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We have a wide range of entertaining and thought-provoking speakers at our monthly Speaker's Meeting. These are held on the fourth Monday of the month (unless a bank holiday).

VENUE; St Peters Community Centre, Church Street, Bexhill TN40 2HE; OR

Sussex Hall in the White Rock Theatre, opposite the pier in Hastings TN34 1JX

TIME:

10.00 Coffee or Tea

10.30 Notices

10.45 Speaker

12.00 Close

Please check the listings below for details. Both venues are served by the 98 & 99 Buses.

Coffee Mornings

Hastings

Our regular coffee mornings bring members together at the White Rock Theatre, Stalls Bar, Hastings on the 2nd Monday of the month with Mick Malloy and Hillary Rhodes as your hosts, begins at 10:00am until 12:00pm, The Stalls Bar is on the right as you come in through the main entrance. Members and guests are always welcome.

And/or

Bexhill

At the De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on the 2nd Thursday of the month with hosts Linda Hussey and Lesley Smith, from 10:30am until 12:00pm.

Members and non-members are welcome to attend either or both.

List of Speakers

Date	Venue	Subject	Speaker
Monday 26th January 2026	White Rock	A Life in Music	Mike Hatchard
Monday 23rd February 2026	St Peter's Community Centre	Fraud: Think you're Immune You might not be!	Rodger Tristram
Monday 30th March	White Rock	Walking with Polar Bears	Gillian Lloyd
Monday 27th April	St Peter's Community Centre	The Development of Medicines	Dr Graham Hughes
Monday 18th May	White Rock	Watching the Detectives: A History of British Crime Fighters	Pete Allen
Monday 22nd June	St Peter's Community Centre	Stories from the Sussex Downs	Ian Everest
Monday 27th July	St Peter's Community Centre	AGM - Starts at 14:00
August No Meeting
Monday 28th September	White Rock	The Battle of Hastings - We should have won!	David Clarke
Monday 26th October	St Peter's Community Centre	The Band That Went To War: The Royal Marine Band in the Falklands	Brian Short
Monday 23rd November	White Rock	Christmas - A Festive History	Andy Thomas

Speaker's Meeting 18th May 2026

A trip down memory lane with the talk by Pete Allen on 'Watching the Detectives'

A history of British TV Crime Fighters.

His talk was very entertaining and raised a few laughs in the audience.

Speaker's Meeting 27th April 2027

The talk was given by Dr Graham Hughes and was called 'The Development of Medicines' please click on the following button to run the presentation.

Social Events

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Summer Social

We are holding a Summer social on Friday 17th July at St Peters Community Centre between 19:00 and 21:30. Bring your own drink and nibbles. Entertainment by Brian, 50s + 60s music followed by a tribute to ELVIS!

On sale from June 17th

Tickets £5.00

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We are holding a Barn Dance on 16th October, featuring Spinning Jenny.

Tickets on sale from 14th September.

Everyone enjoyed their trip to london.

We all enjoyed whichever museum we visited, between us we covered the natural history, the science, Victoria and Albert and the Wallace collection. It was a lovely day and we were glad to get out of the sun. Here are a couple of pictures taken at the museum.