The Royal British Legion
Henley-on-Thames Branch


DIARY DATES 2024/25
Monthly meetings are on the 2nd Thursday each month, below are details of booking and a schedule of dates for your diary.
• Venue - Henley Rugby Club, Menza Restaurant.(parking 50p).
• Lunch - will consist of a delicious main course with an alternative vegetarian dish, scrumptious pudding and coffee or tea.
• Timings - 45-minute talk from 11.30 (please be seated by 11.20) and lunch 12.30.
We very much look forward to seeing you and you are welcome to gather at the bar for a drink from 10.45 a.m. before moving to the adjoining meeting room for the talk and lunch.
NB Booking & Payment must be made by the Thursday before the Tuesday lunch.
Please book with Karen in the first instance by email: kcgrieve@btinternet.com or phone her on 07990 833241
Then please pay £18 for the lunch preferably by Bank Transfer to:
RBL Henley or by Cheque made out to:
A/c 00027756 Henley-on-Thames Branch
Sort Code - 30-94-13 c/o Kathy Bardwell-Springett
Ref - Lunch Branch Treasurer - 5 The Maltings, Hart Street,
Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2FE
NB re car parking - If you would like to park at the Rugby Club we will collect 50p from you on your arrival and pay it into the club for you. All you need to do is to put a note in your car window saying RBL LUNCH
LUNCHEON DATES 2025
Thursday 10th July 2025 No meeting due to summer recess.
Trad Boat Fest 18th-20th. Fawley Meadows Event for Poppy Appeal
Friday 15th August 2025 VJ Day Victory Tea Party Greenlands, Hambleden.
Thursday 11th Sept 2025. Ex Nettlebed GP, Dr Jim McWhirter, talks about his volunteer work in Uganda with Rotary Doctor Bank. Where since 2012 he has worked with rural Ugandan mission hospitals and local Rotary Clubs.
Thursday 9th October 2025 Tara Macleod, Chair of the Board of Trustees & Lottie Pheasant Theatre Manager will give a talk on “The Kenton Theatre – Past, Present & Future”.
Sunday 9th Nov 2025 Remembrance Sunday Lunch – No Speaker
Thursday 13th Nov 2025 No meeting due to Poppy Appeal
Monday 15th Dec 2025 Christmas Lunch – No Speaker
LUNCHEON DATES 2026
Next year's schedule is yet to be announced, but they will hopefully include a talk on 'Staged war photography used as war iconography' and a brief overview of the Battle of Waterloo, both by Richard Pinches. More on the Barrie Brothers' legacy by Tim Came and many other speakers are in the pipline.


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Staged war images
Waterloo Generals






