Date: Thursday 19th October 2017 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsors: Jenny Banks-Bryer, Anna Hill, Theo Bryer, Katie Bryer assisted by Roger Hale Twenty-One Minutes of Bryer – Minutes of the Dinner Anthony Appleton Mornington Bryer, Professor of Byzantine History at Birmingham University, Public Orator and Frank Buckland look-alike, known to all, his children included,…
Summer Party Venue: Great Whitley Village Hall Date: Sunday 2nd July 2017 Sponsor : Tony Tidmarsh Below is the flyer sent out to members by Tony in his role as Club Secretary Minutes of the Buckland Club Summer Party “A Twilight of the Empire Lunch” Sunday 2nd. July 2017, at Gt.Witley Village Hall ‘Twas…
Date: Thursday 23rd March 2017 Venue: Edgbaston Hall, Edgbaston Golf Club Minutes of the Buckland Club Gout Dinner “A pox on this gout!” quoth Falstaff, as might well our Chairman, Andrew Morris; whilst introducing our Sponsor, Professor David London, he observed that the meal awaiting us promised to be good for all except those, like…
Date: Sunday 16th October 2016 Sponsor: Henry Ashby Report written by: Hazel Riggall Prior to A Forager’s Feast, in the autumn of 2016, committee members Hazel Riggall & Christopher Firmstone were sent to forage with sponsor Henry Ashby. Forage = search widely for food or provisions A delightful couple of hours was spent in the…
Date: Thursday, 7th April 2016 Venue: Edgbaston Hall Sponsor: Roger Brown Minutes of the Buckland Club Spring Lamb Dinner The notice of the Meeting of the Buckland Club for A Spring Lamb Dinner, at Edgbaston Hall, on Thursday, 7th April 2016, requested prompt attendance at 6.45pm. We were told that there was to be a demonstration of…
Sponsor: Dave Travis Date: Thursday 22nd October 2015Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club This was not the first occasion the Buckland has chosen a musical theme. The lives and music of Rossini and Beethoven formed the conceptual spines of earlier events.. Now, it was time for some Rock and Roll. As Chuck Berry, one of the pioneers,…
A Vegetarian Dinner Venue:The Walker Memorial Hall, Ampton Road, Edgbaston Date:19th of March 2015 Sponsor: Anthony Scaroni from The Warehouse Cafe, Digbeth The text below was members’ first indication that their next dinner was to be meat free. It was presented in the form of a flyer to create interest. -oOo- The spring dinner will be…
Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2014 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Sponsor: Hazel Riggall with Lucinda Dickens Hawksley 84 members and guests assembled – at the Edgbaston Golf Club – no Bleak House this – on the evening of Wednesday, 12 November. Dry it was, so we did not need our gamps. We arrived with Great Expectations…
Date: 19th March 2014 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Sponsor: Tony Tidmarsh Minutes of a Peruvian Dinner Having returned from a holiday in Peru, impressed by the cuisine, the Honorary Secretary brought his customary persuasive charm to the Committee with the suggestion that the Buckland should have a dinner based on the gastronomy of that land.…
A Horse Dinner Date: Wednesday 23rd October 2013 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Sponsor: Graham Smith Members were first tempted to attend a Horse Dinner with this teaser: Attendees can expect an evening of fine dining with an equestrian bent. New member Graham Smith is earning his spurs by acting as our sponsor, while Ed Orchard,…