We meet every six weeks or so, usually on a Wednesday evening, at one of our members' houses.
At our meetings one of our number gives a talk on a historical subject of particular interest to him/her for about forty minutes, then we have a discussion about what we have heard.
We currently have fourteen members but new recruits are always welcome.  It is not compulsory to give talks so don’t be put off coming by thinking that you will have to perform.

At each meeting we decide on a speaker, subject and venue for the following meeting.

Previous meetings - 2011/12:

November   Ford Madox Brown's painting Work
January       Major General Scovell

Report on January Meeting by Pam Curley.

The subject of the January meeting was General George Scovell. 

Scovell was born in London in 1774, to a family of quite modest means.
His first occupation was as an engraver, but in 1794 he joined the army. 
As his army career progressed he became the Duke of Wellington's chief code breaker, for which he was renowned. 
Schovell decoded the Great Paris Cipher, which was the equivalent at that time of the Enigma Code in WWII.
 Read about Wellington's lucky break!

    To make the meeting even more interesting members of the group were given some codes to decipher.