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.
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Monthly Meetings
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 […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
1st October 2026
Meeting
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 […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
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 […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
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 […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
7th January 2027
10:00 am
Meeting
The talk starts with a brief look at the trade today, materials used and methods of thatching. Then it covers how the various thatching materials are and were harvested and […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
4th February 2027
10:00 am
Meeting
Fonthill is traditionally associated with the eccentric bisexual writer and collector William Beckford who built his Abbey at the end of the 18th Century. The collapse of the tower in […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
4th March 2027
10:00 am
Meeting
“Pyramids” who built them, why and for what purpose? They have been found on every continent (except Antartica at this time). What’s their connection to the Cosmos? The facts and […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
1st April 2027
10:00 am
Meeting
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 […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
6th May 2027
10:00 am
Meeting
From rosettes to rose gardens, from poems to romance, the Rose is ubiquitous across all centuries and cultures. It’s as old as Ancient Egypt and as mysterious as Persia, and […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
3rd June 2027
10:00 am
Meeting
The fascinating tale of the world-famous poet, his Welsh roots and considerable connections with the Ringwood and Fordingbridge area. Hear about his debts, marital affairs, American tours and his downward […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
1st July 2027
10:00 am
Meeting
This talk explores the life and work of Eric Ravilious, one of the most distinctive and enduring British artists of the 20th Century. Painter, printmaker, illustrator and designer, Ravilious transformed […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
2nd September 2027
10:00 am
Meeting
An enlightening talk covering the experiences of early settlers and convicts travelling to, and arriving in, Australia during the 18th & 19th centuries. Although very different their reasons for taking […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
7th October 2027
10:00 am
Meeting
In search of the real history behind Kirk Douglas’s portrayal of Spartacus and his slave revolt against Rome in the 1960 blockbuster film. Why was the 1960 Hollywood epic produced […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
4th November 2027
Meeting
Dorset & Somerset Ambulance provides life-saving pre-hospital critical care, to patients in need. We are your local air ambulance charity, a vital part of the community and we rely on […]
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
Group Events
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Mozart "Don Giovanni Overture" / Saint-Saëns "Piano Concerto No.2" / Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade"
Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole.
Walton "Crown Imperial March" / Beethoven "Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ " / Tchaikovsky "Suite No.3"
Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole.
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"
Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole.
Bizet "Carmen Suite No.1" / Rachmaninov "Piano Concerto No.4" and "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" / R Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier Suite"
Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole.
Khachaturian "Spartacus Suite" / Berio "Folk Songs" / Respighi "Pines of Rome"
Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole.
Beethoven "Coriolan Overture" / Beethoven "Cantata on the Death of Emperor Josef II" / Beethoven "Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica’"
Venue: The Lighthouse, Poole.