The Thursday Club meets at the NT-Mayfield Bill McDonald Hall on Thursday (at 2.00pm) afternoons from October to May. The programme includes attractive weekly meetings of music, slides, talks and demonstrations which are found to appeal to many tastes, followed by tea and time for fellowship.
Open to all, especially those of more mature years! New as well as existing members are warmly welcome but you don't have to be a member to come along.
Contact Deirdre Eustace (convener) - 07785 301182 for further details.
The schedule of proposed meetings for the forcoming session, starting 1 October 2026, is below.
Latest Thursday Club Dates
PROGRAMME 2026/2027
OCTOBER
1 - Kozo Hoshino and John Ferguson -Etchings of Don Quixote by William Strang RA (1859-1912)
8 - Maureen Kelly - Crappit Heids and Barley Bannocks
15 - Selda Dow, Alison Rigg & Linda Waugh - The Laverock Trio
22 - Diana Tudhope - Roaming With Rosie
29 - Halloween – Scottish Ghost Stories (dress up if you like but not obligatory!)
NOVEMBER
5 - Lucy Richardson - George of the Southside
12 - Jackie Sangster – Art Deco Days
19 - Catherine Booth - The Rob Roy Way
26 - Sale and quiz
DECEMBER
3 - Linda J Wiliamson - Advent/Christmas Lore
10 - Joan Adam - Romania, The Beauty and Culture of Yesterday
17 - Christmas Party – Walter & choir
JANUARY
7 - John Graham - Flowers and Tiles in Andalucia
14 - Alice Keane and Elsie Gowland -The Linus Project
21 - Elaine Lee – Travellers’ Tales from Kazakhstan : my time in the land of Borat
28 - Bobby’s Fiddler Group
FEBRUARY
4 - Joe Waterfield – Kelvin Hall at 100: A century of Spectacle
11 - Lynn Aitchison - A day in the life of a dog trainer
18 - Tom Kelly - A Plague on my Polio
25 - Patricia Armstrong and Graeme Brown - Enchanting Granada
MARCH
4 - Barry and Diane Cross - By train from Edinburgh to Beijing and beyond!
11 - Eric Melvin - The Edinburgh of Mary, Queen of Scots
18 - Members’ Desert Island Discs
25 - Easter break - no meeting
APRIL
1 - Frances Carlaw – The Passion Of Pearls Talk
8 - Wee Sangstream - Scottish Songs
15 - Michael Allan - Scottish Tenements
22 - Boyd McAdam - Lancaster and the Environs
29 - Ken Williamson - The Original Waverley Route
MAY
6 - Susan Wooding & George Ross – summer singalong.
CONVENER
Deirdre Eustace
07785 301 182
