2012 /13 Programme of Monthly Meetings

These normally take place on the fourth Wednesday of the month, except August and December, starting at 2.00pm.

Monthly meetings are held in the Sacred Heart Parish Centre, London Road, Waterlooville PO7 7SR

2012

28th March

Visit an English Garden	Take a trip around gardens with the former Head of Parks and Gardens for Portsmouth City Council.
Speaker - Brian Kidd

25th April

Walter Sickert and the Camden Town Group	The Camden Town Group were a group of English Post-Impressionist artists active 1911-1913. They gathered frequently at the studio of the painter Walter Sickert.
Speaker - Bernard Allen

23rd May

The Festivals of Japan

Speaker - Neil Hook

27th June

The Portsmouth to London Road

Speaker - Jennifer Goldsmith

A taste of life and the history and development of this fascinating route from trackway to one of the most important roads in Britain.

25th July

Our Vital Moon

Speaker - Robin Gorman

The origin of the moon and how it affects life on earth.

August - no meeting

26th September

Journey to the Titanic

Speaker - Rob Goldsmith

Construction, maiden voyage and diving on the wreck.

24th October

Flying in the 1^st World War

Speaker - Bob White

Men and machines during war-time.

28th November

My Family & Other Setbacks

Speaker - Mel Rees

A Christmassy Look at Family LIfe.

December - no meeting

2013

23rd January

Illuminated Manuscripts

Speaker - Rod Dawson

The development of calligraphy and decoration.

27th February

The Work of Magistrates

Speaker - Zig Malendewicz

27th March

Tommy Atkins

Speaker - Michael Forrest

Life of the British Soldier in WW1

Groups Programme

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Monday	German (weekly) Photography 2 (fortnightly) Reading (monthly) Tai Chi (weekly)	Arts and Crafts (various) Family History (fortnightly) French Elementaire (weekly)
Tuesday	Music appreciation (monthly)	French Conversation (weekly) Line Dancing (weekly) Wildlife Wander Photography 1 (monthly)
Wednesday		Mah Jong (weekly) Poetry (monthly) Science (monthly) Monthly Hall Meeting (fourth)
Thursday	French Les Moyens (weekly)	Archaeology (second) Line Dancing (weekly) Local History (fourth)
Friday	Bridge (weekly) Painting (weekly) Walking (second and fourth)	Art History (first) Tai Chi (weekly)
Saturday
Sunday	Gardens (various)
Others	French Debutantes Geology Wildlife Wander 1	Calligraphy Computers WAG