Date: 19th February 1964 Venue: The Midland Hotel Sponsor: Professor T.J.B. Spencer Shakespeare Dinner – Minutes Held at the Midland Hotel, Birmingham, on February 19th, instead of the statutory February 4th, the Club’s Spring Dinner of 1964 was a Shakespeare Dinner, this being the quarter centenary year of William Shakespeare’ s birth.…
Date: Wednesday 20th February 1963 Venue: The Midland Hotel, Birmingham Sponsor: M. Yves Fourault Minutes of a Bordeaux Dinner hon
Date: Wednesday 17th October 1962 Venue: Midland Hotel, Birmingham Sponsors: Prof. W Melville Arnot, Sir Robert Aitken & Prof. Hugh McLaren Minutes of a Scottish Dinner
Date: Wednesday 28th February 1962 Venue: The Midland Hotel, Birmingham Sponsor: Roger Lancelyn with Derek Hudson Minutes of the Lewis Carroll Dinner The chairman, Sir Arthur Thomson, presided. The sponsor was Mr. Roger Lancelyn Green, Editor of Lewis Carroll’s diaries, and associated with him was Mr. Derek Hudson, Lewis Carroll’s most recent biographer. There was nothing peculiar…
Date: October 11th 1961 Venue: Midland Hotel, Birmingham Sponsor: Suchin Labanukrom Minutes of A Thai Dinner A Thai Dinner was held at the Midland Hotel, Birmingham, on October 11, 1961. Credit for its success and gratitude for overcoming all the difficulties should be shared between the Royal Thai Embassy and Peter Feeny, Honorary Consul for Thailand in Birmingham, a…
Date: February 8th 1961 Venue: The Midland Hotel, Birmingham Sponsor: Dr. M.A. Screech Minutes of the Rabelaisian Dinner The standard established by the Club was, to say the least, maintained by the Rabelaisian Dinner, held at the Midland Hotel, Birmingham, on February 8th, 1961. Unhappily the Club’s Chairman was absent, summoned (so his deputy explained) to…
Date: 12th October 1960 Venue: The Midland Hotel, Birmingham Sponsor: Prof. A.C. Frazer Minutes of A Swedish Crayfish Party The first dinner of the Club after it had been duly inaugurated was the Swedish Dinner in 1952, sponsored with scrupulous attention to details by Professor A.C. Frazer. The minutes of that evening conclude: ‘By universal consent this Swedish…
Date: 24th February 1960 Venue: The Midland Hotel Sponsor: Mons. Victor Lanson Minutes of A Champagne Dinner On February 24th, 1960, a Champagne Dinner was held at the Midand Hotel, Birmingham. This was one of the Club’s greatest occasions. It was subsequently accorded favourable notice in “Harper’s Wine & Spirit Gazette”. Members showed their hopes by attending…
THE NOBLE ART OF EATING CRAYFISH* Instructions given to Buckland Club members at the 1960 Swedish Crayfish Party Summer brings with it an event dear to the heart of every Swedish man, woman and child. That is why we are directing these lines to you, to help you to tackle the sweet, dill-smelling problem of a dish full…
Date: 14th October 1959 Venue: Midland Hotel, Birmingham Sponsor: Professor A. B. MacGregor Minutes of the Australian Dinner Having drunk the wines of South Africa at the Frank Buckland Memorial Dinner, the Club thought it would be a good idea to hold an Australian Dinner. A hint of this thought was allowed to reach His Excellency the High Commissioner‘s Office. The…