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…

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 Club…

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…

A Parson Woodforde Dinner

Date: Wednesday 27th October 1971 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Dr. John Enticknap assisted by R.E. Threlfall Minutes of a Parson Woodforde Dinner A meeting of the Club was held at The Staff House, The University of Birmingham, on the 27th October, 1971, when Dr. John Enticknap sponsored a Parson Woodforde Dinner. R. E. Threlfall…

Sir Arthur Thompson’s 80th Birthday Dinner

Date: 28th October 1970 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham An English Dinner In Honour of the Occasion of the 80th Birthday of Sir Arthur Thompson There were two memorable things about the Buckland Club Dinner held at the University Staff House, Birmingham, on Wednesday, the 28th October, 1970. The first was the occasion and the second…

An Oranje Dinner

Date: Wednesday 4th February 1970 Venue: The Conservative Club, Birmingham Sponsor: Mr. van Haeften   Dinner Minutes – An Oranje Dinner An Oranje Dinner was held on Wednesday, the 4th of February, 1970 at The Conservative Club, Birmingham, sponsored by Mr. van Haeften of the Dutch Dairy Bureau and Colonel Geoffrey Grey, the Consul for…