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Georgia to Afghanistan
               Caucasus farmer

John’s new talk for 2012 about Central Asia – click here for details.


‘Georgia to Afghanistan’ talks in 2012

                    Afghan river crossing

2nd March – Winchester (a fundraising event for Oxfam)
7.30 pm at Winchester Discovery Centre on Jewry Street
(tickets £10.00 from the Discovery Centre on 01962 873603 – details from the Discovery Centre or from John)

15th March – Winchester (a fundraising event for Oxfam)
7.30 pm at Winchester Discovery Centre on Jewry Street
(tickets £10.00 from the Discovery Centre on 01962 873603 – details from the Discovery Centre or from John)

19th March – Burnley (a Stocks Massey Bequest funded lecture at Burnley Mechanics)
7.30 pm at The Mechanics on Manchester Road
(tickets £2.00 from the ticket office on 01282 664400 – details from Stephen Child on 01254 201162 or from John)

23rd March – Hereford (a Sixth Form event – open to the public – at Hereford Cathedral School)
7.00 pm in the Zimmerman Building on Church Street (details from the School on 01432 363522 or from John)

30th March – Winchester (a fundraising event for Oxfam)
7.30 pm at Winchester Discovery Centre on Jewry Street
(tickets £10.00 from the Discovery Centre on 01962 873603 – details from the Discovery Centre or from John)

19th April – Gosport, Hants (Gosport Discovery Centre)
7.30 pm at Gosport Discovery Centre on the High Street
(booking from March 2012 at the Discovery Centre on 023 9252 3463 –
details from the Discovery Centre on 023 9252 3463 or from John)

21st April – Alresford, Hants (Christy Memorial Hall)
7.30 pm at the Christy Memorial Hall on The Green, Old Alresford (details from David Exelby on 01962 736007 or from John)

25th April – Blackpool (International Travel and Holidays Association)
7.30 pm at The Blackpool Sixth Form College on Blackpool Old Road (details from Joan Gaffiney on 01253 700799 or from John)

12th May – Central London (Globetrotters Club)
2.30 pm at the Church of Scotland on Crown Court, behind the Fortune Theatre on Russell Street
(details on the Club’s information line – 020 8674 6229 – or from John)

15th May – Tiverton, Devon (a fundraising event for WaterAid)
7.30 pm in the Ondaatje Hall at Blundell’s School on Blundell’s Road (details from Peter Fordham on 01566 86176 or from John)

26th July – Central London (a fundraising event for Sustrans)
6.00 for 6.30 pm in the The Gallery at 70 Cowcross Street (details from Liz Harwood or from John)

22nd September – Whitchurch, Hants (a fundraising event for Whitchurch Silk Mill)
7.30 pm at Whitchurch Silk Mill on Winchester Street
(booking later in 2012 from the Silk Mill on 01256 892065 – details from Stephen Bryer or from John)

12th October – Near Dorchester (Piddlehinton Village Hall)
7.30 pm at the Village Hall on Rectory Road, Piddlehinton (details from Susan Belgrave on 01300 348228 or from John)

15th October – Near Guildford (West Surrey Centre of the National Trust)
12.30 pm at Clandon Park, West Clandon (details from Sheelagh Greentree on 01252 726840 or from John)

18th October – Near Wimborne, Dorset (Royal Geographical Society)
7.30 pm at Canford School’s Layard Theatre (access from Oakley Lane, Canford Magna)
(booking later in 2012 from John Leonard on 01962 886380 – details from John Leonard or from John)

22nd October – Winchester (a fundraising event for The Friends of HOPE)
An evening event (time to be announced) at the Bangkok Brasserie on Jewry Street
(details from David Pople on 01962 869428 or from John)

6th November – Purley, Surrey (Purley Literary Society)
8.00 pm at the United Reformed Church on Brighton Road (details from John and Bobbie Wilson on 020 8657 3189 or from John)

10th December – Esher, Surrey (Royston Pike Lecture Series) (to be confirmed)
8.15 pm at King George’s Hall on Community Walk, off the High Street (details from Peter Allen on 01372 474584 or from John)


‘Georgia to Afghanistan’ talks in 2013

                Caucasus village

15th January – Hull (Hull Literary and Philosophical Society)
7.30 pm at the Mercure Hull Royal (previously the Royal Hotel Hull) on Ferensway
(details from Stephen Larard on 01482 651843 or from John)

21st January – Clacton-on-Sea, Essex (Clacton and North East Essex Arts and Literary Society)
7.20 pm at the Princes Theatre on Station Road (details from Cindy Hardy on 01255 670131 or from John)

2nd February – Near Waterlooville, Hants (a fundraising event for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution)
7.30 pm at Hambledon Village Hall on East Street, Hambledon (to be confirmed)
(details from Robin Dawe on 023 9225 6494 or from John)

18th February – Chester (a joint meeting of the Royal Geographical Society with the Society of Thirteen)
7.30 pm at the Grosvenor Museum on Grosvenor Street (details from Mike Nichol on 0151 346 1017 or from John)

5th March – Keswick, Cumbria (Keswick Lecture Society)
7.30 pm in the Queen’s Hall at Keswick School on Vicarage Hill (details from Bob Barnby on 017687 74998 or from John)

11th March – Breda, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at Sociëteit ’t Turfschip on Wilhelminapark (details from Els Assman on +31 161 223369 or from John)

12th March – Maastricht, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at the Amrâth Grand Hotel De L’Empereur on Stationstraat (details from Resy Snyders on +31 43 363 0269 or from John)

14th March – Near Eindhoven, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at Agnus Dei-Kerk on Julianalaan, Waalre (details from Harry Kort on +31 40 201 6203 or from John)

15th March – Near Utrecht, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at NoorderLicht-Kerk on Bergweg, Zeist (details from Irene Kleyn-van Barneveld on +31 30 699 1618 or from John)

18th March – Deventer, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at Vergader- en Partycentrum De Horst on Kerkstraat (details from Henk Kluiwstra on +31 570 592068 or from John)

19th March – Hengelo, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
7.45 pm in Bibliotheek Hengelo’s Beursplein! building on Beursstraat (details from Hans Kräwinkel on +31 53 433 1839 or from John)

10th April – Scunthorpe, Lincs (Scunthorpe and District Ladies’ Luncheon Club)
12.15 for 12.30 pm at the Wortley House Hotel on Rowland Road (details from Phyllis Taylor on 01724 710025 or from John)

Click on the links* or e-mail John for details of each talk.
( *External websites may not always be up-to-date)