The University of Leeds Ladies' Club
Previous Programmes
2010 - 2011
30 September: Harvest Lunch
21 October: Talk by Janet Douglas: "The Suffragist Isabella Ford"
22 November: Talk by Simon Robinson: "Are we still the good guys? Ethics in the University"
10 December: Christmas Coffee Morning
26 January: Talk by Robert Rumble on history of Marks & Spencer + guided tour of exhibition
14 February: Talk by Layinka Swinburne: "Bandy Legs and Knock-knees"
3 March: We entertained the Lady Mayoress, Councillor Andrea ..... to tea
1 April: Spring Buffet
10 May: Summer Outing to Raby Castle, County Durham
9 June: President's Tea Party at the Old Stables, Adel Church
30 June: AGM
2009 -2010
29 September: Harvest Lunch
21 October: Talk by David Tompkins: "Protecting Birds of Prey"
23 November: Talk by Richard Andrews: "Isabella Andreini: the world's first famous actress"
3 December: Christmas Coffee Morning
26 January: Afternoon Tea with the Lord Mayor, Mrs Judith Elliot at the Civic Hall
4 February: Talk by Helga Hanks and Gill Moore: "Families - fascinating, fun and fraught"
11 March: Talk by Janet Montgomery: "Of chariots and kings - the origins of the Iron Age Arras culture of Yorkshire"
26 March: Spring Buffet
15 April: Talk by Heather Sugden: "Student Accommodation"
13 May: Summer Outing to Doddington Hall
16 June: President's Tea Party in the garden of Gillian Roche
28 June: AGM
17 May: Bluebell Walk , Middleton Wods, Ilkley, led by Liz Gibbs
2008- 2009
1 October: Harvest Lunch
15 October: Talk by Carole Smithies: "Barnbow in the Second World War"
24 November: Talk by Julian Rushton: "Is there an English Mozart?"
3 December: Christmas Coffee Morning
16 January: Talk by Rita Savage: "Alone across the Pacific"
5 February: Talk by Anne Batchelor: "Can-U-Lifter?"
18 February: We entertained the Lady Mayoress, ..... to tea
26 February: Departmental Visit to the Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
12 March: Spring Buffet
21 April: Talk by Peter Meyer: "Genetic Engineering in Plants"
5 May: Summer Outing to Markenfield Hall, Leyburn and Constable Burton
21 May: Guided Tour of Kirkstall Abbey
28 May: Talk by Joyce Hill: "A Bishop's Ambition - Wifred's Great Churches at Ripon, York and Hexham"
3 June: President's Tea Party at St Chad's Parish Centre
17 June: AGM
2007 - 2008
3 October; Harvest Lunch
31 October: Talk by Carole Smithies: "The Barnbow Lasses"
20 November: Talk by Mark Seaward: "The Role of Lichens in Shaping our World"
6 December: Christmas Coffee Morning
10 January: Talk by Jane Francis: "When Antarctica was green: looking to the polar regions as a window into a warmer world"
30 January: Talk by Rory McTurk: "Who said King Alfred Burned the Cakes?"
19 February: We were entertained by the Lady Mayoress, Mrs Jocelyn Cleasby to tea at the Civic Hall
14 March: Spring Buffet
15 April: Riverside Reflctions - A guided walk along the Aire to Holbeck
2 May: Talk by Clive Upton: "Mind the quality, feel the width: tolerance(s) in Standard English"
20 May: Summer Outing to Silstone and Wentworth Castle
6 June: President's Garden Party at the Old Stables, Adel Church
18 June: AGM