PAST TALKS and other events

EVENTS 2024 Thursday 18 Jan Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC Stage Manager's Nightmare John Richardson Thursday 18 Jan Evening Local visit - Vienese evening at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Keith Moger Thursday 15 Feb Special General Meeting To Elect Officers and Committee for 2024 - 2025, followed by: Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC On-line Crime Megan Llewellyn Thursday 14 March ANNUAL DINNER - the New House Hotel, Thornhill Thursday 21 March Annual General Meeting - to receive the Annual Report, approve the budget and appoint the Auditor, followed by: Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC Dame Cicely Saunders: Pioneer and Inspiration Dr Mike Bloomfield Thursday 18 April Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC Transforming the Valley Lines for Metro Thursday 16 May The Handover Lunch President's review of the year and handover Arthur Durrant hands over to Keith Moger Thursday 20 June Talk/Presentation at CGC Atoms, Nutrition and Life Robert Pickard Thursday 18 July Talk/Presentation at CGC Falling With Style Lottie Dale Thursday 15 Aug Talk/Presentation at CGC The National Gardens Scheme Derek Price Thursday 19 Sep Talk/Presentation at CGC The Challenges of Delivering the NHS 75 years on Jonathan Morgan Thursday 17 Oct Special General Meeting to approve the 2023/24accounts, followed by: Talk/Presentation at CGC Real Valleys Peter Finch Thursday 21 Nov Talk/Presentation at CGC The Geology of North Cardiff Andy Kendal Thursday 19 Dec THE CHRISTMAS LUNCH

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2023 Friday 13 Jan WNO Concert at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama 'Return to Vienna' Keith Moger Thursday 19 Jan Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC Thomas Young The last man to know everything Howell Lloyd Thursday 16 Feb Special General Meeting to elect Officers and Committee for 2023- 2024, followed by: Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC The Land of Song Dean Powell Thursday 9th March ANNUAL DINNER - Manor Parc Hotel Thursday 16 March Annual General Meeting - to receive the Annual Report, approve the budget and appoint the Auditor, followed by: Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC The BBC and the Bomb Iain Betson Thursday 30 March Visit to Sophia Gardens Cricket Museum with lunch at Bragdy a Chegin Keith Moger Thursday 20 April Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC History and Culture of Vietnam Roger James Thursday 18 May The Handover Lunch President' review of the year and handover Meurig Williams hands over to Arthur Durrant Thursday 15 June Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC Money Makes the World go Round Keith Stevens Thursday 20 July Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC Marie Curie Sarah Latimer Thursday 17 Aug Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC An Introduction to Family History Laura Coyne Thursday 21 Sep Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC Wales Air Ambulance Meurig Williams hands over to Arthur Durrant Thursday 19 Oct Special General Meeting to approve the 2022/23 accounts, followed by: Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC Edging the City Peter Finch Thursday 16 Nov Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC The Macintosh Clan: the part they played in the History of Roath Ted Richards Thursday 21 Dec The Christmas Lunch

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2022 Wednesday 12 Jan 'Return to Vienna' Concert at the Welsh College of Music and Drama Keith Moger Thursday 27 Jan Talk/Presentation Live at CGC (see monthly invitation email) Rolls and Royce Roger James Thursday 17 Feb Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC (see monthly invitation email) Motorway Madness Ian Pate Thursday 17 Feb Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC (see monthly invitation email) The work of a Milllitary Strategist Arthur Durrant Thursday 19 May The Handover Lunch President' review of the year and handover Malcom McGreevey hands over to Meurig Williams Tuesday 24 May Visit to National Museum Collections Centre Nantgarw Keith Moger Thursday 16 June Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC (see monthly invitation email) DNA and DNA fingerprinting in forensics and criminal cases Rhian Morgan Satrurday 16 July Last Night of the Welsh Proms Group visit to St David's Hall Keith Moger, Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 21 July Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC (see monthly invitation email) The Newport Ship Dr Toby Jones, Newport Ship Curator Thursday 18 August Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC (see monthly invitation email) The Welsh Office Place Names Project Dr James January-McCann Thursday 15 Sep Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC (see monthly invitation email) Welsh Music - Medieval to today Bob Evans Thursday 29 Sep Visit to the new BBC STudios in Central Cardiff with lunch at the Casanova restaurant Keith Moger Thursday 20 October Special General Meeting to approve the 2021/22 accounts, followed by: Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC The Cruel Streets Revisited - A history of Cardiff's lawless past John F Wake Thursday 17 November Talk/Presentation  Live at CGC (see monthly invitation email) David Davies and the League of Nations Hefin Mathias Wednesday 30 Nov Visit to Lydiard House, the Swindon Railway Museum and the Swindon designer outlet Keith Moger Tuesday 6 December Probus Llanishen Christmas Lunch

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2021 Meetings conducted on line via ZOOM from Thursday June 18th 2020 to Thursday 21 Oct 2021   due to Coronavirus restrictions DATE EVENT PRESENTER / ORGANISER Thursday 21st Jan Talk/Presentation on line using ZOOM (see monthly invitation email) A Taste of Orkney Keith Brown Thursday 28th Jan Virtual tour on ZOOM at 10.30am Canterbury with Alexandra Maldonado, a Canterbury tourist guide Keith Moger Thursday 4th Feb Probus live Zoom Quiz Alex Clarke Thursday 18th Feb Talk/Presentation on line using ZOOM (see monthly invitation email) Coracles in Wales Dylan Jones Thursday 25th Feb Virtual tour on ZOOM at 10.30am The Port of Milford Haven Keith Moger Thursday 18th Mar Talk/Presentation on line using ZOOM (see monthly invitation email) Climate Change Keith Stevens Thursday 25th Mar Virtual tour on ZOOM at 10.30am International Bomber Command Cenre, Lincoln Keith Moger Thursday 15th Apr Talk/Presentation on line using ZOOM (see monthly invitation email) Disaster waiting - the Severn Bridge disaster Paul Barnett Thursday 29th Apr Virtual tour on ZOOM at 10.30am The Glamorgan Archives Keith Moger Thursday 20th May Review of the past year and passing the baton on ZOOM at 11.00am President' review of the year and handover Martin Bye hands over to Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 27th May Virtual tour on ZOOM at 7.00pm The Waverley Paul Semple Thursday 17th Jun Talk/Presentation using ZOOM or Live (see monthly invitation email) Welsh National Opera David Adams Thursday 24th Jun Virtual tour on ZOOM at 10.30pm Norwich Paul Dickson Thursday 15th Jul Talk/Presentation using ZOOM or Live (see monthly invitation email) Llantrisant - history of the hilltop Dean Powell Thursday 19th Aug Talk/Presentation using ZOOM or Live (see monthly invitation email) Climbing Everest Tori James Thursday 16 Sep Talk/Presentation using ZOOM or Live (see monthly invitation email) Penarth RNLI Laurie Pavelin Wednesday 22nd Sep First outing since Covid! - Brecon Beacons lunch and canal cruise Narrowboat Cruise on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Keith Moger Thursday 21 Oct Talk/Presentation using ZOOM or Live (see monthly invitation email) Virginity, Motherhood and Infidelity: The Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi Sioned Davies Thursday 18 Nov Talk/Presentation Live at CGC (see monthly invitation email) Guide Dogs for the Blind Siân Healey and Uri Friday 26 Nov Visit/Lunch/Concert (see invitation email) Temple of Peace and Health, then lunch and concert at RWCMD Keith Moger Tuesday 7 Dec Probus Llanishen Christmas lunch (see monthly invitation email) Cardiff Golf Club Malcolm Davies

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2020 DATE EVENT PRESENTER / ORGANISER Thursday 9th January VISIT: 'A Journey to Vienna' at the Welsh College of Music and Drama Offenbach, Mozart, Brahms, Dvorak and Strauss. Cost - £15.50 Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 16th Jan TALK: ‘The Hetty Winding Engine’ Brian Davies Thursday 20th Feb SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING - To elect 2018/19 Officers & Committee Thursday 20th Feb TALK: ‘Schubert's Last Year and his Last Piano Sonata’ Prof. Malcolm Mason Friday 21st Feb VISIT: Visit to the Nantgarw China Works with lunch Booking deadline Thursday February 13th Malcolm McGreevy Wednesday 11th March ANNUAL DINNER - Manor Parc Hotel - CANCELLED Arrive 7.00pm for dinner at 7.30pm - Booking deadline February 26th Martin Bye Thursday 19th Mar ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - To receive the Annual Report VIRTUAL MEETING - SEE E-MAILR Thursday 19th Mar TALK: ‘The Greening of Wales’ POSTPONED Prof. Dianne Edwards Thursday 16th Apr TALK: 'Developing a Brand' POSTPONED Constance Barnwell Friday 24th Apr VISIT: Visit to the SWALEC Stadium POSTPONED Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 21st May HANDOVER LUNCH POSTPONED Martin Bye Thursday 18th June Talk/Presentation on line using ZOOM (see monthly invitation email) The Mabinogion Prof. Sioned Davies Thursday 16th July Talk/Presentation on line using ZOOM (see monthly invitation email) Local GP eradicates worldwide disease Dr Andrew Rogers Thursday 20th Aug Talk/Presentation on line using ZOOM (see monthly invitation email) Horatio Bottomley Barrie Cooper Thursday 17 Sept Talk/Presentation on line using ZOOM The History of Policing in England and Wales Dr. Timothy Brain Thursday 15 Oct Talk/Presentation on line using ZOOM War Art and Reportage Illustration Dan Peterson Thursday 19 Nov Talk/Presentation on line using ZOOM Poets, Painters, Pacifists and my Parents Prof. Tony Curtis Monday 23 Nov Virtual tour on ZOOM at 10.30am Shakespeare's London Lance Pierson Thursday 17th Dec Christmas celebration on line using ZOOM

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2019 DATE EVENT PRESENTER / ORGANISER Tuesday 15th Jan VISIT:'A night in Vienna' at the Welsh College of Music and Drama Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 17th Jan TALK: ‘Secrets of  a Private Eye’ George Brady Thursday 21st Feb SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING - To elect 2018/19 Officers & Committee Thursday 21st Feb TALK: ‘Richard III - Identification and Discovery’ Rhian Morgan Wednesday 13th March ANNUAL DINNER - Manor Parc Hotel Arrive 7.00pm for dinner at 7.30pm Martin Bye Thursday 21st Mar ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - To receive the Annual Report Thursday 21st Mar TALK: ‘Rout on the Riviera - Exercise Tiger’ Paul Barnett Tuesday 9th April VISIT: Sudeley Castle visit with lunch in Winchcombe Sudeley Castle & Gardens has played an important role in England’s history for over 1,000 years. Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey and Elizabeth I once walked upon the original Tudor Parterre. Katherine Parr is buried there John Evans Thursday 18th Apr TALK: 'A Bar to the Victoria Cross - A Rare Award' Howell Lloyd Thursday 16th May HANDOVER LUNCH Martin Bye Wednesday 18th June VISIT: Abbey Cwm Hir, Powys Thursday 20th June TALK: Science and Shakespeare Prof. Robert Pickard Thursday 18th July TALK: Preventing Abuse of Older People Steve Barkley Tuesday 23rd July VISIT: Welsh Proms 'Hall of Fame' with Pimms in the interval    Option of other concerts if the demand is there for group tickets. Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 15th Aug TALK: The Lost Houses of Cardiff Matthew Williams Monday 26th Aug VISIT: Glamorgan v Sussex - join the Barmy Army for the Bank Holiday Vitality Blast T20 Cricket match Malcolm McGreevy Mon -Thurs 2 - 5 Sept VISIT to Scotland:  Glasgow - Loch Lomond - Fort William - Banavie - Mallaig - Armadale (Skye) - Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness - Culloden - Edinburgh Euan Cameron Thursday 19th Sept TALK: Crossing the Severn Brian Hawker Wednesday 9th Oct VISIT: Visit to Three Choirs Vineyard with lunch Malcom McGreevy Thursday 17th Oct Special General Meeting: Treasurer's Annual Report on Accounts Stephen Rogers Thursday 17th Oct TALK: The Safety of Reservoirs Stewart Burgess Thursday 21st Nov TALK: Glamorgan Cricket Club Dr Andrew Hignell Wednesday 11th Dec CHRISTMAS LUNCH Martin Bye

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2018 DATE EVENT ORGANISER Tuesday 9th Jan VISIT: A night in Vienna The Welsh Nationial Opera at the Welsh College of Music and Drama Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 18th Jan TALK: ‘Poets of the First World War’ Malcolm Meadows Thursday 15th Feb SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING - To elect 2017/18 Officers & Committee Thursday 15th Feb TALK: ‘Brahms and Billroth – an unique friendship’ Malcolm Wheeler Wednesday 14th Mar ANNUAL DINNER - Manor Parc Hotel Arrive 7.00pm for dinner at 7.30pm Martin Bye Thursday 15th Mar ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - To receive the Annual Report Thursday 15th Mar TALK: ‘The Wall came tumbling down – the story of The Berlin wall’ Jeanne Harvey Wednesday 21 March VISIT: Via CUSA     Spamalot  Wales Millennium Centre Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best New Musical this hilarious show (including Always Look on the Bright Side of Life) will have audiences rolling in the aisles. Tickets £27.50 from Ann Williams; booking and payment by 12th January. Contact tonywills@aol.com  Contact tonywills@aol.com Thursday 19th Apr TALK: 'The Anglo – Zulu War / Rorke’s Drift' Roger James Monday 23rd Apr VISIT: SS Great Britain Bristol / Concorde exhibition Filton Lunch on board SS Great Britain. Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 17th May HANDOVER LUNCH Martin Bye Thursday 21st June TALK: 'The Sailor’s Society' Yvonne Penn Thursday 19th July TALK: 'Bonnie Geordie" - a remarkable Victorian entrepreneur' Prof. Bernard Knight Thursday 24th July VISIT: Welsh Proms / St Asaph Room     Concert of well-loved pieces Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 16th Aug TALK: 'Confessions of a Trolleybus Enthusiast' Stephen  Phillips Thursday 20th Sept TALK: 'Kyffin Williams' Barry Morgan Wednesday 10th Oct VISIT: Brecon Mountain Railway with lunch at Morlais Castle Golf Club and afternoon at Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery Meurig Williams Thursday 18th Oct Treasurer's Annual Report on Accounts Stephen Rogers Thursday 18th Oct TALK: 'The Wonder of Bees' Prof. Bob Pickard Thursday 15th. Nov TALK: 'The Working life of a full-time artist' Nick John Rees Thursday 6th. Dec CHRISTMAS LUNCH Martin Bye

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2017 DATE EVENT PRESENTER Thursday 19th Jan TALK: ‘From Tierra del Fuego to the Antarctic Peninsula              – A Voyage of a Lifetime’ Major Patrick Vyvyan-Robinson Friday 3rd Feb VISIT:  Welsh National Opera at the Wales Millennium Centre 'La Boheme' Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 16th Feb SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING - To elect 2017/18 Officers & Committee Thursday 16th Feb TALK: ‘Dr Price of Llantrisant’ Dean Powell Thursday 9th Mar ANNUAL DINNER - Manor Parc Hotel Arrive 7.00pm £35 per head, including wine Richard Cross Monday 13th March VISIT: The Mint Experience Llantrisant Lunch at The Miskin Arms Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 16th Mar ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - To receive the Annual Report Thursday 16th Mar TALK: ‘Welsh Environmental Disasters and a study of that at Aberfan’ Gwyn Griffiths Thursday 20th Apr TALK: 'Winston Churchill and the Tonypandy Riots' Ritchie Wood Thursday 27th Apr VISIT: Aberglasney and Lunch at Y Polyn Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 18th May HANDOVER LUNCH Martin Bye Thursday 15th June TALK: 'Art, money, love and war – The story of the Davies sisters of Llandinam' Trevor Fishlock Monday 26th June VISIT: Slimbridge and Berkeley Castle Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 20th July TALK: 'The History of the South East Wales Hospitals' Keith Moger Tuesday 25th July VISIT: Welsh Proms evening including Pimms in the interval and canapes and drinks afterwards. Owain Arwel Hughes 75th birthday concert: Russlan and Ludmila overture, Rach 2 piano concerto with John Lill, Tchaikovsky 5 Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 17th Aug TALK: 'The History of the French Horn' Allan Grayson-Jones Thursday 21st Sept TALK: 'Perpetually Incognito' John Pockett September VISIT: Cliveden * Lunch at the Pheasant Hotel, Lambourne Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 19th Oct TALK: 'John Nixon and the Welsh Coal Trade to France –                  ( the origin of the connection between Cardiff and Nantes)' Brian Davies October VISIT: Visit: Brecon Mountain Railway    Fares £10  Edwards coaches * Malcolm McGreevy Thursday 16th. Nov TALK: 'Brunel in South Wales – part 2' Stephen Jones Wednesday 6th  Dec CHRISTMAS LUNCH Martin Bye

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2016 DATE PRESENTER 21 Jan TALK: ‘Archery: Ancient and Modern’. Les Cooper 18th Feb TALK: ‘Scurvy: a history of missed opportunities and the tragic consequences’ Tom Hayes 17th March TALK: ‘From Russia with Love’ Malcolm Davies 21st Apr TALK: ‘Brunel in Wales’ Stephen Jones 19th May HANDOVER LUNCH Richard Cross 26th May OUTING: Royal Shakespeare Company production at the New Theatre Cardiff: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Malcolm McGreevy 16th June TALK: ‘Petty Officer Edgar Evans – A Brave Welshman’ Dr Isobel Williams 19th July OUTING: Welsh Proms – The Bringer of War / the Bringer of Peace - Raised stall seats + reception with special guests Owain Arwel Hughes and Paul Maelor Malcolm McGreevy 21st July TALK:  Work of the Wales Air Ambulance Service’ Dan Curtis 18th Aug TALK: ‘Lord Lieutenants and their Ilk’ Dr Peter Beck 15th Sept TALK: ‘The Japanese Garden’ Dr Owain Gibby 17th Sept OUTING: Steam in the Cotswolds - a train trip with lunch on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway Malcolm McGreevy 20th Oct TALK: Bute’s Botanical Tables (250th MEETING) Maureen Lazarus 17th Nov TALK: Global warming: man made or natural climate change? Prof. Charles Harris 1st Dec CHRISTMAS LUNCH - with slide show of members' photographs and live music Richard Cross

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2015 DATE PRESENTER 15th Jan TALK: ‘Don’t Die of Embarrassment’ Geraint Williams 19th Feb TALK: ‘Security at the 2012 London Olympics’ Nick Bracken 19th March TALK: ’70 years at the Organ’ Alun Jones 16th  April TALK: ‘Britain in Bloom’ Jim Goodwin 18th  June TALK: ‘Is it just a Lump in the Neck?’ John Lazarus 16th July TALK:  ‘Tablets of Stone’. Dan Evans 20th Aug TALK: ‘From Sea to Sea – Cutting Canals’. John Salaman 17th Sept TALK: ‘The Mechanical Universe’ Mike Edmunds 15th Oct TALK: ‘The Welsh Hospital for South Africa’. David Jones 19th Nov TALK: ‘Art and Medicine’ Judith Foy

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2014 DATE PRESENTER 16th Jan TALK: ‘The Town that Died’ Terry Morris 20th Feb TALK: ‘Print, Power and Politics’ Richard Carter 20th March No meeting - Funeral of Wyn Roberts 17th  April TALK: ‘The Discovery of Insulin’ Howell Lloyd 19th  June TALK: ‘G.R.V.Jones – Barry born visionary’ Gwyn Griffiths 17th July TALK:  ‘From Pole to Pole via Cardiff Medical.School' Ian Davies 21st Aug TALK: ‘Olympic Drug Testing’ Howard Young 18th Sept TALK: ‘Ernest Shackleton’ David Webster 16th Oct TALK: ‘Around the World’ Huw Evans 20th Nov TALK: ‘BBC Radiophonics Workshops’ Cliff Jones

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2013 DATE PRESENTER 17th Jan TALK: ‘A Ride in Tornado’ Mike Wilcox 21st Feb TALK: ‘Police Helicopter Service’ Gary Smart 21st March TALK: ‘Tall Ships’ Peter Coleman 18th  April TALK: ‘Encounters with Polar Bears’ David Whittaker 20th  June TALK: ‘Conspirators and Conspiracies’ David Aaronovitch 18th July TALK:  ‘Newport Transporter Bridge’ Anne Gatehouse 25th Aug TALK: ‘The World of Ice’ Tom Sharpe 19th Sept TALK: ‘National Conservatoire of Wales’ Hilary Bounding 17th Oct TALK: ‘Parisian High Kicks’ Rachel Brenan 21st Nov TALK: ‘Legal Travels in Europe’ Graham Jones

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2012 DATE PRESENTER 19th Jan TALK: ‘Endocrine Surgery’ Malcolm Wheeler 16th Feb TALK: ‘Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales’ John Harries 15th March TALK: ‘British coins and Royal Mint’ John Payne 19th  April TALK: ‘Trecking to Everest Base Camp’ David Allen 21st  June TALK: ‘The Newport Ship’ Toby Jones 19th July TALK:  ‘In Darwin’s Steps’ David Webster 16th Aug TALK: ‘The Strange Case of the P.M’s Cords’ Derek Morgan 20th Sept TALK: ‘British Motor Industry’ Garyl Rhys 18th Oct TALK: ‘Health Services around the World’ Malcolm McGreevy 15th Nov TALK: ‘Alzheimer’s Disease’ Julia Williams

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2011 DATE PRESENTER 20th Jan TALK: ‘Coastal Watch’ Terry Ewington 17th Feb TALK: ‘Scott of the Antarctic and Cardiff’ Julian Salisbury 17th March TALK: ‘The Cardiff Pals’ John Evan Davies 21st  April TALK: ‘Reflections on an University Life’ Neil Kidd 16th  June TALK: ‘The Amateur’ Geraint Roberts 21st July TALK:  ‘Classical Music: A critic’s perception’ Rian Evans 18th Aug TALK: ‘The Crawshays of Cyfartha’ Scott Reid 15th Sept TALK: ‘The Bridgend Arsenal’ Mike Clubb 20th Oct TALK: ‘ Techniquest’ Anita Shaw 17th Nov TALK: ‘Weird Wills’ Philip Davies

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2010 DATE PRESENTER 21st Jan TALK: ‘Tay Bridge Disaster’ Alan Underhill 18th Feb TALK: ‘The most personal form of Art’ Audrey Patchett 18th March TALK: ‘The Cardiff Pals’ John Prosser 15th  April TALK: ‘Tower Colliery reborn’ Geoff Davies 17th  June TALK: ‘William Edwards and the Old Bridge’ Brian Davies 15th July TALK:  ‘Flesh of my flesh’ Euan Cameron 19th Aug TALK: ‘The way forward for Cardiff B.C.U.’ Mark Lewis 16th Sept TALK: ‘Latch – Welsh children with cancer’ Philip Price 21st Oct TALK: ‘Edgeworth David – Polar hero’ Peter Jones 18th Nov TALK: ‘History of Newspapers’ Alan Underhill

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2009 DATE PRESENTER 15th Jan TALK: 'Trans Canada travels' Ted Halliwell 19th Feb TALK: 'The drovers of Wales' Peter Davies 19th March TALK: 'Steam trains of Wales' Mike Wilcock 16th  April TALK: 'Memorials to the fallen' David Woodliffe 18th  June TALK: 'Norfolk Island, Australia' Jean Harvey 16th July TALK: 'India' Judith Lane 20th Aug TALK: 'Living with the Bard' Jenny Stephens 17th Sept TALK: 'Tale of two cities: Berlin/Dresden' Lynne Owen 15th Oct TALK: 'St.Fagants' Andrew Dixey 19th Nov TALK: 'Sri Lanka' Roy Gee

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2008 DATE PRESENTER 10th Jan TALK: 'The National Trust' Alan Jennings 20th Feb TALK: 'Santo Tomas - after the Liberation' Len Baker 19th March TALK: '17C. Medieval Barber Surgeon'  Roger Morgan 17th  April TALK: 'Duffryn Gardens - restorations'  Gerry Donovan 19th  June TALK: 'History of Hospitals in Cardif' Keith Moger 17th July TALK:  'Whitehall to Wentlooge'  Albert Beer 21st Aug TALK: 'Two left feet heading South' Peter Stevenson 19th Sept TALK: 'Searching for our origins'  Chandra Wickramasinghe 16th Oct TALK: 'Big Waves' Michael Orren 20th Nov TALK: 'Blessed is the world that sings' Alan Kemp

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2007 DATE PRESENTER 18th Jan TALK: 'A sailboat adventure' Neil McBroom 15th Feb TALK: 'Butetown legacy' Betty Campbell 15th March TALK: 'Cancer Research Wales - 40 years on' John Moore 19th  April TALK: 'A week in the life of a ship's Master'  Ray Brinkworth 21st  June TALK: 'Climate change, impact on drinking water' Michael Orren 19th July TALK:  'The Bevin Boys' Harold Gibson 16th Aug TALK: 'Aspects of Lutherie' Richard Cross 18th Oct TALK: 'Marconi' Tony Williams 15th Nov TALK: 'From Tiger Bay to CardiffBay' Neil Sinclair

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2006 DATE PRESENTER 19th Jan TALK: 'Impressions of China' Neil McBroom 16th Feb TALK: 'Ty Hafan Children's Hospice' Christine Chandler 16th March TALK: 'Cancer Research Wales - 40 years on' Roger Sellick 20th  April TALK: 'A week in the life of a ship's Master'  David Hann 15th  June TALK: 'Global climate change' Michael Orren 19th July TALK: 'A teenager in Santo Tomas' Len Baker 16th Aug TALK: 'Salving the "Graigaur" ' Phillip Thomas 21st Sep TALK: 'The Cleddau Revisited' Robert Davies 19th Oct TALK: 'PLAN (International)' Sue Davies 16th Nov TALK:  'A most peculiar people' Audrey Griffiths

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2005 DATE PRESENTER 20th Jan TALK: 'Crime - then and now Hywel Roberts 17th Feb TALK: 'The Woodman's Tale ' Richard Mills 17th March TALK: 'Police Air Support' Stephen Flynn 21st  April TALK: 'Countdown to Countdown 2000  David Short 16th  June TALK: 'The Princes of Walest Graham Penn 21st July TALK: 'Cholera in Cardiff in 1849 - a Stiffe Lesson' Tony Howard 18th Aug TALK: 'Prison: a dog's life' Graham Bennett 15th Sep TALK: 'Local History and Humour' Don Llewellyn 20th Oct TALK: 'Engineering yesterday, today and tomrrow Brian Dameil 17th Nov TALK:  ''His Honour - My Honour' Audrey Griffiths

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2004 DATE PRESENTER 15th Jan TALK: 'Travels to High Places' Clive Dickenson 19th Feb TALK: 'Reflections' Chiman Patel 18th March TALK: 'Crime fictiont 'Never so good ...never so bad' Bernard Knight 15th  April TALK:  'Never so good ...never so bad' Victor McPherson 17th  June TALK: 'University Funding - Fees or Failure ?' Chris Turner 15th July TALK: 'Where Condors soar' Peter Jones 19th Aug TALK: 'The Disinterested Scientist' Margaret Jones 16th Sep TALK: 'Windfarms, Waste and Roads-new WMD?' Nicholas Robert 21st Oct TALK: 'Dead interesting journey' Alun Roberts 18th Nov TALK:  'Medicines Today and Tomorrow' Paul Spencer

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2003 DATE PRESENTER 16th Jan TALK: 'My family in the theatre' Jane Manuel 20th Feb TALK: 'Rings of Love' Steve McCreery 20th March TALK: 'The Music Hall Variety Scene'   Arthur Bowen 17th  April TALK: 'Lexicological Meandering' Roger Mundy 19th  June TALK: 'Crossing the Severn' Brian Hawker 17th July TALK:  'Structural Pathology' GriffSage 21st Aug TALK:  'Four feet heading North' Peter Stevenson 18th Sept TALK: 'Reflections on the NIIS in Wales' Phillip McCaffrey 16th Oct TALK:  'Trams and Light Railways' Geoff Smith 20th Nov TALK: 'The Glenn Miller Story' Gordon Westcott

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2002 DATE PRESENTER 17th Jan TALK: 'University Hospital of Wales' Adrian Evans 21st Feb TALK: 'Any Questions' Probus panel 21st March TALK: ‘ National Trust' Alan Jennings 18th  April TALK:  'Isambard Kingdom Brunel' Graham Penn 20th  June TALK: 'Nine Pints of the Law' David Twamley 18th July TALK:  'A Lifetime of Stuffering' Alan Badminton 15th Aug TALK:  'A Rose by any other name' Lionel Poole 19th Sept TALK: 'The People I have met' Steve Lewis 17th Oct TALK: 'Travel - Indulgence or Investment ?' David Walker 21st Nov TALK: 'I'll tell you a story' Doug Bedingham

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2001 DATE PRESENTER 18th Jan TALK: 'KRUF- Kidney Research Institute' R Gabe-Wilkinson 15th Feb TALK:'China in change' Ewart Parkinson 15th March TALK: 'Surgery through the ages' David Moffat 19th  April TALK: 'Keeping the Navy at seat James Walker 21st June TALK: 'Chemical Industry' Jonathan Meades 19th July TALK:  'U.A.E.' Mac Craigmyle 16th Aug TALK: 'Downhill all the way' Peier Gretton 20th Sept TALK: 'Just a few words' Ronnie Walters 18th Oct TALK: 'Museum of Welsh Life' Gareth Beech 15th Nov TALK: 'Pompeii, victim of Vesuvius' Peter Walcot

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2000 DATE PRESENTER 20th Jan TALK: 'Worse things do happen at sea' John King 17th Feb TALK: 'In search of David' Len Noakes 17th March TALK: 'A life of crime' Bernard Knight 20th  April TALK:  'Ships of the Outback' Charles Greenwood 19th May TALK: 'The Arts and our Society' Alan Vaughan Williams 15th  June TALK: 'The Great Escape' Phil Thomas 20th July TALK: 'San Carlos to St Dunstan's' Terry Billingham 17th Aug TALK: 'Countdown to Christmas in Kuwaitt Frank Kearns 21st Sep TALK: 'Cardiff - a City built on rubbish' David Bray 19th Oct TALK: 'Recollections of a Spin Doctor' Geoff Roberts 16th Nov TALK:   'Pleasure steamers in the Bristol Channel' Don Anderson

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 1999 DATE PRESENTER 21st Jan TALK: 'Tutankhamun' John Collier 18th Feb TALK: 'Common cold treatments - old and new' R.Eccles 18th March TALK:'The Glamorgan butterflies' J.A.Findlay 16th  April TALK:  'The Romans in South Wales' W.H.Manning 21st  May TALK: 'The role of the Lord Lieutenant' Norman Edwards 17th  June TALK: 'Wingate in Burmat Ken Spurlock 15th July TALK: 'Caerphilly Mountain Countryside Servicet Dai Workman 19th Aug TALK: 'Life as a French waiter' Jerry Blyth 16th Sep TALK: 'Energy for the future' Brian Brinlrworth 21st Oct TALK: 'The legacy of mining' Bert Jones 18th Nov TALK:  'Computers and the natural world' Bob Churchouse

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 1998 DATE PRESENTER 15th Jan TALK: 'National Trust gardens' Alan Jennings 19th Feb TALK: 'Laugh and the world laughs with you' Vernon John 19th March TALK: 'Discovering Cardiff s past' Dennis Morgan 16th  April TALK:  'Illustrated Medicine' Ralph Marshall 22nd May TALK: 'Memorials to the fallen' Audrey Pond 18th  June TALK: 'Norfolk Island, Australia' Dennis John 16th July TALK: 'India' Graham Bennett 20th Aug TALK: 'Living with the Bard' David Erasmus 17th Sept TALK: 'Tale of two cities: Berlin/Dresden' A.C.Davies 15th Oct TALK: 'St.Fagants' David Moffat 19th Nov TALK: 'Sri Lanka' Chris Barrett

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 1997 DATE PRESENTER 16th Jan TALK: 'Audiology' Geoff Hart 20th Feb TALK: 'The British Economy' Don Barry 20th March TALK: 'lstanbul'   Peter Walcott 17th  April TALK: 'The Enigma machine' Bob Churchouse 13th   May TALK: 'In a manner of speaking' John Edwards 19th  June TALK: 'In a manner of speaking' Roy Harris 17th July TALK:  'Japanese travels' Dennis Nottage 21st Aug TALK: 'Don't put your daughter on the Stage' Jane Manuel 18th Sept TALK: 'The island of Montserrat' Ralph Marshall 16th Oct TALK:  'The Amelia Trust Fund' John Ford 20th Nov TALK:  'Campaign for the protection of Rural Wales' Gordon Martin

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 1996 DATE PRESENTER 18th Jan TALK: 'The Educational Morass' ' Mike Pugh 15th Feb TALK: 'Chipping in' Brenda Berman 21st March TALK:  'Images of Wales' Jonathan Jones 18th  April TALK: 'Has the Law failed us ?' John Rutter 14th May TALK: 'Life and humour' Colin Howell 20th  June TALK: 'The environment and business' Angus Dixie 16th July TALK:   'The Picture - a Cardiff detective story' Peter Davies 21st Aug TALK: 'The changing role of Prison management' Mark Schito 18th Sept TALK:  'Rail trails across South Wales' Gwyn Jones 17th Oct TALK: 'Farming today' John Rees 21st Nov TALK:  'Nuclear power - does it have a future ?' David Ward 19th Dec TALK:  'Yes Minister/ Ivor Lightman

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 1995 DATE PRESENTER 18th Jan TALK: 'Forensic dentistry in crime and death' David Whittaker 16th Feb TALK: 'The motor car industry - challenge of change' Garel Rees 16th March TALK: 'Normandy beaches' Aubrey Waters 20th  April TALK:  'Do you remember ?' B.Hockley 18th   May TALK: 'The archaeology of iron and steel making' John Taylor 15th  June TALK: 'Radiation and our society" John Moore 20th July TALK: 'Russia today' D.Strovinski 17th Aug TALK: 'The cut and thrust of politics' Gwilym Jones 21st Sep TALK: 'Tower Colliery' Tyrone O'Sullivan 19th Oct TALK: 'Getting it right' John Mitchell 16th Nov TALK:   'Business in the community' Simon Knighton 21st Dec TALK: 'Tasting and enjoying wine' F.J.Avery

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 1994 DATE PRESENTER 20th Jan TALK: 'The oldest Order of Chivalry' Douglas Ilartley 17th Feb TALK:'My years in the Police Force' Rhona Price 17th March TALK: 'My Political life' Dengar Evans 21st  April TALK: 'The Trucial States' Mac Craigmyle 18th   May TALK: 'Japan - a land of contrasts' Roy Harris 16th  June TALK: 'A Black Homeland in South Africa' Norman Powell 21st July TALK: 'The changing role of the Police' Vivian Brook 17th Aug TALK: 'The loss of the Titanic' R. Davies 15th Sep TALK: 'My friend and neighbour' Stanley Kingston 20th Oct TALK: 'The Severn Crossing and M4 in Wales' K.Thomas 17th Nov TALK:  'POWs and the theatre' Wilf Sutton 15th Dec TALK:  'The truth, the whole truth about rugby' John Scott

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 1993 DATE PRESENTER 21st Jan TALK: 'History of Cardiff' Dennis Morgan 18th Feb TALK: 'Drugs and the l{HS' John Sithers 18th March TALK: 'Welsh rugby' John Powell 20th  May TALK: 'Glass engraving' Viv Bevan 17th  June TALK: 'The,headline Nation - the Basques' John Parry 15th July TALK: 'Yugoslavia' Roland Parsons 19th Aug TALK: 'An unusual occupation' S.Kingston 16th Sep TALK: 'Writing for pleasure' Phillip Beynon 21st Oct TALK: 'Gemstones' Basil Isaac 18th Nov TALK:  'Lisvane and its farms - 1850' Phillip Riden 16th Dec TALK:  'Railway Air Service' A.Pitard Davies

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 1992 DATE PRESENTER 25th  June TALK: 'Gliding' Eric Fitzgerald 16th July TALK: 'National Museum of Wales' Gerwyn Morgan 20th Aug TALK:  'My career in the D.S.S.' ' Geoff Griffiths 17th Sept TALK: Newspaper industry' John Rees 15th Oct TALK:  'Inland waterways' Peter Jackson 19th Nov TALK: 'St.Luke, Judas and Pontius Pilate' John Parry 17th Dec TALK: 'Sports Council of Wales' Wendy Williams

Our meetings are held monthly at Cardiff Golf Club, Sherbourne Avenue, Cyncoed. Cardiff  CF23 6SJ on the third Thursday morning of each month. We do not have guest speakers at our handover lunch in May nor the Christmas lunch in December, so we have 10 talks each year.