The Harwich Centre Guild

My Life as a Bluebell Girl
2024-11-27 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
With Jane Hoggar
Jane describes her exciting travels around the globe during the 80’s that eventually lead her to the remarkable Margaret Kelly, better known as Miss Bluebell of Le Lido de Paris.

Where Have All the Eccentrics Gone?
2024-11-20 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
With Linda Scoles
Linda is a US citizen who has settled in the UK

Where is Grodno Anyway?
2024-11-13 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
With Phil Hartwell

Update on Local Excavations
2024-11-06 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
With Adam Wightman

Brick Lane Music Hall Outing
2024-11-05 | Brick Lane Music Hall, 443 N Woolwich Rd,, London, E16 2DA, United Kingdom
There’ll Always Be An England – a wartime music hall show

The Wildlife of India
2024-10-23 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
With Graham & Mary Brace

The Ants Will Take Over the World
2024-10-16 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
With Rodney Baxter, a retired pest controller

Guild Holiday
2024-10-07 - 2024-10-11 | Essex

On the Bottle
2024-10-02 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
With Peter Jones
A history of Codd bottles and fizzy drinks

TEECH Travelling to Moldova
2024-09-25 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
With Rob Brown
TEECH Volunteers travelled on a 4,000 mile round trip to Moldova, to create bathrooms in two village schools, Sloveanca and Mindresti Noi.

A Cornucopia of Crime
2024-09-18 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
With Stephen Gibbs, a retired police officer

To The Hammer Born
2024-09-11 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Confessions of an Occasional Auctioneer With Stephen Poulter

Enrolment 2024/2025
2024-09-04 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Welcome back.

Excursion - Mystery Trip
2024-07-10 | Essex
Where are we off to this time? No-one yet knows!
Book at a Wednesday meeting from 1st May 2023

AGM
2024-06-26 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
The Guild’s Annual General Meeting

Hop Picking at Horseman Den
2024-06-19 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Barbara Faulkner presents Hop Picking at Horseman Den

Music and Musicians
2024-06-12 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Hattie Bennett discusses Music and Musicians

The Harwich Turnpike Road
2024-06-05 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Philip Cunningham presents The Harwich Turnpike Road

This talk tells the story of the Harwich turnpike road that ran the 72 miles between London and Harwich. This was one of the first turnpike roads and was introduced because of the strategic importance of Harwich both in terms of the military and trade.

Excursion - Blickling Hall
2024-05-22 | Essex
A coach trip to Blickling hall, a National Trust house in Norfolk
Blickling Hall is a Jacobean stately home situated in 5,000 acres of parkland in a loop of the River Bure, near the village of Blickling north of Aylsham in Norfolk, England. The mansion was built on the ruins of a Tudor building for Sir Henry Hobart from 1616 and designed by Robert Lyminge.
Book at a Wednesday meeting from 20th March 2024

The History of Beth Chatto Gardens
2024-05-15 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Julie Boulton, Chief Executive, presents The History of Beth Chatto Gardens

Holiday - Yorkshire Dales
2024-05-08 - 2024-05-14 | Essex
This year’s holiday is in the Yorkshire Dales, details at a Wednesday meeting. Bookings & Deposits 11 October 2023!

The Road to Novichok
2024-05-01 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Neil Dickinson presents The Road to Novichok – Nerve Agents – the deadliest substances known

Polydactyl Cats and Interesting Facts
2024-04-24 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Peggy Griffin presents Polydactyl Cats and Interesting Facts

The Rest of Your Natural Life
2024-04-17 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Pip Wright presents The Rest of Your Natural Life
Pip Wright tells stories of Suffolk Convicts, sentenced to transportation to Australia during the period 1787-1867. Find out not only what happened to them, but also to the families they left behind.

Through the Green Baize Door - A Life in Service
2024-03-27 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Bryan Thurlow presents Through the Green Baize Door – A Life In Service
Bryan Thurlow, an East Anglian historian with a background in professional theatre, presents George Barrington, a retired butler of the Victorian and Edwardian era.

Animal Behaviour
2024-03-20 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Andy Moore of Colchester Zoo presents Animal Behaviour

Excursion - Ely Cathedral & Town
2024-03-13 | Essex
We’re off to Ely for the history (and shopping?)
Book from 10 Jan 2024 at a Wednesday meetings.

Nature Through the Seasons (Part 1)
2024-03-06 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Roger Hanse presents Nature Through the Seasons
Part 1: Spring and Summer

Dad’s Army – the Nation’s Favourite Comedy (Revised date)
2024-02-28 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Charles Garland discusses Dad’s Army – the Nation’s Favourite Comedy

The Realm of the Polar Bear
2024-02-14 10:00 - 12:00 | United Services Club, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS, United Kingdom
Chris Parfitt discusses The Realm of the Polar Bear
