Calendar subject to change at short notice.
Please click on an event in the calendar for full details.
Weekly meetings take place on Thursday evenings and are normally held in the ‘MBA Lounge’, formerly known as the ‘Times Square Hall’, at the VBS Community Stadium, Gander Green Lane, Sutton, Surrey unless stated otherwise under Venue in the programme.
If no specific event is listed it will usually be a social evening.
Meetings start at 20.00. – Talks start at 20.15 unless stated otherwise in the event.
So you think you know about the Solent and Thames
Impromptu evening hosted by Derek
Summer BBQ
Nork Village HallBring and cook your own main course. BBQ will be held at Nork Village Hall, 38 Nork Rise, Banstead SM7 1JB ITEMS TO BRING WITH YOU 1. A chair for each person in your party 2. A table to cater for the persons in your party (Arrange to share with others beforehand if convenient) 3. Knife, fork and spoon for each person in your party 4. A plate, bowl and glass for each person in your party 5. A pair of bar-b-que tongs 6. The meat, fish or whatever you wish to cook on the bar-b-que 7. Your liquid refreshment – alcoholic or otherwise. There will be a bar open so no need The BBQ’s will be available plus salads and desserts will be provided. There will be a charge of £6 for these items. Please transfer the £6 payment to the club account.
London’s More Important River – a talk by Jeremy Batch
What do navigational buoys, lighthouses, tidal power, Britain’s first aeroplane, gunpowder, rockets, the light bulb, the diode, television, electronic warfare, the safety match, the rifle, the bouncing bomb, plate glass, plastic, petrol, gin, dog biscuits and the world’s most powerful warship all have in common? Answer: all were invented, developed, manufactured or tested along the River Lea and its accompanying man-made canal, the Lee Navigation. It has been our border with Scandinavia, London’s lifeline during the Great Plague, and the venue for the 2012 Olympic Games. It boasted Britain’s first lock with mitre gates, and now London’s newest: the Three Mills Lock on the Prescott Channel. What were the Three Mills used for, and why are there only two?
Commodores Cruise talk
A friendly report on recent Commodores Cruise
CANCELLED Visit the new RNLI Tower Lifeboat Station
The UK’s busiest Lifeboat Station at Victoria Embankment If you would like to attend please email Gary Eversfield
Visitors are welcome on any Thursday club night held at the VBS Community Stadium