Meeting Dates

We hold regular meetings throughout our season which runs from July to May, with a summer break each year, Most meetings feature a speaker or an event meaning a varied and informative range of meetings each year.

All meetings start at 7.30PM

Year	Meeting Date	Event
2018	16th June	Summer BBQ
	11th September	Members’ Evening – Letters W, X, Y and Z
	25th September	Mr N. Hudson – Heligoland/Helgoland
	9th October	Mr G. Cook – Postal Consumption
	3oth October	Annual General Meeting and Mini Auction
	13th November	Chairman’s Evening
	December	No meeting
2019	8th January	New Year Party and Annual Competition
	12th February	Mr R. Summers – Wolverhampton Postal history and RNLI (NB – This meeting is at 2pm)
	12th March	Mr G. Macpherson – GB King George VI High Values Arms Issue 1939-1951
	9th April	Members’ Evening – From 1 item up to 3 sheets
	30th April	Mr S. Ellis – French Railways
	14th May	Members evening – Bring, Buy & Exchange

 

Year	Meeting Date	Event
2017	29th July	Summer Barbecue
	12th September	Members Evening – Letters U and V
	26th September	Mr F. Ikin – German Red Cross up to 1945
	10th October	Members Evening – from 1 item up to 3 sheets
	31st October	Mr N Hudson – Czechoslovakia (Alfons Mucha / The Tatra Mountains
	14th November	Annual General Meeting and Mini Auction
	12th December	Chairman’s Evening
2018	9th January	New Year Party and Annual Competition
	13th February	Mr K  Knight – My Egypt (NB – This meeting is at 2pm)
	13th March	Visit by Southport Philatelic Society
	10th April	Mr M Roberts – The Postal History of the Falkland Islands 1800-1945
	8th May	Members evening – Bring, Buy & Exchange

The tables below show the previous meetings that the Society has held over the recent past.

Year	Meeting Date	Event
2016	16th July – 20th August	Summer Barbecue – NB this has now moved from 16th July to 20th August.
	13th September	Mr D.J. Davies – Persian Lions
	27th September	Members Evening – from one item up to 3 sheets
	11th October	Mr Jamie Smith – Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika
	8th November	Annual General Meeting and mini auction
	29th November	Mr Duncan Crewe – Imperial Airways & Croydon Airport
	13th December	Chairman’s Evening
2017	10th January	New Year Party and Annual Competition
	14th February	Members Evening – Letters S & T (up to six sheets)
	14th March	Mr Peter Kirk – The Three Kings – Edward VII. George V & Edward VIII
	18th April	Mr B Jones – An evening of King George VI
	9th May	Members Evening – Bring, Buy & Exchange

 

Year	Meeting Date	Event
2015	18th July	Summer Barbecue
	8th September	Mr Adrian H Jones – East Africa
	29th September	Mr Alwyn Peel – Airmail Letter Cards of WWII
	13th October	Mr Bryan A. Jones – An Evening of King George VI
	27th October	Mr Norman Hudson – Scottish Islands
	10th November	Annual General Meeting and mini auction
	8th December
2016	12th January	New Year Party and Annual Competition
	9th February	Mr Alan Totten – Cruising the North Cape & Beyond
	8th March	Members Evening – Letters Q & R
	29th March	Mr Jonathan Guy – Philately and the Internet
	12th April	Members Evening – Bring, buy and exchange
	10th May	Mr Max Smith – The Indian Mutiny

 

Year	Meeting Date	Event
2014	19th July	Summer Barbecue
	9th September	Mr Fred Ikin – Berlin
	30th September	Mrs Yvonne Wheatley – Moving the mail by rail in the UK
	14th October	Mr Philip Lea – Japan
	11th November	Annual General Meeting and mini auction
	9th December	Chairman’s Evening
2015	13th January	New Year Party and Annual Competition
	10th February	Mr Brian Lythgoe – Cameroun
	3rd March	Visit to Trafford P.S.
	10th March	Mr Simon Carson – Cheshire Postal History
	14th April	Annual Auction
	12th May	Members Club Evening, Letters O&P (up to six sheet display)

 

Year	Meeting Date	Event
2013	20th July	Summer Barbecue
	10th September	Mr Les Pearcy – Czechoslovakia – pre stamp to World War II
	8th October	Mr Mike Roberts – Philately will get you nowhere – the pitiful waste of life of a Chronic Stampaholic
	29th October	Mr Richard Stock – Southern African Campaigns
	12th November	Annual General Meeting and mini auction
	10th December	Chairman’s Evening
2014	14th January	New Year Party and Annual Competition
	11th February	Mr Howard Hughes – The Maltese Cross
	11th March	Dr David Sigee – Development of the Royal Mail
	8th April	Mr John Mayne – Togo – The First German Colony 1884-1914
	29th April	Annual Auction
	13th May	Members Club Evening, Letters M&N (an up to six sheet display)

 

Year	Meeting Date	Event
2013	12th February	The Occupation of the Channel Islands by Mr Gavin Wood
	26th February	Three members entertain! Nick Rolfe, Olga Ellis and Steve Roberts
	12th March	All Science is either Physics or Stamp Collecting by Mr Geoff Dickenson
	26th March	Annual Auction
	9th April	Hovercraft mail by Mr Ken Pemberton
	14th May	Members Club Evening, Letters K&L (an up to six sheet display)

All meetings start at 7.30pm