A Mozart Dinner
Date: 11th October 2006 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Dr. John Amis
An Agatha Christie Dinner
Date: 21st April 2006 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Minutes of an Agatha Christie Dinner by Roger Hale The dinner was sponsored by Doctor Guy Houghton. Those of us with memories steeped in the history of the Club recalled that the Houghton family are well known as serial poisoners of the Buckland Club. There had been…
A Trafalgar Dinner
Date: Friday 21st October 2005 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsors: William Wood, Harlan Walker & Roger Hale Invitation to Members Minutes of the Buckland Club Trafalgar Dinner This dinner marked the two-hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, a defining moment in the post-revolutionary skirmishes between this country and France, which pitted against each other…
Un Dîner Tourangeau aka A Loire Wine Dinner
Date: Thursday 7th April 2005 Venue: Forest Hall, Meriden Sponsors: Geoffrey & Joy Luff with Roger Hale Minutes of the Dinner In the past The Buckland Club has travelled to the Loire and enjoyed a huge and extraordinary lunch, but on the 7th April 2005 we arranged for the Loire to come to us.The Loire flowed…
A Tamil Dinner
Date: Wednesday 27th October 2004 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor Edward Ratnaraja Minutes of A Tamil Dinner. The Club met at The Staff House, Birmingham…
Bloom’s Day – A Summer Soirée
Date: Wednesday 16th June 2004 Venue: Gas Street Basin/ St Paul’s Club, Birmingham Sponsor: Sir Bob Dowling
A Scottish Lake Dwelling Supper
Date: 28th April 2004 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Alex Hale PhD FSA Scot. Minutes of a Scottish Lake Dwelling Supper The Club met on the 28th April 2004 to recreate the sort of feast which would have been enjoyed about 2000 years ago by those living in the crannogs of Scotland. Crannogs were big…
A Medicinal Menu Dinner
Date: 30th October 2003 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Hazel Riggall with Dr. Rosemary Kyle The Minutes of a Medicinal Menu Dinner
Screaming Bloody Mary
Hazel’s SBM recipe from A Medicinal Menu Oct. 2003 Quantity: 1 x Jug or 6 Highball Glasses Ingredients: Celery Salt 175ml Dry Sherry 350ml Vodka 1-75L V8 Juice 75ml Worcestershire Sauce 12 Drops Tabasco Sauce 6 Limes juiced Freshly Ground Black Pepper 12-18 Ice Cubes Celery Sticks &/ or strips Method: Sprinkle celery salt onto…
A Dalmatian Dinner
Date: 6th February 2003 Below is the letter sent out to members informing them of the Dalmatian Dinner. Minutes of the Dalmatian Dinner