Monthly Archives: September 2010

Forum Annals For 2009-2010

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Annals for the 2009/10 Season

At the beginning of the 2009/10 season we had 46 members on the books.

2009

14 July, Joe Matthews taken to hospital.

21 July, Ray Coggan, driving force of Forum for more than 18 years, died.

28 July, Funeral of Ray Coggan, at Harlow Hill Methodist chapel.

Church full with Rev.Lister, family, Men’s Forum members and members of Harrogate G&S society and many friends.

10 August, Peter Bailey died.

6 October, William McNicol joined.

6 October, Frederick Banks joined.

13 October, Ted Wooler re-joined

27 October, Harold Dawson left on sabbatical.

7^th December, Albert Meredith, member, died.

2010

31^st January, Greville Moorhouse died. Funeral, 9/2/10 @ 1.00pm.

23^rd February, Derek Simpson joined.

2^nd March, Harry Mitchell joined.

12^th April, Dennis Smith (Registrar) taken to hospital with stroke.

20^th April, Members Annual General Meeting.

27^th April, Members and friends visit to The Synagogue in Harrogate.

Programme of Talks for 2010 – 2011

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PROGRAMME 2010/11

2010

Oct 5 Mr. V.Wild, The Story of Bettys.

Oct 12 Mrs. A. Rankin, Re-cycling: a Council Perspective.

Oct 19 Open Meeting. The Ray Coggan Memorial Lecture.

Mr.S.Tate, Taking the Waters in Ancient Rome

Oct 26 Mrs. C.Brown, Helping People Grow

Nov 2 His Honour Judge D.Clarkson, More Mysteries

Nov 9 Mr.J.Gilleghan, The Magic of The Yorkshire Dales

Nov 16 Mr.F.Ellis, Blind Man’s Buff

Nov 23 Mr. R.Shaw, So you want to be a Nuclear Engineer

Nov 30 Mr.D.W.Blades, A Victorian Disaster and Scandal

Dec 7 Mrs. A.Henson, Sicily – Volcanoes in the Mediterranean

Dec 14 CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT ASCOT HOUSE HOTEL

2011

Jan 4 New Year No Meeting

Jan 11 Mr.K.Humphreys, Name That Show

Jan 18 Mr.M.Bevington, Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Jan 25 Mr. P.Staples, From Rio to Lima via Macchu Picchu

Feb 1 Mr.E.Forster, Laurence and Lawrence

Feb 8 Mr. P.Linney, Wainwright and Me

Feb 15 Mr.R.Smith, A Dash Through the History of Punishment

Feb 22 Coun. P.Broadbank, A Taste of Edwardian Harrogate

Mar 1 Rev. M.Godfrey, President’s Morning

Mar 8 Open Meeting. Mr. R. Pawsey, Night Shift at York Minster

Mar 15, 4 or 5 Members, Members’ Stories

Mar 22 Mrs. J.Yeats, Ice Age’10

Mar 29 Mr.G.Kendall, Bargain Hunting

Apr 5 Mr.R.Howard, Reminiscences

Apr 12 Mrs. S.Scarborough, The History of Eddie Brown’s

Apr 1 Members, Annual General Meeting.

Apr 26 Easter Holiday – No Meeting

May 3 VISIT TO PLACE OF INTEREST

New Chairman and Treasurer

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Your new Chairman is Malcolm Wood and Roy Smith has taken over as treasurer.

Looking forward to seeing you all again at Harlow Hill Methodist Church Hall, Otley Road on: 5th October

See you there.

George Mountford

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Welcome Back

Posted on 18/09/2010 by harlowmensforum | Comments Off

Hope you enjoyed the summer, yes that shiny thing in the sky was the sun.

Throughout the summer John Taylor compiled another interesting season of talks starting with a bang on 5th October with a talk you will not want to miss; given by Mr V Wild, it is:

The Story of Bettys

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