DIARY OF EVENTS 2024-25

May  9: WALK

May 14-16:  GOLF - Hawkstone Park

May 16: BOWLS

May 17: "Manchester's Lost District" - Keith Warrender

May 23:  Macclesfiled Silk Mill & Buxton Tea Room Leader: Duncan Hutchinson

May 30: WALK

May 31: "The Peasants Revolt" - Dave Walmsley

Jun.  4: Dining Group

Jun.  6: BOWLS

Jun. 14: "Made in Manchester. A People's History of the City" - Brian Groom

Jun. 18: GOLF Day visit to Leigh GC

Jun.20: BOWLS

Jun. 27: WALK

Jun. 28: "A strange thing happepened on the way to the Police Station" - Martin Gaffney

Jul.  4: BOWLS

Jul. 12: "Golden Heroes who stood by their principles" - Tony Johnson

Jul. 18: BOWLS

Jul. 25: WALK

Jul 25: GOLF Day visit to Davyhulme GC

Jul. 26: "Flint to Fusion" - Keith Stevens

Aug.  1: BOWLS

Aug.  9: "Sent to Siberia" - Terry Callaghan 

Aug. 15: BOWLS

Aug. 16: Dining Group

Aug. 23: "Beekeeping" - Frank Pleszak

Aug. 29: WALK

Sep.  3: Wentworth Woodhouse, Rotherham Leader: Geoff Keeling

Sep.  5: BOWLS

Sep.  6: "The Mid Cheshire Railway" - Mike Battman

Sep. 15: "From batteies to electric vehicles: towards a greener world?" - Peter Mount 

Sep. 18: PRESIDENT'S LUNCHEON, La Boheme

Sep. 19: BOWLS

Sep. 20: "The First Great Credit Crunch" - Jim Williams 

Sep. 26: WALK

Sep. 26: GOLF - day visit to High Legh Park GC

Oct.  3: BOWLS

Oct.  4: "The Gershwins" - Roger Browne

Oct.  9: Dining Group: Dishoom, Bridge Street, Manchester 

Oct. 17: BOWLS

Nov.  1: "Graphene" - Ernie Hill 

Nov.  7: BOWLS

Nov. 15: "Bring on the Pies" - Gary Conley

Nov. 18: JCB ASSEMBLY factory tour - Leader Hamish Rankin

Nov. 21: BOWLS

Nov. 27: CHRISTMAS LUNCH, Ringway Golf club

Nov. 28: WALK

Nov. 29: "The Women of Manchester Art Gallery" - Julia Marwood

Dec.  3: Dining Group

Dec.  5:  BOWLS

Dec. 13: "Chester Uncovered" - Stephen Shakshaft

Dec. 19: BOWLS

Jan.  2:  BOWLS

Jan. 10: "Our disappearing Swifts" - Tanya Hoare

Jan. 16:  BOWLS

Jan. 24: "The Gretna Girls and the Devils Porridge" - David Skillen

Jan. 30: WALK

Feb.  6:  BOWLS

Feb.  7: "Alan Turing, his life and legacy" - Neil Sheldon

Feb. 10: Dining Group

Feb. 18: Historical Manchester Leader TBC

Feb: 20:  BOWLS

Feb. 21: "Foul Murder" - Jim Williams

Feb. 27: WALK

Mar.  6:  BOWLS

Mar.  7: "The English Civil War" - Dave Walmsley

Mar. 19: Spring Lunch, Ringway Golf Club

Mar. 20:  BOWLS

Mar. 21: "Tax, Care and Toy Boys" - TBC

Mar. 27: WALK

Apr.  3:  BOWLS

Apr.  4: "Members reminisce"

Apr. 10: Dining Group

Apr. 17:  BOWLS

Apr. 24: WALK

Apr. 25: "Apocalypse When?" - Keith Stevens

May  1: BOWLS

May  9: AGM