Events and booking

Read about our Spring programme in detail.

Events include a visit to Hughenden and Cosford as well as two talks followed by lunch.

You can print out booking forms for the events.

David Marsh (Secretary)
davidianmarsh@yahoo.co.uk
January 2020

Past events

View a list of the Association's past events dating back to 1989.

See the association's homepage for how to join and to read our newsletter.

List of past events 1989 to recent

13/11/2019	AGM, talk and lunch 'Marc Isambard Brunel' by Roger Cragg
16/10/2019	A visit to Bletchley Park
30/09/2019	A walk and lunch
17/09/2019	A visit to the Black Country Museum
25/06/2019	A visit to Waterperry Gardens
07/05/2019	A walk and lunch
24/04/2019	Visit to Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill
21/03/2019	Talk and lunch in the Cedars Suite at the Best Western Manor Hotel. The current state of the automotive industry by David Bailey
21/02/2019	Talk and lunch in the Cedars Suite at the Best Western Manor Hotel. "Development of the Fountain Pen and beyond...and a little about writing” by Mike West
15/11/2018	AGM, talk & lunch in the Cedar Suite at The Best Western Hotel, Speaker Simon Topman: Acme Specialist Whistles
30/10/2018	An Autumn walk
8/10/2018	Trip to Birmingham: Barber Institute of Fine Arts & Winterbourne House and Gardens
4/09/2018	A visit to Nuffield Place and Greys Court
06/06/2018	A visit to West Wycombe house and Hell Fire Caves
08/05/2018	A walk and lunch
12/04/2018	A visit to Crich Tram Museum
23/03/2018	The Lanchester Association talk and lunch
23/03/2018	The Lanchester Association talk and lunch. Speaker: Ian Dunn “Developments at Coventry University in an ever-changing HE environment
07/2/2018	A visit to the Lanchester Archive and new Science and Health Building at the University
15/12/2017	Christmas Meal at the Jacobean
23/11/2017	The Lanchester Association AGM, talk and lunch
31/10/2017	A walk and lunch
2/10/2017	A Cruise on the River Trent
5/9/2017	A day out in Chester
7/6/2017	A visit to Attingham Park and Shrewsbury
24/4/2017	Talk (by Norman Bellamy entitled 'Wave Energy on a Pension') and lunch at the Jacobean Hotel
4/4/2017	A walk and lunch
13/3/2017	Talk (by Sheila Woolf on Larkin in Coventry) and lunch at the Jacobean Hotel.
25/1/2017	A visit to the AME of Coventry University
16/12/2016	Christmas lunch at the Jacobean Hotel
21/11/2016	Lanchester Association AGM, a talk on British prime ministers
27/09/2016	A visit to Broughton Castle
08/09/2016	A walk and lunch
22/06/2016	Cruise on the River Severn, from Shrewsbury
18/05/2016	A visit to Upton House and gardens
27/04/2016	Visit to the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) of Coventry University (cancelled)
07/04/2016	A walk and lunch
22/02/2016	Talk by Douglas Sharp entitled “Art Forgery”
18/12/2015	Christmas lunch at the Bell Inn, Monks Kirby
19/11/2015	The Lanchester Association AGM meeting, talk and lunch
29/10/2015	A visit to the Morgan Motor Company, Malvern, and Worcester
28/09/2015	A visit to Lichfield and National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) 3
10/09/2015	A walk and lunch
08/05/2015	Visit to Shuttleworth Aviation Museum and adjacent Swiss garden
30/04/2015	A walk and lunch
17/04/2015	A visit to Coventry University
05/03/2015	Lanchester Association talk and lunch
11/02/2015	Visit to Birmingham Library
19/12/2014	Lanchester Association Christmas Lunch at The Bell Inn
20/11/2014	Lanchester Association AGM, meeting and lunch
24/10/2014	A visit to Bodenham Arboretum and Bridgenorth
17/09/2014	A visit to Cambridge Botanic Garden and Fitzwilliam Museum
04/09/2014	A walk and lunch
12/06/2014	A cruise on the River Trent
12/05/2014	A Visit to Quarry Bank
7/04/2014	A walk followed by lunch
6/03/2014	A visit to the University including a tour, at talk on the future of the University and lunch
17/02/2014	A talk by Norman Bellamy followed by lunch at the Brooklands Grange hotel
20/12/2013	Christmas lunch at the Bell Inn, Monks Kirby
14/11/2013	Lanchester Association AGM; talk and lunch at Brooklands Grange Hotel
23/10/2013	Visit to Wightwick Manor and Gardens
16/10/2013	Evening event including dinner at a pub; presentation and tour at N.E.J. Stevenson, Bespoke Furniture Makers
3/10/2013	A walk
24/09/2013	Visit to Chatsworth House. Cancelled
20/06/2013	Visit to the Flower and Music Festival at Ely Cathedral
13/05/2013	Visit to Tissington Well-Dressing, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire with lunch at the Bluebell Inn
18/04/2013	A Walk
26/03/2013	A tour at the University of the stunning new Engineering and Computing Building
12/02/2013	Talk and lunch at Brooklands Grange Hotel: "The life and works of George Eliot" by John Burton
14/12/2012	Christmas lunch at the Bell Inn, Monks Kirby
14/11/2012	AGM, talk and lunch at The Bell Inn, Monks Kirby. Talk entitled Should I ring 999 in Africa? by Professor Bruce Baker
29/09/2012	A visit to Southwell Minster and The Workhouse
11/09/2012	Visit to Stowe Gardens and parkland and Stowe House in Buckinghamshire, and the National Herb Centre in Oxfordshire
11/09/2012	A walk near Draycote water
21/06/2012	The talk about the new Engineering and Computing Building and tour at the University was postponed
31/05/2012	Visit to Woburn Abbey and Frosts Garden Centre
10/05/2012	The Spring Walk
23/04/2012	Visit to JCB Factory at Rocester and Ashbourne in Derbyshire
21/02/2012	Talk and Lunch at The Windmill Hotel: Bees: their life-cycles, diversity and conservation by Dr Adam Bates
16/12/2011	Lanchester Association Christmas Lunch at the Bell Inn, Monks Kirby
10/11/2011	AGM and Talk by Dr Simon Massey on Dimensions of human trafficking and smuggling followed by lunch in St Mary's Undercroft
26/10/2011	An outing to the city of Chester
13/10/2011	A Walk from the Peeping Tom Pub
15/09/2011	The Wedgwood Museum and Trentham Gardens
22/06/2011	A visit to Belton House and Woolsthorpe Manor
12/05/2011	A walk from Chadwick End
04/05/2011	Visit to Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood
29/03/2011	Talk by Andrew Varah on Bespoke Furniture and lunch at the Bell Inn
10/03/2011	Talk by Chris Clark at the University, The legacy of Frederick Lanchester
17/12/2010	Lanchester Association Christmas Lunch at the Bell Inn, Monks Kirby
11/11/2010	AGM and talk by David Browne entitled "Cars what I have owned" at Ashton Lodge Country Hotel
04/11/2010	Informal walk from Crown Inn in Claverdon
21/10/2010	Visit to Batsford Arboretum and Snowshill Manor, Gloucestershire
30/09/2010	A walk from Henley-in-Arden
15/09/2010	Visit to Three Choirs Vineyard
23/06/2010	Visit to The Public and Moseley Old Hall
13/05/2010	An informal Walk from the Navigation Inn
22/04/2010	Visit to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
23/03/2010	Talk on Bees & Beekeeping by Mike West followed by lunch
23/02/2010	Delivering Services to Victims and Witness of Crime a talk by Keith Leanord
18/12/2009	Christmas Lunch at the Bell Inn Monks Kirby
12/11/2009	AGM and Talk: Children in Africa by Roy May at Ashton Lodge Hotel
05/10/2009	Visit to Bletchley Park
08/09/2009	Visit to Wimpole Hall
03/09/2009	Walk at Berkswell
09/06/2009	Visit to Avoncroft Buildings Museum and Webbs of Wychbold
24/04/2009	Visit to Gloucester Docks
24/03/2009	Talk by Mike Jackson about the Antiques Roadshow followed by Lunch at Ashton Lodge
24/02/2009	Talk on the Neptune Project by Diana Johnson of the National Trust
12/12/2008	Christmas Lunch at The Bell Inn, Monks Kirby
13/11/2008	AGM, Talk By Norman Bellamy followed by Lunch. Whatever happened to Wave Energy?: Wave Energy is back in fashion and Norman wants to save the Planet, again
08/10/2008	Visit to Blenheim Palace
11/09/2008	Visit to Lichfield and National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas
05/06/2008	Visit to RAF Cosford and David Austin Roses
24/04/2008	Visit to The Think Tank. Birmingham's Science Museum
20/03/2008	Talk : Coventry's Waste - The Future by Andrew Wilster, Waste Services Manager, Coventry
26/02/2008	Talk: Climate Change: the crucial decades ahead by Prof David Smith followed by Lunch
14/11/2007	AGM and talk on Civil Engineering Heritage by Roger Cragg
14/11/2007	Christmas Lunch at the Bell Inn, Monks Kirby
13/10/2007	Vist to Waddeston Manor
03/10/2007	Visit to Stamford and Burghley House
21/05/2007	Visit to Tissington, Derbyshire for Pub Lunch and to view the Well Dressings
23/04/2007	Visit to Kedleston Hall, near Derby
15/03/2007	Talk :Coventry University 2010 by Professor Madeleine Atkins, Vice Chancellor
13/02/2007	Talk :Coventry : A City Reborn by Mr John McGuigan, Director of City Development, Coventry
15/12/2006	Christmas Lunch at The Bell Inn, Monks Kirby
14/11/2006	AGM and a Talk : Climate Change, Myths and Realities (David Smith, Professor and Former Head of Department of Geography)
19/10/2006	Visit to The RAF Centre and Museum, Cosford, near Wolverhampton
14/09/2006	Visit to Bakewell and Haddon Hall
19/05/2006	Visit to The Pen Room and The Jewellery Quarter and Jewellery Museum in Birmingham
26/04/2006	Visit to The Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon
07/03/2006	Talk by David Browne, Coventry University on Automotive Design : The Ferrari Project
20/02/2006	Talk by Dr Alan Hunter, Peace and Reconciliation Centre, Coventry University on China Rising: Trends and Implications
09/12/2005	Christmas Lunch
10/11/2005	AGM and Talk by Roger Cragg entitled ñThe history and development of the railways of the West Midlands
11/10/2005	Visit to the Royal Worcester Porcelain Factory and Worcester Cathedral
14/09/2005	Visit to Shugborough Hall, Stafford
12/05/2005	Visits to The Botanic Gardens and Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
21/04/2005	Visits to The Art Gallery and Leather Museum, Walsall
15/03/2005	Meeting at the University: Africa, Renaissance or Relapse: Professor Roy May
15/02/2005	Meeting at the University: Diary of a Frustrated Architect, Mr Harry Noble OBE MA ARIBA
10/12/2004	Annual Christmas Lunch
16/11/2004	Annual General Meeting and Talk (Disaster Management : The Emerging Challenge by Professor David Alexander)
20/10/2004	Visit to the BBC Studios at Birmingham Mailbox
23/09/2004	Visit to University Botanic Gardens and Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. (Cancelled as the University coach was out of action for repairs)
27/05/2004	Cotswold Day Out (Wildlife Park and Lunch)
20/04/2004	Visit to Calke Abbey
17/03/2004	Meeting at the University - The BBC in Birmingham
17/02/2004	Meeting at The University - The Vice-Chancellor
12/12/2003	Annual Christmas Lunch
11/11/2003	Annual General Meeting and a talk by Mr Andy Skinner, Director of Personnel at Coventry University, on Staff Development
22/10/2003	Visit to the Bellfoundry Museum, Loughborough
30/09/2003	Visit to Stoneleigh Abbey
03/06/2003	Visit to the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
27/04/2003	Visit through the Warwickshire countryside on the Grand Union Canal
19/03/2003	Mr Geoffrey Holroyde on The Future of Britain's Inland Waterways
20/02/2003	Professor Louise Wallace on Improving Health Services
06/12/2002	Annual Christmas Lunch
06/11/2002	Annual General Meeting and talk by Tony Falkner on Glimpses of South-east Asia
15/10/2002	Visit to the Three Choirs Vineyard, Newent
12/09/2002	Visit to Birmingham Botanical Gardens
29/05/2002	Visit to the Magna Science Adventure Centre, near Rotherham
16/05/2002	Dr Clive Richards, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design. Picturing Mechanisms: from Renaissance Art to Visual Reality Modelling
02/05/2002	Back Stage Tour of Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Visit to Mary Arden's House, Wilmcote
06/03/2002	Visit to The Mead Gallery, University of Warwick
21/02/2002	John Owen, Industrial Design
07/12/2001	Annual Christmas Lunch
07/11/2001	Annual General Meeting and talk by Peter Koch. Les Ward takes over as Treasurer and Membership Secretary
12/10/2001	Visit to the National Space Centre, Leicester
12/09/2001	Visit to Snowshill Manor
23/05/2001	Visit to the Severn Valley Railway
01/05/2001	Visit to the Hook Norton Brewery
15/03/2001	Mrs Margaret Rylatt, on Local Archaeology - excavations at the early Abbey
09/02/2001	Mr Patrick Davis, Sustrans Regional Organiser on the National Cycle Network
08/12/2000	Annual Christmas Lunch
08/11/2000	AGM and a guided tour of the new library building. Maurice Butt takes over as Secretary and Events organiser
10/10/2000	Visit to Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe
14/09/2000	Visit to Tewksbury Abbey and Bredon Barn
24/05/2000	Visit to the Wedgewood Centre, Stoke-on-Trent
10/05/2000	Visit to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
17/03/2000	Duncan Elliott on Current Re-generation of Coventry City Centre
10/02/2000	Prof. N.W. Bellamy on New Developments in the University
10/12/1999	Winter lunch
11/11/1999	AGM followed by a talk on the work of the Trading Standards Office
13/10/1999	Visit to Westonbirt Arboretum
14/09/1999	Visit to Gloucester Docks
20/05/1999	Visit to Barnsdale Gardens
23/04/1999	Visit to the Coventry Archives Office
06/03/1999	Visit to Bletchley Park
09/02/1999	Visit to the University Techno-Centre
11/12/1998	Winter lunch
05/11/1998	Association A.G.M. followed by talk 'The new taxfree savings scheme - I.S.As.' - Midland Bank. John Wallis retires as Chairman, Tony Falkner Acting Chairman. (Roger Braithwaite Chairman Feb 1999) Les Ward joins Committee
13/10/1998	Visit to the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham
09/09/1998	Visit to Broughton Castle (Banbury)
22/05/1998	Visit to Chipping Campden with town and country walks (cancelled)
28/04/1998	Chris Beck on the City's plans for the Millenium celebrations
12/03/1998	Visit to Soho House, Birmingham. (Home of Matthew Boulton and the city's newest museum)
Feb-98	Christian Elliott on the work of the Psycho-Social Unit in the Rheumatology Research Centre
05/12/1997	Winter lunch
06/11/1997	AGM. following Les Hulton on Syria. Tony Falkner Secretary/Events Organiser, Les Hulton Treasurer/Membership Secretary: John Wallis still Chairman, until 11/98
Oct-97	Visit to Barber Institute Gallery, University of Birmingham
09/09/1997	Planned Visit to the Shrewsbury Quest
12/05/1997	Visit to Black Country Museum, Dudley
Apr-97	Visit to National Sea Life Centre, Birmingham
13/03/1997	Visit to Birmingham Airport
13/02/1997	Ron Johnson on The Japanese System of Writing
06/12/1996	Winter lunch
07/11/1996	AGM. following Irene Chapman on Learning in Later Life
Oct-96	Visit to Ashorne Hall Nickelodeon Collection
03/09/1996	Visit to Upton House
16/05/1996	Visit to Rutland Water
16/04/1996	Visit to Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon
07/03/1996	Roger Cragg on The Canals of the Midlands
06/02/1996	Mr.R.L.Thomas on Frederick Lanchester's achievements
Dec-95	Winter lunch
03/11/1995	AGM. following Joe O'Toole on Coventry Healthcare's Volunteer Scheme
05/10/1995	Visit to Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Jun-95	Five-mile walk and lunch, Hatton Locks, etc
17/05/1995	Visit to Tony Hobson's Studio, Ilmington
07/04/1995	Visit to Coventry Air Museum
07/02/1995	Visit to Butterfly Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon
07/12/1994	Winter lunch
Nov-94	AGM. change to John Wallis Chairman, Mike Keedwell Secretary/Treasurer
06/10/1994	Avoncroft Museum of Buildings, Bromsgrove
13/06/1994	Tour of Birmingham International Convention Centre, & canal boat tour with lunch on board
18/05/1994	Visit to Hidcote Manor gardens
08/04/1994	Visit to Baddesley Clinton
08/02/1994	Norma Reid on 'Quality & Standards' followed by lunch
16/12/1993	Visit planned to Royal Brierley glass factory
09/12/1993	Winter lunch
Nov-93	Annual letter
May-93	Visit & guided tour, Ryton Organic Gardens
Feb-93	Review of current research by Brian Ray
Dec-92	Winter lunch
14/10/1992	Whitefriars celebration of change to 'Coventry University'
Sep-92	First annual letter
Jul-92	AGM. Followed by Notes from the Chalkface by Nigel Steel: Ken Tippett Chairman, Bill Palmer Secretary
Dec-91	Winter lunch
13/06/1991	Inaugural buffet lunch followed by Dr Goldstein talk
Spring 1991	Formation of the Lanchester Association. 'The objectives of the Association are to meet about three times a year in a social but informative manner - preferably on Polytechnic territory - and to organise the circulation of information about Polytechnic life, development and events. On no more than one event in the year will the meeting be a sit-down meal: mostly the occasions will be less formal with a buffet allowing members to circulate. From time to time, there may be some short presentation or talk'
1990	Further planning
05/05/1989	Exploratory discussion after an informal lunch
Spring 1989	'It could be a means of maintaining contact with each other and with the Polytechnic'