The group of about 20 Members and their partners met at Turks Pier, Kingston at midday and joined other day trippers. The trip took an hour to Turks Pier at Richmond, near the White Cross.  The pleasure boat.  The approach to and entering Teddington Lock including a warning sign.  We were all completely relaxed and... Continue Reading →

The talk was given by Dave Goldsmith on Fighting Blindness in Bolivia. Dave and his skilled team, Andean Medical Mission (AMM), spend a period of a month each year travelling to Bolivia and visiting remote parts to eliminate or reduce the effects of blindness. The AMM plan includes: alignment with Bolivia from a political stance;... Continue Reading →

Ken was notified by the MoD that his Legion d’Honneur was to be awarded by the French Embassy. On the 70th anniversary of D-Day in June 2014, the French President Francois Hollande announced that the Legion d’Honneur would be awarded to all British veterans who fought to liberate France from Nazi occupation between 1944 and... Continue Reading →

7 members and wives took advantage of good weather for a walk around this National Trust site and its surroundings. Following the broad track across the common, we passed the locality known locally as the “Isle of Wight” (alas no sea in site) until we reached some manicured farmland. Chasemore Farm appears to be given... Continue Reading →

30 members, partners and guests mustered at Epsom Downs car park to be taken by coach to the Combermere Barracks, Windsor. On arrival we were greeted by a veteran cavalryman, John, and proceeded in an orderly fashion to the museum. John explained the programme for our visit and we were also treated to the inevitable... Continue Reading →

Our talk for the June Meeting was given by David Tomlinson of the Photographic Club of Great Britain. Considerable interest was provoked by many examples of working cameras which he demonstrated and laid out for all to see and handle. He also illustrated each on slides and was able to point out all the intricacies... Continue Reading →

Malcolm Head talked to his audience about how he spent his working life working on a dredger keeping the River Thames and tributaries free flowing and from silting up or becoming otherwise blocked by debris of all kinds to prevent flooding. Many artefacts were brought up to the surface in the dredgers buckets that had... Continue Reading →