A Dinner in Memory of Sir Arthur Thomson

Date: Wednesday 8th November 1978 Venue: Staff House, The University of Birmingham Sponsor: Sir Michael Clapham with Professor Malins   Menu     Minutes Sir Arthur Peregrine Thomson – Obituary b.1890 d.15 July 1977 Kt (1959) MC MB ChB Birm (1915) MRCP (1920) MD (1923) FRCP (1930)     Arthur Thomson was born in British…

Silver Jubilee Picnic 1977

  Date: Saturday 25th June 1977 Venue: Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon   Circular to Members Queen Elizabeth II – SILVER JUBILEE PICNIC There was considerable enthusiasm for a Jubilee Picnic, and it has been arranged for Saturday, 25th June at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon. This date was preferred about equally to 21st but the musicians could…

Portuguese Dinner

Date: Wednesday 16th February 1977 Venue: Staff House, Birmingham University Sponsor: Senhor Jorje Dias   Menu           Portuguese Dinner Menu* Cod Pudding Lettuce Salad -o0o- Duck Rice in the Oven  -o0o-  Orange Pudding -o0o- Nuts and Raisins   *Please note that this translation may not be fully accurate. Any further knowledge…

Colonel Peter Hawker Dinner

Date: Wednesday 27th October 1976 Venue: The Birmingham Club, Ethel Street, Birmingham Sponsors: Mr Evan Price MBE, Mr Roger Lees, Mr H Leyton Greener   Colonel Peter Hawker Dinner Minutes The dinner was held at the Birmingham Club, Ethel Street on Wednesday 27th October 1976. It was different from previous dinners in that it three sponsors as…

Byzantine Dinner

Date: Wednesday 10th March 1976 Venue: Union Club, Birmingham Sponsor: Prof. Anthony Bryer   Menu           As well as founding a centre for Byzantine studies at the University of Birmingham in 1976, Anthony Bryer was Dinner Minutes Secretary for the Buckland Club between 1988 – 1999. 

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…

Russian Dinner ’75

Date: Wednesday 19th February 1975 Venue: The Staff House, The University of Birmingham Sponsor: Professor R.E.F. Smith Menu     Minutes Buckland Club – Russian Dinner ’75 A Russian dinner was held at the Staff House, University of Birmingham on 19th February 1975. Our sponsor, Professor R E F Smith of the department of Russian…