The start of the Forum’s 37th season under Chairman Roger Bancroft is just a few weeks away with the first meeting scheduled for Tuesday October 1st.
Another excellent programme of Speakers has been put together by John Taylor Programme Secretary which will entertain, educate and interest us across a wide spectrum of subjects and brighten up the coming autumnal and winter Tuesdays for seven months.
Annual membership fees of £3 and weekly payments of £2 to include refreshments remain unchanged and represent great value for what’s on offer!
Proceedings begin as usual at 10a.m. with tea/coffee being served and the weekly speaker starting at 10.30a.m.
PROGRAMME 2013/2014
2013
Oct 1 OPEN MEETING
Mr John Taylor Centenarians then and now.
Oct 8 Mr Duncan Verity Songs of Stage and Screen.
Oct 15 Mr Gordon Darlington The Great Cover Up.
Oct 22 Mr Roy Cressey Shipshape.
Oct 29 Mr David Alred Nidderdale Yesterday.
Nov 5 His Honour Judge Derek Clarkson More of The Same.
Nov 12 Professor Martin Curzon Honey, Sugar and Spice…and all things nice.
Nov 19 Mr Tony Brown Blown Away by Patagonia.
Nov 26 Mr David Winpenny Up to a point-Pyramids in Yorkshire and Beyond.
Dec 3 Mr Frank Ellis Lancashire’s Favourite Yorkshireman.
Dec 10 CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT ASCOT HOUSE HOTEL.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
2014
Jan 7 Mr David Essam How a Cheshire Cat strayed into Harrogate.
Jan 14 OPEN MEETING
Mrs Anne Cherry Harrogate Theatre Behind the Scenes.
Jan 21 Mr Michael Greatorex Family History: Trials & Tribulations. r Mr Michael Morby
Jan 28 Rev. Mark Godfrey President’s Morning.
Jan 30 Visit to Harrogate Theatre (backstage).
Feb 4 Mr Alun Pugh Saltaire.
Feb 11 Mr Neil Ramshaw The Rise and Fall of a Very British Institution.
Feb 18 Mr Wallace Sampson Meet the Chief Executive.
Feb 25 Mr Jim Monte Lead Mining in the Dales.
Mar 4 Mrs Angela Henson Norway: Land of Mountains & Flowers.
Mar 11 Mr Roger Nightingale Olympic Volunteer.
Mar 18 OPEN MEETING-RAY COGGAN MEMORIAL MEETING.
Mr Ken Humphreys The Music of Cole Porter.
Mar 25 Mr Tony Burkitt The Rush for Wind.
Apr 1 Mr Terry Frazier The Land of the Long White Cloud.
Ape 8 4 or 5 Members Member’s Morning.
Apr 15 Mrs Lesley Walton Save the Children.
EASTER HOLIDAY
Apr 29 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
May 6 INFORMAL LUNCH TO BE ARRANGED.
NEIL RAMSHAW GENERAL SECRETARY.