Andrew Kevan - Scams. Detective Constable Andy Kevan from Cheshire Police Cyber Crime Team gave us a fascinating talk in early 2023 on the importance of on-line security, how to spot fraudsters and what to do if you think you’ve been scammed. He will be with us again with more information about the new ‘scams’… Read more

Stuart Wood - Memories of a Mersey River Pilot. Stuart Wood was a River Mersey pilot for many years and tells us the fascinating and varied stories of his lifetime on the River. Pilots guide shipping in to and out of, the River Mersey shipping system from the Bar Light Ship which is some miles… Read more

David Cummings - Chester Celebrates. Scenes from the major celebrations in the city from The Mystery Plays, Easter Passion, Civil War re-enactments, Roman weekend, Lord Mayor’s Procession and WWI Remembrance Sunday. Read more

Roger Browne - Fats Waller - A Trailblazing Genius. Roger Browne is an actor, singer, speaker, musician, director, composer and writer. Apart from playing piano for Manchester Jazz and various of his own groups, Roger delivers talks about his amazing life of music, featuring stories, songs, and interpretations of music by Gershwin, Kern, Porter etc.,… Read more

Ron Hutchinson - Life through the Rear View Mirror. Chauffeur to the aristocracy and the Royal family, weaponry and chemical warfare instructor. Ron joined the army and served in an airborne unit seeing service in a host of countries and when he left the forces, found himself in the interesting position of chauffeur to Viscount… Read more

Simon Michael - Life in Crime. Part II Simon Michael’s career began in the 1980s as an author, continued as a council labourer, a van driver and a gardener and then as a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple - the Bar. Simon was a barrister for 37 years working at the… Read more

Ray Hoerty - Keeping The Faith. The history of the The Royal British Legion. And of Byng’s Millions, 2 men, 2 women, a Lancastrian poet and a Canadian Medical Officer. The commemoration of VE Day is next month on 8th May and because this year is the 81st anniversary of the end of World War… Read more

Neil Hanson - Champagne Breakfasts and Flying Pigs. How Not to Have a Career. Having made us laugh at his exploits in his former rather wide-ranging careers, Neil.Hanson is well known to our members. This time he draws on the manycurious characters, tales of high and low life, false teeth, a thespian piglet, how to… Read more