Speakers

OUR LUNCHTIME SPEAKERS for 2026 and 2027 BELOW.

All of our talks are scheduled to start at 11.30am and last approximately 45 minutes, finishing in plenty of time for our lunch.

 

   
14th January Dave Bickerton Parents at War
11th February Kevin Patience Rolls Royce and the Silver Lady
11th March Neil Meldrum The Human Evolution
8th April Annual General Meeting (no speaker)  
13th May Richard Benjamin Tax, Care and the New Guy
10th June Alistair Brien What they do not tell you about being a head
8th July Steve Roberts When Dorset made history
12th August Richard Hutley The Moon and Man
9th September Richard Hutley Nicola Tesla – The Maverick Hungarian
14th October Sally Cadec From Court Shoes to Combat
11th November 2026 Stephen Robson Mr Rolls and Bournemouth’s First Aviation Meeting
13th January 2027  Robbie-Forester Addie  Not just a faceless civil servant
10th February  Steve Roberts  Lawrence of Arabia in Dorset and Hampshire
10th March Ian Schulz

Famous people who have lived or visited Bournemouth

1st May   Richard Hutley

Isaac GulliverThe King of Dorset Smugglers

9th June Miranda Pinder Censored – The intriguing tale of the author Norah C James and the Obscenity Trial of 1929
 14th July Peter Ellis National Coast Watch – Hengistbury Head
11th August Jacqueline & Brian Sutton Mrs Kray Married to the Mob
September TBA TBA
12th October Richard Hutley Who shot JFK (or who didn’t)
November TBA TBA
     
     

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