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.

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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

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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​​

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                                                                                                  LUNCHEON DATES 2025​​​

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​​Thursday 9th October 2025        AGM  and 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

Thursday January 8th            Richard Pinches: TBC​

 

Thursday February 12th         Lt Col Nick Launders talks to Julian Brookes about "Operation Caeser".  A daring German project to transfer vital war material, top secret information and leading scientists from Germany to the Japanese during World War 2; by submarine from Germany to Penang, Malaya. 

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Thursday March 12th             Tim Healey a Journalist, Broadcaster & Author, will give a talk on “Drovers' Roads in Oxfordshire & Beyond”.

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Thursday April 9th                   Tim Came on “The Work of the Bletchley Park Code Breakers”.  Tim will give a personal insight in the role of his great uncle Sir                                                                Stuart Milner-Barry.

​Thursday May 14th                “The Sport of Kings…..and Paupers” an insight into horse racing by David Lees.

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Thursday June 11th                Roy Larkin, Transport Historian & Author – “The Cost of War”. Covering aspects of war that are rarely, if ever, considered. 

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Thursday July 6th                   No event, Summer recess.

 

Thursday August 13th           Afternoon tea and quiz.

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Thursday September 26th    TBC.

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Thursday October 8th           Stan Ainsley on Lock Keeping.

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Sunday November 8th          Remembrance Sunday Lunch – No Speaker.

 

Monday December 14th       Christmas Lunch – No Speaker.

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