Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month. Tea/coffee is available from 10:00, with the meeting proper starting at 10:30.
The venue is The New Remembrance Hall, Charlton, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 0PL. There is a link to Google Maps here.
The 29 bus service from Shaftesbury to Salisbury stops in Charlton near to the hall. The timetable may be found here.
A charge is made of £2 per person, to cover speakers' costs and refreshments. Open meetings provide an opportunity to have a coffee, socialise and to enjoy presentations from invited speakers. Non-members are welcome to attend one open meeting to sample what is on offer.
Monthly Meetings
In this tragic tale we recall the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, a young Police Constable from Semley who was killed by agents of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi as she stood […]
What were the Crown Jewels referred to by the Irish locals? Why was the safe kept in the library rather than the strongroom? When waking up after an alcoholic slumber, […]
3rd September 2026
Meeting
Nature owns everything, even your garden! Leave your garden unattended for a couple of months and very quickly you discover nature is taking over. Even in a well cared for […]
The unique Hinton St Mary mosaic, on display in The British Museum since 1965 consists of an 8m by 5m high-status tessellated floor with a central roundel showing a man […]
5th November 2026
Meeting
An illustrated talk exploring the history of Pantomime. From its earliest origins in the Middle Ages, through to the lavish spectacular productions we know today – we’ll journey through some […]
3rd December 2026
Meeting
CHRIS WALKER - Has been playing the clarinet since the age of 15. After school he played regularly around the London jazz scene – then became a professional musician with […]
Group Events
10th June 2026
Group Event
8th July 2026
Group Event
Wildflowers & butterflies
12th August 2026
Group Event
Wildflowers & dragonflies
9th September 2026
Group Event
Early returning water fowl
14th October 2026
Group Event
28th October 2026
Group Event
Mozart "Don Giovanni Overture" / Saint-Saëns "Piano Concerto No.2" / Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade"
11th November 2026
Group Event
18th November 2026
Group Event
Walton "Crown Imperial March" / Beethoven "Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ " / Tchaikovsky "Suite No.3"
9th December 2026
Group Event
9th December 2026
Group Event
Corelli "Concerto Grosso in G minor ‘Christmas Concerto’" / Vivaldi "Autumn & Winter from The Four Seasons" / Mussorgsky "A Night on the Bare Mountain" / Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker Suite"
20th January 2027
Group Event
Bizet "Carmen Suite No.1" / Rachmaninov "Piano Concerto No.4" and "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" / R Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier Suite"
3rd March 2027
Group Event
Khachaturian "Spartacus Suite" / Berio "Folk Songs" / Respighi "Pines of Rome"
17th March 2027
Group Event
Beethoven "Coriolan Overture" / Beethoven "Cantata on the Death of Emperor Josef II" / Beethoven "Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica’"