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
A Desert Feast
Date: Sunday 31st August 1997 Venue: The Mass House, Pritchatts Road, Edgbaston Sponsor: Roger Hale Minutes of a Desert Feast Members in authentic apparel
A Macedonian Dinner
Date: Monday 10th February 1997 Venue: Vauxhall Centre, University of Aston Sponsor: Andrew Dalby Minutes of a Macedonian Dinner
A Highland Dinner
Date: Wednesday 30th October 1996 Venue: Vauxhall Centre, University of Aston Sponsor: Hamish Wilson Minutes of a Highland Banquet Additional Information On a very personal note this dinner certainly lives long in the memory. It was my first exposure to the Buckland Club, and I was rightly smitten. Bryer’s minutes capture, with his usual robust…
A Jutland Dinner
Venue: The Vauxhall Centre, University of Aston Date: Thursday 15th February 1996 Sponsor: Inge Mitchell Minutes of a Jutland Dinner The Club met in the Vauxhall Centre of the University of Aston on Thursday 15 February 1996 for a Jutland Dinner. We found that the Jutes had beaten us to it – by about 1,500 years.These…
A Family Dinner in Istanbul
Date: Wednesday 25th October 1995 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Berrin Torolsan Minutes of a Family Dinner in Istanbul, aka “What my Grandmother Cooked The Club met in Staff House of the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 25 October 1995 to eat “What my Grandmother Cooked.” She was grandmother of our sponsor, Berrin Torolsan, and…
A P.G.Wodehouse Dinner
Date: Wednesday 30th October 1991 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Sponsor: Tim Morris Minutes of a P.G.Wodehouse Dinner On Wednesday 30 October 1991 the Club gathered at Edgbaston Hall. Some motored down, others came by taximeter cab, but all had taken the precaution of bidding farewell to their womenfolk, for Edgbaston Hall is now a Golf…