President: Paul Weaver
Vice-president: Les Newell
Secretary: Ken Collins
Treasurer: Peter Edwards
Monthly Lunches 2026​​​​​​​​​​
We meet on the second Wednesday of every month at the Tottington Manor Hotel to enjoy each other's company, lunch, and, often, listen to a speaker. ​​​​​​​​
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11 February With Mike Scott Rumble "Lucky Breeze – The Rise And Fall of the British Airship Service"
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11 March With William Avenell "That Can’t Be Natural"
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8 April - with a guest speaker and the Grand National Sweepstake
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13 May - with a guest speaker
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3 June (note this is a week earlier than usual due the club's annual holiday to Luxembourg the following week) - with a guest speaker
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8 July - with a guest speaker
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12 August - Annual General Meeting and Presidential Hand-over
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9 September - with a guest speaker
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14 October - with a guest speaker
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11 November - with a guest speaker
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9 December - Christmas Lunch with all the trimmings
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Past Events
2026
14 January After lunch, our guest speaker, Jo Larcombe, gave us an amusing life-story about how she changed career from being a disillusioned college teacher to children's book writer. Her talk, "Losing the plot – from teacher to writer in countless steps" evidenced her determination and drive to overcome some of life's obstacles - and to succeed.
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2025​​​​
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10 December Christmas lunch with all the festive cheer
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12 November Guest speaker Graham Feest on “Transport Traffic, Safety Roads”​​
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8 October Guest speaker Pat Langford on"The human and the divine: the art and craft of Chichester Cathedral"
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10 September Guest speaker David Bickerton on “Operation Husky – The Allied Inva0.8sion of Sicily”
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13 August Annual General Meeting. Paul Weaver succeeded Peter Edwards as club president for 2025-26
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12 July Recruiting at the West Chiltington Village Show​​
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9 July Our very own Dr Les Allen-Williams on the subject of “Extinction”
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​​4 July Friends Afternoon Tea​​
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​11 June Our own Clive Boland on "Personal Memories of the D-Day Landings"​​
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14 May Guest speaker Lynda Vowles from the Mary Howe Trust​​​​​​​​​​​
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9 April Guest speaker Kevin Newman on "Scrumptious Sussex"​​​​​​​​​​​​
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12 March Guest speaker Edwin Preece on “The Sixties: Pop, Pictures, Plays and Politics”.​​​​​
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12 February Guest speaker Michael Gilson on “Behind the Privet Hedge”​​​​​​​
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​8 January​​​​ Guest speaker Brian O’Gorman on "The Art of Variety”.
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2024
​​11 December Christmas Lunch
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​​13 November Guest speaker High Sheriff of West Sussex Dr Tim Fookes
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9 October Guest speaker Chris Churchman on "Losing our Landscape"
​21 September Recruiting at Storrington on Show, Chanctonbury Leisure Centre
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11 September ​ Guest speaker Dr. Geoffrey Mead​
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14 August Annual General Meeting​​. Peter Edwards succeeded Rob Neal-Smith as club president for the year 2024 - 25
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​​​​10 July ​​​​ Guest speaker Hamish Brown on “Stalking the Stalker”
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12 June ​​ Our own John Bradley on Gifford House
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​8 May ​ Guest speaker Ian Worley on “Racing to Victory in the Southern Ocean"​
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10 April ​​ Guest speaker Frances Farrer-Brown talking about "The town of Rye"
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​13 March ​​ Guest speaker Jonathan Beardmore talking about "Filming at the Bluebell Railway"
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14 February Guest speaker David Bickerton on "Finding and sinking The Bismark"
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10 January Guest speakers Chris Connors and Sharon Perry from CoCo's Foundation
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2023
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