The meeting, held on Tuesday 3 March, took the form of five members addressing the club on a subject of their own choice. Margaret Vines was the first speaker; she told of her parents wedding day in 1931. The occasion had been captured in verse by the best man, Roland Davis. Margaret read this interesting poem which was composed by the father of our clubs founder, Mary Lugg.

Next, Bryan Reeves told of the interesting way he came to have a unexpected holiday in Australia, all because of a knock on his door by a man that he thought was a stranger, but who turned out to be the grandson of his Australian cousin.

Thirdly, Ivor Minty told of the Bromham village grocers and bakers shop. This was started by his many times great grandmother, Mary Ann Gee, in the 1840s and continued down through her descendants until quite recently.

Dennis Powney was the next speaker; he told of his several unusual visits to London. His first visit was during the war when he and his father travelled to Dagenham in a lorry loaded with Avon tyres. 

The club chairman was the last speaker; Jean Richardson spoke of her G.W.R. childhood. It seems that most of her relations worked for the railway company as did Jean, once she left school. She said that the shortage of food during the war was helped when pigs escaped onto the line and were hit by a train; there was plenty of pork at home for a while!