Date: Wednesday 30th October 1996 Venue: Vauxhall Centre, University of Aston Sponsor: Hamish Wilson Minutes of a Highland Banquet Additional Information On a very personal note this dinner certainly lives long in the memory. It was my first exposure to the Buckland Club, and I was rightly smitten. Bryer’s minutes capture, with his usual robust…
Venue: The Vauxhall Centre, University of Aston Date: Thursday 15th February 1996 Sponsor: Inge Mitchell Minutes of a Jutland Dinner The Club met in the Vauxhall Centre of the University of Aston on Thursday 15 February 1996 for a Jutland Dinner. We found that the Jutes had beaten us to it – by about 1,500 years.These…
Date: Wednesday 25th October 1995 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Berrin Torolsan Minutes of a Family Dinner in Istanbul, aka “What my Grandmother Cooked The Club met in Staff House of the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 25 October 1995 to eat “What my Grandmother Cooked.” She was grandmother of our sponsor, Berrin Torolsan, and…
Date: Wednesday 30th October 1991 Venue: Edgbaston Golf Club Sponsor: Tim Morris Minutes of a P.G.Wodehouse Dinner On Wednesday 30 October 1991 the Club gathered at Edgbaston Hall. Some motored down, others came by taximeter cab, but all had taken the precaution of bidding farewell to their womenfolk, for Edgbaston Hall is now a Golf…
Venue: The Martineau Club, Birmingham Date: Tuesday 7th November 1989 Sponsor: Prof. David London Minutes of A Rossini Dinner
Date: Wednesday 30th October 1985 Venue: Staff House, University of Birmingham Sponsor: Alicia Rios Ivars
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…
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…
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…
Date: 24th February 1965 Venue: The Midland Hotel, Birmingham Sponsor: Professor Ellis Waterhouse, C.B.E. Minutes of a Florentine Renaissance Dinner On 24th February 1965, at the Midland Hotel, Birmingham, the event was a Florentine Renaissance Dinner: in fact, more Renaissance than Florentine, as was emphasised by the sponsor, Professor Ellis Waterhouse, C.B.E., Director of the Barber Institute, University…