Lapworth Ladies Supper Club Programme for 2024/25

2nd October 2024 7.00pm Limes Country Lodge Hotel B94 5JZ Robert Dudley, Elizabeth 1 & the Kenilworth Entertainment of 1575 we welcome back Dr Gillian White to give us insight into the importance of Kenilworth Castle and of its owner Robert Dudley and the lavish 19 days of festivities that he put on to impress Elizabeth 1^st. EARLY BOOKING REQUIRED Pay by Thursday19th September
6th November 2024 7.00pm Olton Golf Club B91 1JHThe Air Ambulance Service. This is a service that we all hope we will never need but when we do we are very grateful for it being there. Peter Heywood , a volunteer with the charity, will explain how the charity provides the service and the other activities the charity undertakes Pay by Tuesday 29th October
4^th December 2024 7.00pm Our Christmas evening at Forest Hotel, Dorridge, B93 8JA Optical Illusions Seeing is believing, right? Well, actually… What you see and what you think you see are different. Howard Robinson, previously a Biology teacher ,will enlighten us on how your brain interprets information received via our senses with sometimes unexpected consequences Pay by Tuesday 19^th November
8th January 2025 7.00pm Hogarths Hotel B93 8QE “Will I need a cardigan in Barcelona? :Confessions of a Great Rail Tour Manager.” After 40 years as a broadcast journalist Ian Winter known to many of us locally as a sports reporter on Midlands Today needed to find a new career – he turned to the travel and tourism industry. EARLY BOOKING REQUIRED Pay by Friday 27th December
5th February 2025 7.00pm Nuthurst Grange Hotel, Hockley Heath B94 5NL Jewels and Precious Stones- pearls, diamonds,rubies ,emeralds sapphires and amber. What is our fascination with these stones? Alan Hill will explain their history, uses and interesting stories around them. Pay by Tuesday 28th January
12th March 2025 7.00pm Robin Hood Golf Club, St Bernards Road Solihull B92 7DJ NB week later than usual to avoid ASH Wednesday For the Love of Horses Vicky Farmer will tell us the inspirational story of Dorothy Brooke, founder of the Brooke charity, now the largest equine charity in the world. It was started in Cairo for the care of abandoned horses after World War 1. Pay by Tuesday 4^th March

Further information and how to book Supper Club Meetings

Time: Supper club starts at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm meal. Members are politely reminded to arrive no earlier than 7.00pm this is in order to allow the speaker to set up and your committee to check the venue. After dinner talks last approx. 45mins

To Book and Pay on line

1) Complete your on line membership form and pay your£15 annual subscription by clicking on this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eTE8I4EYdr3jN7gRMf30b35HnIjZE32wzLQIbG9XehE/edit

Once you have done this you can book a supper

2) To book a supper ensure you do a BACS transfer for the correct amount for the supper by the pay by date which is on your programme of suppers

Note no booking form will be required as your on line payment acts as your booking

Note most suppers you need to pay 8 days before the supper but the October and December suppers have earlier booking deadlines –CHECK your programme

All Suppers are £30 except for our 3 course December Christmas supper which is £38 and when male/female guests are also welcome.

How to Pay

Bank Transfer

Lapworth Ladies Supper Club

Barclays Bank account number 13326152

Sort code 20 84 13

Ref month of the supper you are paying for

If you wish to bring a guest make the additional payment with your payment and email Heather heatherday57@hotmail.co.uk with the name of your guest and any special dietary requirements they have. Guests need to pay membership subscriptions if they wish to attend more than one meal in a season.

NB Cancellations– Please cancel by contacting Heather at the earliest opportunity heatherday57@hotmail.co.uk Tel 01564 783638 . No refunds can be given after the last booking/pay date (unless there are members on the waiting list) because the final numbers will have been forwarded to the venue. Refunds can be arranged for early cancellations but there will be no carry forward facility of payments for future suppers.

Thank you. We look forward to an interesting and entertaining season