An Agatha Christie Dinner

Date: 21st April 2006 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Minutes of an Agatha Christie Dinner by Roger Hale The dinner was sponsored by Doctor Guy Houghton. Those of us with memories steeped in the history of the Club recalled that the Houghton family are well known as serial poisoners of the Buckland Club. There had been…

A Trafalgar Dinner

Date: Friday 21st October 2005 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsors: William Wood, Harlan Walker & Roger Hale Invitation to Members Minutes of the Buckland Club Trafalgar Dinner This dinner marked the two-hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, a defining moment in the post-revolutionary skirmishes between this country and France, which pitted against each other…

Great British Summer Party

Date: 5th June 2005 Venue: The Priory School, Edgbaston, Birmingham Sponsors: Paul Leverton & Andrew Morris   Minutes – Great British Summer Party   Writing up an occasion more than two decades after the event has obvious flaws. However, viewing the Club’s Great British Summer Party at some distance has certain advantages. My memory of…

A Tamil Dinner

Date: Wednesday 27th October 2004 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor Edward Ratnaraja Minutes of A Tamil Dinner.                                                         The Club met at The Staff House, Birmingham…

A Scottish Lake Dwelling Supper

Date: 28th April 2004 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Alex Hale PhD FSA Scot. Minutes of a Scottish Lake Dwelling Supper The Club met on the 28th April 2004 to recreate the sort of feast which would have been enjoyed about 2000 years ago by those living in the crannogs of Scotland. Crannogs were big…