For retired professionals and business people
Ted Harrison For our first meeting in 2026 on the 12th January, the invited speaker is Mike Tingle who will be returning following previous enjoyable talks on local Congleton histories. This time, Mike is drawing on his background in chemistry education and fascination with the unexpected success of random discoveries for his talk entitled “Serendipitous Science”. Scientific … Read more
Mike Tingle on the subject of ‘Serendipitous Science’.
The invited speaker at our next meeting on Monday, 10th November will be Alan Kibble who will give a talk about the re-investigation of the ‘Moors Murders’. Alan served for 30 years in Greater Manchester Police before his retirement. Of those, 28 years were in CID. At one point, whilst serving on the serious crime … Read more
The speaker at our next meeting on Monday, 13th October, is Roy Hoerty. Roy has been a Registered Tour Guide for NW England for 30 years. He is a member of the British Guild of Tourist Guides and the International Guild of Battlefield Guides, and is Past President of the Institute of Tourist Guides, the … Read more
The invited speaker for our meeting on Monday, 8th September is George Pilkington, a renowned ecologist, environmental educationist, researcher and inventor, who has given talks to us on at least two previous occasions. Through his organization, Nurturing Nature established in 2000, George conducts research into bees and birds in their natural habitats, and invented the … Read more
The Autumn Lunch is to be held at The Terrace in The Lion and Swan Hotel on Thursday, 2nd October. Members are to arrive at 12:00 noon for 12:30.
A visit to Jodrell Bank has been arranged with members meeting there at 11:00 a.m. There will be a soup and sandwich lunch around 13:00 and a talk in the Space Dome at 14:30. The times in between will be free for members to explore and follow their own particular interests.
In a change to the originally published talk, our speaker at our next meeting on Monday, 14th July, will be Geoff Scargill who will be presenting a talk, with some accompanying music recordings, entitled “Edward Elgar – the Real Enigma”. Born in 1857 in a village near Malvern, Worcestershire, to parents who ran a music … Read more
A trip to Stockport’s Staircase House and Hat Museum is arranged for Thursday, 26th June, meeting at Congleton railway station in time for the 11.09am train.
12:30 for 1:00 p.m. at The Legs of Man, Arclid.