An introduction to the Charity that provides spoken news for local people with visual impairments.
This is a guided tour of the historical aspects of the town, through its buildings and their owners, and the stories behind them. The Good, the Strange, the Life-changing, the Secret and the Sad – all unique to Warwick.
He will also incorporate his new role as Sargeant at Mace of Warwick, in relation to Henry VIII and Thomas Oken, when the Guilds gave way to a Corporation – the start of our current Town Council and formalised civic management.
How the Roman’s built the great road shortly after their invasion of Britain in AD 43 to protect their conquered territory to the south and east. They paved the whole 230 mile length with limestone. Some of their quarries are now nature reserves. The journey from Lincoln through the Midlands to Exeter describes the wildlife to be found in the different landscapes through the year, and stories from the towns and cities that sprang up where the Romans had built their forts.
It is one of the great feats of exploration, program management, scientific development and most of all, tremendous guts and focus under pressure of the last 100 years. This presentation ponders the question “What’s the connection between it and the Beechcraft Bonanza F33C light aeroplane”? You’ll hear about the connections from the US Manned Lunar Exploration program to …
Christmas lunch, date to be arranged.
All is not what it seems. Want to know the truth behind the defeat at the Battle of Isandhlwana, or the heroics at Rorke’s Drift? This talk sets the record straight with the latest research. Also included are my adventures in Zululand as I retraced the steps of the 24th in South Africa in 2011….
Also what about two local heroes? One from Brierley Hill, the other from Kingswinford… both winners of the Victoria Cross;
just what did they do to be awarded this most coveted of honours?
A follow up to Martin’s Press Baron 1 talk of November 2024 bringing us up to date with Murdoch, Maxwell, Desmond. The Barclays and Conrad Black. The modern barons – their successes, their mistakes and the beginning of decline.
The talk starts with looking in to the fascinating life of the Hungarian businessman Nicholas Kove who founded the company in 1939 and the important role played by the tie up with Woolworths in the 1950’s. It then follows the ups and downs of the brand to its current home in the Hornby empire.
The trip concerns a flight to Lima and onwards travel to Puno a town beside lake Titicaca. A voyage on the lake included a visit to the floating school for the local Quchea children.
We travelled to Cusco and trekked the over the Andes to join the Inca trail to Machu Picchu. There we had a guided tour around the impressive remains of the city. We attended the colourful Cusco festival and learnt more of its history.
A 2000 mile road trip across western Tibet to reach the fabled land of Tsaparang (Shangri-La). A kingdom with the finest art ork in Asia. Gold mines funding a land 1.5 times the size of the UK.
At its heart a mountain ruled by its Kings for seven-hundred years. Rulers ordained to destroy Buddhism and resurrect the ancient Bon religion with their necklaces and trumpets made of human bones, and cups from carved human skulls.
The difference between caves and potholes, UK caving regions. The cave environment and how we dress to keep warm, the equipment we use.
Cave rescue & how caves are formed.
Cave decorations, or as we call them speleothems, and how they are formed – stalactites, stalagmites, columns, curtains, flowstone, helictites and, last but not least, snottites.
Richard will give us an update to his previous talk on the progress of HS2.