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Wendover

Main Meeting

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Meetings begin with a brief welcome and introduction from the Chair followed by the opportunity for Group Convenors and Committee Members to make announcements about forthcoming events and activities.

Please do not arrive before 9.45 as the space is needed for setting up.

10.00 Chairman's Welcome & Announcements

10.20 Coffee

10.45 Guest Speaker

Please remember to bring your own cup.

Our Main Meetings take place on the 1st Wednesday of each month at St. Mary's Church Wendover at 10.00 am.

Unable to come to the Main Meeting, join in via the Main Meeting Live Link

Graham Dawson Photography Competition- Entries are open from all Members. Please see the page.

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Forthcoming events

4th November 2026
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
Millions of clinical diagnostic tests are run every day. If you’ve ever had a blood test, you might like to learn something about how they work and what role they […]
2nd December 2026
10:00 am - 10:00 am
Main Meeting
Clare writes humorous verses which started with personalising them for birthday cards. Over the last few years this developed into writing about various topics. Trying to bring humour to everyday […]
6th January 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
We’d all agree that Einstein was intelligent, but what does that really mean? Is it just about knowing lots of things or is it more complex?  Jim will discuss intelligence […]
3rd February 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
Dary Sweeney has owned and operated Sweeney's supermarkets for the past 20 years. In this talk he shares the challenges and rewards of running an independent food business in an […]
3rd March 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
Colin’s talk charts Agatha Christie’s life and how she has influenced him as a crime writer. Colin is a writer of eight crime and murder mystery thrillers, publishing his first […]
7th April 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
Humans have been making music for at least 40,000 years, and this talk shines a spotlight on the plants that we use in our music-making. Discover the biology behind the […]
5th May 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
Doug is a photographer, writer and lifelong campaigner for the environment. His talk, illustrated by many lovely photographs, explores the geological origins of the Pennines and explores the typical habitats […]
2nd June 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
Fred was born in June 1940. With aviation fuel in his blood, growing up a stone’s through from the historic Lympne Airport in Kent, he took his first flight at […]
7th July 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
Love dogs or hate them, Andy Smith respectfully and poetically suggests that the human race has a lot to learn from its canine companions. He is a performance poet, entertainer, author and […]
4th August 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
Mike’s talk provides the history of the Government Code and Cypher School from its creation in 1919 through its evolution into the Bletchley Park codebreaking and intelligence factory through World […]
1st September 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
A meeting for Members and prospective members to have the opportunity to visits the displays of other groups so that we can learn what has been happening during the past […]
6th October 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
Mary has been described as 'Pam Ayres on Acid' and has been making people giggle for over ten years.  Historically she had an RAD scholarship and was a classical ballet […]
3rd November 2027
10:00 am
Main Meeting
What makes an object collectible? This talk explores the biographies of three remarkable objects in the Waddesdon collection, examining their materials and craftsmanship, their makers and owners, their journeys to […]
1st December 2027
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Main Meeting
What is it about Pantomime that attracts us to this strange concoction of fairy tales, dance, jokes, songs and cross-dressing? And what is it really like to play the back […]

Nick Sturley

January 6th – Intelligence by Jim Ellis.

February 3rd – 15 years of running a Supermarket by Daryl Sweeney

March 3rd – Me and Agatha by Colin Wade

April 7th – Musical Plants by Karen Van Oostrum

May 5th – Wildlife of the Pennines by Doug Kennedy

June 2nd – Worlds Most Travelled Man by Fred Finn

July 7th – Dogs and Holidays by Andy Smith

August 4th – The World War II History of Bletchley Park by Mike Barbakoff

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December 1st – A History of Pantomime by Pete Allen