12 November meeting
2025-11-12 19:45 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Transfiguration Church Hall, MK42 8BQ
We have booked the Turf Tappers who are a fun and engaging group to entertain our members with a mixture of sing along and foot-tapping songs. It would be good to have a fair sized audience so please invite your female friends to join us for this meeting.

14 January meeting
2026-01-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Transfiguration Church Hall, MK42 8BQ
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

11 February meeting
2026-02-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Transfiguration Church Hall, MK42 8BQ
Bedford has many famous people associated with the town and our speaker, Paul Barnes, will be giving an illustrated talk on some of them

11 March meeting
2026-03-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Transfiguration Church Hall, MK42 8BQ
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 p published in an effort to raise funds for Parkinsons.

8 April meeting
2026-04-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Transfiguration Church Hall, MK42 8BQ
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. As usual, cake will be served with your tea/coffee. Please remember that it is a members only evening.

13 May meeting
2026-05-13 19:45 - 21:30 | Transfiguration Church Hall, MK42 8BQ
Steve Dimmer will be giving an illustrated talk on the lovely Victoria Wood

8 July Meeting
2026-07-08 19:45 - 21:30
Archivist Pamela Birch looks at the upstairs and downstairs of Bedfordshire country houses in her talk “Great Estates”. Think it will be interesting to see if it is different from what we have seen in various TV series such as Downton Abbey.

12 August Meeting
2026-08-12 19:45 - 21:30 | Transfiguration Church Hall, MK42 8BQ
This will be a social evening playing “Crazy Bag Whist”, a simple card game for which members need to bring 3 unwrapped items in a bag which can ideally stand on the floor. One item should be roughly £1 in value, another £1.50 and the third £2. Members will go home with 3 items with their value depending on how well you play.
Cake will be served with tea/coffee

9 September meeting
2026-09-09 19:45 - 21:30 | Transfiguration Church Hall, MK42 8BQ
Prepare yourself for an evening full of laughter as we welcome Evan Willison back for another talk on his “Tales from the Auction Room”

14 October meeting
2026-10-14 19:45 - 21:30 | Transfiguration Church Hall, MK42 8BQ
Tonight, Richard Luscombe is coming to give us an illustrated talk on the history of “Christmas at Wrest Park”

11 November meeting
2026-11-11 19:45 - 21:30 | Transfiguration Church Hall, MK42 8BQ
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 will be available to enjoy with your tea/coffee.

9 December meeting at Centenary Hall, MK42 8BG
2026-12-09 19:00 - 22:00
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 soft drinks to enjoy. There will be a raffle and possibly a visit from Father Christmas. The cost is £2 for members and £4 for guests so if you are interested in attending please let Brenda know by email – brendahart628@gmail.com – so that we know how many people to cater for. Alternatively you could text me – 07931905037 – and your name(s) can be added to the list. Money can be paid at the November meeting or by BACS to the Bosom Pals Bedford Branch account, sort code 20-05-74, account 33505308. The committee look forward to welcoming you to our last meeting of 2025. As usual, please bring your own glass.
