meetings

Our first meeting of 2026 will be a social evening when members can enjoy a piece of cake with their tea/coffee before playing a few games of bingo

Bedford has many famous people associated with the town and our speaker, Paul Barnes, will be giving an illustrated talk on some of them

Liz Houghton, a local poet, who suffers from Parkinsons, will be coming to read some of her poems taken from the 3 books she has had         ...

This is the night that members can freely discuss their ideas for speakers, outings, etc so that the committee can try to accommodate their wishes for the future.     ...

Steve Dimmer will be giving an illustrated talk on the lovely Victoria Wood                                                                                 

Archivist Pamela Birch looks at the upstairs and downstairs of Bedfordshire country houses in her talk "Great Estates".  Think it will be interesting               ...

  Prepare yourself for an evening full of laughter as we welcome Evan Willison back for another talk on his "Tales from the Auction Room"

Tonight,  Richard  Luscombe  is  coming  to  give  us  an  illustrated  talk  on  the  history  of  "Christmas  at  Wrest  Park"

  This meeting will be a social evening playing "Snowman Beetle" with small prizes for the first person to throw the required number of dice to complete a snowman. Cake...

Members plus 1 guest are invited to our Christmas Social at the Centenary Hall, MK42 8BG from 7pm to 10pm where there will be a buffet with wine, beer and...