Commonwealth War Graves - Julie Summers
The Mitford Sisters in the Cotswolds - Muriel Pilkington
600 Years of Christmas - Green Matthews