Past B&DS events
Year
Month
Topic
Presenter
2022
Feb
AGM & 'I came here to retire'
John White
March
'From aircraft spotter to Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State'
Sr John Allison KCB CBE
April
Visit to Whittington Court
June
Annual Garden Party - Springfield House
Sept.
'Wonders of the Ocean: The World Beneath'
Dr Richard Smith
Oct.
Annual Lunch & 'Adamas - a very special rock'
Tim Thorn AFC, FRAeS
Nov.
'The Park and its Penguins: The first 50 years
Chris Gree, Head Bird Keeper
2021
Feb
AGM & Virtual Tour of Oxford (via Zoom)
Katherine Alcock
Mar
Tibesti Mountains Expedition 1965 (via Zoom)
Clendon Daukes
Apr
The Lost palaces of London (via Zoom)
Katherine Alcock
May
Visit - Painswick Rococo Garden
June
Garden Party - Greyhounds, Burford
Sept
Sake - National Drink of Japan
Catherine Owen
Oct
Annual Lunch. Crocodiles - someone has to love them?
Colin Stephenson
Nov
Burford Gardens: Connections and Change
Susan Ashton
2020
Feb
AGM & The Sky Above Burford
Robin Smitten
All other events were postponed due to Covid-19
2019
Feb
AGM & I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls
Hugh Ellis-Rees
Apr
The Life and Times of a Country Auctioneer
Philip Taubenheim
May
Visit - Kelmscott Manor
June
Golden Anniversary Garden Party - Warwick Hall
Sept
My Life as a Vet
Peter Aylmer
Oct
Annual Lunch - With William by My Side
Peter Kyle
Nov
Can we Replace the Human Heart with a Machine?
Prof. Stephen Westaby