Cuppa-and-a-Chat – 10 August 2026
This is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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Annual General Meeting – 15 September 2026
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamThe Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 15 September 2026 starting at 2.00pm before a talk by the Manager of the Farnham Museum. Refreshments will be served.
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Quiz evening – 17 September 2026
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamAll members are welcome, whether you come as a team or as an individual willing to join a team on the night.
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Theme Meeting: The Story of Cantor Fitzgerald and the 9/11 attacks – 18 September 2026
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Christopher Marino: When the terrorists attacked the World Trade Center on 9/11 no company suffered more human loss than Cantor Fitzgerald. Chris shares his first-hand account of that tragic
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Cuppa-and-a-chat – 22 September 2026
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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Monthly Meeting: A Beginning, A Muddle & An End – 28 September 2026
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Bobbie Darbyshire: In an entertaining, informative talk, prize-winning author Bobbie Darbyshire explains how ideas formulate in the novelist’s mind. She has worked as barmaid, mushroom picker, film extra, maths
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New Members’ Reception – 5 October 2026
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamWe are eager to welcome new members and hold receptions for them in the autumn and in the spring. New members will receive an invitation to these events.
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Cuppa-and-a-chat – 16 October 2026
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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Quiz evening – 22 October 2026
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamAll members are welcome, whether you come as a team or as an individual willing to join a team on the night.
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Theme Meeting: A Towering Achievement – 23 October 2026
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Peter Tomlinson: A look at the history and expansion of Heathrow Airport and the building of the essential Control Tower. Discover how it was conceived and completed with all
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Monthly Meeting: Manipulated Reality: The Camera at War – 26 October 2026
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Hilary Roberts: Hilary presents a new perspective on the role of image manipulation in war photography over the past 170 years, exploring the consequences for our understanding of historic
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Theme Meeting: Ada Lovelace (1815-52) – 20 November 2026
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: David Simpson: The daughter of Lord Byron, Lovelace was a pioneering mathematician whose insight led her to write what is now considered the first computer program. Blending logic with
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Monthly Meeting: Memory: Tricks & Techniques – 23 November 2026
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Jonathan Jones: In this informative and amusing talk, Jonathan will let us into the tricks and techniques used by participants in the World Memory Championships to accomplish seemingly impossible
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Cuppa-and-a-chat – 27 November 2026
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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Monthly Meeting: An Introduction to The Orchestra – 7 December 2026
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Colin Butcher: Colin who is bringing his tuba will talk about orchestras and bands from an insider's point of view, explaining some of what's happening during rehearsals and performances.
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Theme Meeting: Christmas Entertainment – 11 December 2026
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamOrganiser: Andy Wood: An afternoon of music, humour and drama presented by Andy and friends.
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Cuppa-and-a-chat – 14 December 2026
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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Quiz evening – 17 December 2026
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamAll members are welcome, whether you come as a team or as an individual willing to join a team on the night.
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Theme Meeting: Two Overlooked Women Scientists – 15 January 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Thoreya Swage: For too long the contribution of women to the body of scientific knowledge has been ignored and only a few are recognised. This talk aims to highlight
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Cuppa-and-a-chat – 22 January 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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Monthly Meeting: Mud, Money & Marvels: Secrets of the Thames Foreshore – 25 January 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Lorraine Spindler: Once the desperate work of London’s poorest, riverside scavenging has evolved into a remarkable way of uncovering the city’s past as each find tells a story. Lorraine
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Quiz evening – 4 February 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamAll members are welcome, whether you come as a team or as an individual willing to join a team on the night.
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Theme Meeting: Joshua Slocum (1844-1909) – 19 February 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Andy Wood: The first recorded person to sail around the globe single-handedly. One of the greatest untold adventures in maritime history. He sailed 46,000 miles in three years, two
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Monthly Meeting: Crosswords – 22 February 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Susan Purcell: Crosswords are not just about leisure and enjoyment; the intelligence services have always taken a close interest in them. Susan will look at their history and regale
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Cuppa-and-a-chat – 23 February 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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New Members’ Reception – 8 March 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamWe are eager to welcome new members and hold receptions for them in the autumn and in the spring. New members will receive an invitation to these events.
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Cuppa-and-a-chat – 16 March 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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Theme Meeting: Splitting the Atom – 19 March 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: John Atkinson: Atoms are too small for our eyes to see – so why be interested in splitting them? Quite simply the part they play in the origin of
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Annual Group Leaders and Group Contacts Meeting – 19 March 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamGroup Leaders and Group Contacts will receive an invitation and are asked to reply letting us know whether they will be able to attend.
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Monthly Meeting: The Crop Circle Mystery – 22 March 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Andy Thomas: With stunning visuals, Andy explores this extraordinary phenomenon appearing in fields yearly around the world and still defying total explanation. He reveals their fascinating history up to
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Quiz evening – 15 April 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamAll members are welcome, whether you come as a team or as an individual willing to join a team on the night.
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Theme Meeting: Garibaldi – The Unification of Italy – 16 April 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Laurence Carter: 1860: In one brief summer, thanks to one man, Italy was upended and for the first time since the Roman empire re-established as a united country.
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Cuppa-and-a-chat – 19 April 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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Monthly Meeting: The Aviator Hall of Fame – 26 April 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Andy Richardson: An illustrated biography of a selection of Aviation’s greatest Pioneers, Influencers and Heroes as chosen by Andy and concluding with an audience vote as to who should
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Theme Meeting: Iran – a very different country in 1979 – 21 May 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Andrew Morgan: A recollection of working in the Middle East in a time of change – the 1970s. A peaceful and unsophisticated region with a charm unique to its
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Monthly Meeting: Henry Mayhew’s London Characters – 24 May 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeakers: James and Christine Rowley: During the 1840’s journalist Henry Mayhew interviewed hundreds of street vendors and characters. Discover many strange professions and how they survived. The story is brought
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Cuppa-and-a-chat – 25 May 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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Theme Meeting: Gilbert & Sullivan – 18 June 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Stephen Goss: Their comic operas made them household names in Victorian England with a combination of musical genius and witty satire. Although they did not always see eye to
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Cuppa-and-a-chat – 22 June 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an informal pop-in session held in the Maltings café from 10 am to mid-day. No need to book, just drop in and enjoy meeting other members for a
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Quiz evening – 24 June 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamAll members are welcome, whether you come as a team or as an individual willing to join a team on the night.
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Monthly Meeting: ‘A’ is for Arsenic – 28 June 2027
Barley Room The Maltings, FarnhamSpeaker: Kathryn Harkup: ….and also for Agatha Christie who revelled in using poison, carefully chosen to kill off unfortunate victims. We will look at howdunnit but whodunnit is for you to discover.
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Open Morning and Book Swap – 5 July 2027
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, FarnhamThis is an opportunity to talk to Group Leaders about the many groups available. Bring some books you no longer want and swap them for others you would like to