Our programme of events is sent to all members in a monthly Newsletter and includes forthcoming meetings and group events.
Below is a list of forthcoming Events. Please click on the Blue Title link for an event for more details of that event & click the Blue Venue link for details of the venue,.
Group Leaders can add Events on the Calendar themselves, or contact Jane for assistance.
If you are not a Group Leader and have an Event you wish to add to the Event List please email Jane.
Forthcoming events
Friday 4th September 2026
10:00
Meeting
Lecture "Understanding the Inventions that changed the world" Break for coffee/tea/chat Lecture " Everyday Engineering - Understanding the Marvels of Daily Life"
Venue: Barston Memorial Institute
Tuesday 8th September 2026
Monthly Meeting
This is a talk about the nurses and doctors who risked their own lives working in the field hospitals on the Western Front during World War One. Faced with situations […]
Visit and conducted tour of Bourton House Garden by the Head Gardener. Accessibility - Bourton House Garden welcomes disabled visitors. A sign up sheet will be available at the next core […]
Venue: Bourton House
Cost: £18
Booking Required
Tuesday 13th October 2026
14:30 - 16:00
Monthly Meeting
Ray Sturdy, our speaker, has a passion for both travel and photography. The latter has helped him create presentations about the many places he has visited This talk is about his […]
Venue: Barston Memorial Institute
Tuesday 10th November 2026
14:30 - 16:00
Monthly Meeting
We welcome David and Pam Humphries once again to present one of their Birmingham Heritage Talks. A Glass and a Half ( a title the words of which we will […]
Venue: Barston Memorial Institute