A Summer Party on the Loire
Date: 31st July 2001 Venue: Cave de Pierre-Jacques Druet, Bourgueil Geoffrey Luff (LHS), Roger Brown (Centre) & Ménard (RHS) Ménard the charcutier from Bourgueil
A Robert Burns Dinner
Date: 25th January 2001* Venue: Staff House, The University of Birmingham Sponsors: Michael Brewer with Andrew Morris Assisted by: Alastair Kerr, Hamish Aird, Craig Smith, Bryer and Tessa Sidey Minutes of A Robert Burns Dinner The Buckland Club decided to celebrate Burns Night at The Staff House Birmingham University on 25th January 2001*. So far as I…
A Moroccan Dinner
Date: Wednesday 1st November 2000 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Anissa Helou Minutes of the Moroccan Dinner On the 1st November 2000 the Buckland Club decided to risk a Moroccan dinner. Now travellers in that country have in the past returned in a condition near to death and requiring first a stomach pump and…
A David Cox Dinner
Date: Tuesday 14th March 2000 Venue: The Council House, Birmingham Sponsor: David Hardy Invitation to members for A David Cox Dinner. Roger Wood Secretary
A Futurist Dinner
Date: Wednesday 3rd November 1999 Venue: The Vauxhall Centre, University of Aston, Birmingham Sponsor: Andrew P. Morris Background to the dinner The Futurist Dinner was my first appearance acting as sponsor at a Buckland Club event. Having been asked to join the committee, I arrived at my first meeting bright eyed and bushy tailed on…
A Ceremonial Feast of Gazpachios
Date: 13th June 1999 Venue: Woodmen of Arden Archery Club, Meriden Sponsor: Alicia Rios Minutes of a Ceremonial Feast of Gazpachios
Supper with the Merchant of Prato
Date: Wednesday 10th February 1999 Venue: The Vauxhall Centre, University of Aston, Birmingham Sponsor: Peter Cannon-Brookes Francesco di Marco Datini aka The Merchant of Prato
A Çiftlik Dinner
Date: Thursday 29th October 1998 Venue: The Vauxhall Centre, University of Aston Sponsors: Fiona & Stephen Hill Minutes of a Çiftlik Dinner
Una Cena Piemontese – A Piedmontese Dinner
Date: Wednesday 18th February 1998 Venue: Berrow Court, Edgbaston Sponsor: Bruno Roncarati Minutes of a Piedmontese Dinner Thoughts on the Piedmontese Dinner The minutes of the Piedmontese Dinner provide a rare insight to the working of the Club. Although they represent the views of the Dinner Secretary over twenty years ago, shortly before I became…
Un Dîner Bourguignon – A Burgundian Dinner
Date: Wednesday 29th October 1997 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Sponsors: Wesley Cummings & Bill Pardoe Minutes to follow. APM Oct 2019