An Edgbaston Hall Dinner
Date: Wednesday 26th October 1977 Venue: Edgbaston Hall, aka Edgbaston Golf Club Sponsor: Professor T.J.B. Spencer
Silver Jubilee Picnic 1977
Date: Saturday 25th June 1977 Venue: Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon Circular to Members Queen Elizabeth II – SILVER JUBILEE PICNIC There was considerable enthusiasm for a Jubilee Picnic, and it has been arranged for Saturday, 25th June at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon. This date was preferred about equally to 21st but the musicians could…
Portuguese Dinner
Date: Wednesday 16th February 1977 Venue: Staff House, Birmingham University Sponsor: Senhor Jorje Dias Menu Portuguese Dinner Menu* Cod Pudding Lettuce Salad -o0o- Duck Rice in the Oven -o0o- Orange Pudding -o0o- Nuts and Raisins *Please note that this translation may not be fully accurate. Any further knowledge…
Colonel Peter Hawker Dinner
Date: Wednesday 27th October 1976 Venue: The Birmingham Club, Ethel Street, Birmingham Sponsors: Mr Evan Price MBE, Mr Roger Lees, Mr H Leyton Greener Colonel Peter Hawker Dinner Minutes The dinner was held at the Birmingham Club, Ethel Street on Wednesday 27th October 1976. It was different from previous dinners in that it three sponsors as…
Byzantine Dinner
Date: Wednesday 10th March 1976 Venue: Union Club, Birmingham Sponsor: Prof. Anthony Bryer Menu As well as founding a centre for Byzantine studies at the University of Birmingham in 1976, Anthony Bryer was Dinner Minutes Secretary for the Buckland Club between 1988 – 1999.
Japanese Dinner
Date: Wednesday 29th October 1975 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Mr Peter Martin The dinner was held at the Staff House, University of Birmingham, on Wednesday 29th October 1975. Sponsor Peter Martin It was sponsored by Mr Peter Martin of the British Council in Kyoto, Japan. He is the author of the Penguin…
Russian Dinner ’75
Date: Wednesday 19th February 1975 Venue: The Staff House, The University of Birmingham Sponsor: Professor R.E.F. Smith Menu Minutes Buckland Club – Russian Dinner ’75 A Russian dinner was held at the Staff House, University of Birmingham on 19th February 1975. Our sponsor, Professor R E F Smith of the department of Russian…
A Pepys Dinner
Date: 30th October 1974 Venue: The Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Professor Robert Latham C.B.E. The Minutes of a Pepys Diner The Dinner was held at the Staff House, Birmingham University and was sponsored by Professor Robert Latham, C.B.E., Dean and Pepys Librarian of Magdalene College, Cambridge. The Chairman welcomed Professor Latham to the Buckland…
Indian Dinner
Date: 20th February 1974 Venue: Rajdoot Restaurant, Birmingham Sponsor: Mr. Ajaib Singh Menu Minutes Example of tandoor & breads, above. Featured image shows dal cooking in enormous containers at the Golden Temple, Amritsar. Photographs by APM.
Fungus Dinner
Date: Wednesday 31st October 1973 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Dr A.C. Houghton Menu At…”a Fungus Dinner, where each course featured a different fungus. Our Guest of Honour, an eminent pharmacologist, quipped that he may have been invited to ensure we didn’t poison ourselves. We didn’t – and he was…