Monthly Speaker Meetings
Monthly Speaker Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at:-
Burton Joyce and Bulcote Village Hall
Burton Joyce
Nottingham
NG14 5EY
They are followed by refreshments, tea/coffee and cakes. Many of the Group coordinators are also present so if you’re thinking about joining a group can take the opportunity to find more about it from the coordinator in person and you can also able to speak to any member of the Committee as our Chairman and other Committee members always attend.
The meetings start at 1.45 p.m. and members are asked to be seated in good time as late arrivals make it difficult for those sitting near the entrance to hear the announcements.
TUESDAY 11th NOVEMBER 2025 – PAULA CORNWELL –“KEEPING UP APPEARANCES, VICTORIAN STYLE”
Paula Cornwell’s latest talk, with some audience participation, as the fictional character “Mrs. Henrietta Peabody”, gives marriage guidance to Victorian ladies. We will learn how to behave when walking outside, how to flirt using your fashion accessories, how to keep a man happy in marriage, what to expect from a husband and most importantly, how to keep up appearances. Paula Cornwell’s talks are not only a journey through time but she brings history to life in a way that is both informative and entertaining. This will be the fourth time that Paula has brought a charismatic woman to our meetings.
TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2025 – CHRISTMAS MEETING
The Christmas meeting will begin with a talk by Mike Burton, who spoke to us a few months ago about the River Trent. “A Christmas Story” will cover its customs and traditions, its roller coaster history, from a crazy over-the-top festival in Tudor times, to near-extinction, then to a modern reinvention. Our Ukulele group will then perform Christmas favourites and there will be a table quiz, mulled wine, and festive fayre.
Social Events
FRIDAY 3rd OCTOBER 2025 – SOCIAL EVENT – KELLYS HEROES – BURTON JOYCE VILLAGE HALL 7:30pm.
A great night with one of the most sought after bands on the circuit. Their repertoire encompassed fast and furious Celtic tunes and songs, gentle ballads, quality contemporary numbers as well as some original material. The band will performed a 2 x 45-minute sets between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
FRIDAY 23RD MAY 2025 AT 7:30 p.m. – BURTON JOYCE VILLAGE HALL
72 members and guests attended our annual quiz on Friday 23rd May, making up 12 teams. Quizmaster Rupert Williams devised 8 rounds of 10 questions, plus a TABLE ROUND worth 20 points,
to be played at the midpoint. Teams were also asked to play a JOKER round, worth double points. The 8 rounds were (loosely) based on our Interest Groups, comprising:-
- Round 1 – HISTORY
- Round 2 – CRAFT & PATCHWORK
- Round 3 – BOARD GAMES
- Round 4 – INTERNATIONAL DINING
- Round 5 – BOOK CLUB
- Round 6 – INFORMATION EXCHANGE
- Round 7 – ARMCHAIR TRAVEL
- Round 8 – DISCUSSION
Teams had to select which round their JOKER would be played on before the quiz began. The TABLE ROUND took inspiration from the TV programme Countdown, being 20 x 9-letter anagrams, which had a lot of us baffled, although one team managed to get a very creditable 14 correct.
The Winners were (team name) “POINTLESS”, who scored 84 points, joint Second place went to “THE WEDNESDAY MURDER CLUB” and “WE’RE RIGHT BEHIND YOU”, both with 82 points, and 4th place on a tie break went to “MISSING MARY” (who was ill and couldn’t make the team unfortunately). Perhaps a little unkindly, the name of the team that won the Wooden Spoons was “BRAINLESS”.
*** “REVIVAL”60s NIGHT – FRIDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2024 ***
Based in Nottingham, Revival have been performing now for over 34 years, entertaining audiences across the country. The group specialise in recreating the sounds of the 1960’s, 70’s and 80s. They are not a tribute band although their aim is to recreate the sound and excitement of the original artistes from that era. Much more info on the band’s website at – http://www.revival-web.com/default.htm
This very successful event was attended by almost 80 members. The comments in our Facebook group the day after included these:-
“What a fabulous, fun evening yesterday, bopping to the music of Revival. A wonderful pick-me-up. Thank you everyone.”
“I had the best time ever, thank you to all those who arranged it.”
“Fantastic evening. We had a great time. Thank you to Rob and all the Committee.”
“It was a great evening. Thank you to all the organisers.”
“Great evening was had by all, really good night – Thanks to Rob Johnson for organising.”