Tag: talk

  • March Meeting: The Case – A Rummage Through A Doctor’s Bag

    March Meeting: The Case – A Rummage Through A Doctor’s Bag

    We have Dr. Gordon Hayes as the speaker at the meeting next Thursday 16th March at the Yacht Club. Gordon will reflect on his career in medicine in a presentation called “The Case – A Rummage Through A Doctor’s Bag”.  Plan is to start at 7.30pm with Gordon’s presentation, lasting for 30 minutes or so, and then to…

  • January 2018 Meeting: Burns’ Night

    January 2018 Meeting: Burns’ Night

    Club members and guests from Round Table 88 arrived at the Crescent Hotel to be greeted by an imposing figure with ginger hair poking out from under a Tam o’Shanter. This person, on closer inspection, turned out to be Tom Cathcart, or Tommy Burns as he became known later in the evening. Due respect was…

  • February 2017 meeting report: RNLI visit

    February 2017 meeting report: RNLI visit

    41 Club visits the new Scarborough Lifeboat House The February 41 Club visit took the form of a visit to the new RNLI Lifeboat House at Scarborough’s Sandside  to have a look at their new facilities. The RNLI lifeboat crews showed us the new Shannon class lifeboat which cost £2.3m – and looked it –…

  • Future meetings update: December 2015 to April 2016

    Future meetings update: December 2015 to April 2016

    This just in from our excellent Catering Officer: Thursday, 10 December 2015: 7.30 for 8pm Eastern Paradise Indian restaurant, St Helens Square (opposite the Market Hall) for an Indian banquet Thursday, 14 January 2016: Burns night at Fledglings restaurant 7.30 for 8pm (black tie) Thursday, 11 February: the Kam Sang on North Marine Road for…

  • October 2015 Club Meeting : Children’s Wish

    October 2015 Club Meeting : Children’s Wish

    For our October event the venue was The Crescent, the food was first class as ever with a starter of Salmon Pate, a huge Barnsley Chop for mains and Chocolate Brownie for pud, who could ask for more ?! Catering officer Simon was in buoyant mood having guessed the attendance correctly and only two seats…

  • March 2015 meeting

    Our March 2015 meeting is at the Copper Horse, Seamer on 12 March, usual time. It is a gourmet meal and wine tasting with a speaker from Betton Wines.

  • Our next meeting is at Tuscany Too, 12 February 2015

    Our next meeting is at Tuscany Too, 12 February 2015

    We meet at Tuscany Too, on Filey Road, at our usual time of 7.30 for 8.00pm. Simon, our Catering Officer, has informed us that there is a choice of dishes from the menu for the evening. And that we will have the restaurant to ourselves for the evening. Our guest speaker will be Jim Dillon,…

  • Special Table meeting: guest speaker – M S Thorpe Esq – 17 March 2015

    Special Table meeting: guest speaker – M S Thorpe Esq – 17 March 2015

    Mick has been invited to speak at the Table meeting to be held on Tuesday, 17 March 2015. He will be talking to Table about the history of Round Table in Scarborough. This is an appropriate subject for many reasons, not least that it is the Aalten twinning visit in September of this year. 41…

  • Meeting report: the First World War myths

    Meeting report: the First World War myths

    Club Chairman David Henderson was sent to the front line in place of the advertised speaker, who was wounded and in a casualty clearing station. Stuart will be adding a report here soon. In the meantime, some photos.  

  • Our next meeting is 13 November 2014: The bombardment of Scarborough 1914

    Our next meeting is 13 November 2014: The bombardment of Scarborough 1914

    On 16 December 1914, German battlecruisers bombarded the town, causing great damage and the loss of 18 lives. Many more were injured. They then moved on to Whitby. Local historian Keith Johnston will describe the events to us. Please note: this will be an early meeting – 6.45pm for 7pm with the talk before the…