Above, Roger Hale (centre) talks to Bill Hunt of Wizzard (right) Date: Thursday 22nd October 2015 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Sponsor: Dave Travis 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…
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.…
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, from…
Date: Sunday 30th June 2013 Venue: Forest Hall, Meriden Minutes of a Summer Luncheon Party in Honour of Harlan and Delia Walker. Sunday 30th June 2013 On Sunday 30th June 2013, the Buckland Club held a luncheon party at Forest Hall, Meriden, the headquarters of The Woodmen of Arden, England’s oldest archery society, in honour…
Date: Thursday 14th March 2013 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Sponsor: Sharon Hudgins assisted by husband Tom One of the most successful dinners in recent memory was the Trans-Siberian Dinner sponsored by renowned culinary author Sharon Hudgins. Below is a link to Sharon’s blog that gives an enormous insight into a tremendous evening, that is still…
Date: 22nd November 2012 Venue: The Brasserie Restaurant, University College Birmingham Sponsor: Jill Norman Menu design by UCB students, with help from Hazel Riggall Background to the Dinner The students at UCB were assisted by committee member Hazel Riggall, who was the driving force behind the idea of a dinner based upon…
Date: April 12th, 2012 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Meléndez Sponsor: Gillian Riley Gastronomy in the Still Life Paintings of Luis Meléndez Minutes of the Dinner On April 12th, 2012 64 members and guests of the Buckland Club assembled at the Edgbaston Golf Club, Birmingham for a dinner on the theme of Gastronomy in the…
Date: 12th October 2011 Venue: The Blue Coat school, Harborne Sponsor: His Grace the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu Background to the Dinner Some have been heard to say that the Biblical Dinner resulted through divine intervention. Whilst there may be an element of truth in this matter, the catalyst for this feast was…