This used to be known as our General Meeting but we felt this sounded more like a business meeting so we changed the name to something more descriptive. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month (except August) at 2.30pm in the Countess Free Church, 10 Chapel Street, Ely. Prospective new members and visitors are welcome.
For past talks click here.
Forthcoming events
1st September 2026
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
Dr Will Pascoe is part of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s volunteer network of Community Speakers.This is the beginning of the end for dementia.Dementia robs us of everything that matters. Our memories. […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
6th October 2026
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
Join Martin Lloyd as we discover the truth about writers, publishers and bookshops. In a step by step exposé you will learn what I had to do to get my […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
3rd November 2026
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
Jubilee Gardens, Ely were opened by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh on 11 February 2002 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee year of HM Queen Elizabeth II.The gardens provide the perfect link […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
1st December 2026
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
5th January 2027
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
My name is Dave Pinion, I am a retired international subsea cable engineer. One of my passions is the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration in the first quarter of the 20th […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
2nd February 2027
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
Lee Miller: 20th Century Woman' focuses on the extraordinary life of the American born photographer Lee Miller, New York model in the 1920s, an artist's muse in 1930's Paris, a […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
2nd March 2027
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
Neil Hanson is a successful author with 70 published books to his name. As well as his own, much-acclaimed work, he’s also a “ghost writer”. His clients include household names […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
6th April 2027
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
Deborah is a volunteer Puppy Trainer and will bring the Hearing Dog Puppy in Training. At Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, we understand that deafness and hearing loss affect so […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
4th May 2027
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
The strange Tibetan adventure of Henry Savage Landor, the real-life 'Baron Munchausen' of Victorian explorers): In 1897, eccentric traveller Henry Savage Landor vowed to cross 'The Roof of the World', […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
1st June 2027
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
6th July 2027
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
In 1929 National newspaper headlines declared Borley Rectory (near Sudbury) was the most haunted house in England. This account of the ghostly goings on at the Essex rectory is brought […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
7th September 2027
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
I became a news presenter for Anglia TV. At last, I had found something I loved that other people thought I was good at. It was a huge relief. I […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
5th October 2027
Monthly Talk and Social
Alastair Cairns Hull will be sharing captivating stories from his journeys around the globe. Alastair qualified as an architect and spent early years on projects in Cambridge, Nepal and Saudi […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
2nd November 2027
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
We are now in another year and much has happened in the world of wine , but the most exciting thing is the introduction of a lot of indigenous grape […]
Venue: Countess Free Church
7th December 2027
2:30 pm
Monthly Talk and Social
Join Mike Wabe as a Victorian gentleman who is a great friend of Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. When he died in […]
Venue: Countess Free Church