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Other Activities

xmas card
The Club's 1967 Christmas Card

In the Club's earlier days, there were a number of other activities apart from the regular lectures:

  • Regular outings to places of interest – gardens, stately homes, museums e.g. Luton Hoo, Kew Gardens, Painshill Park and Glyndebourne.
  • Holidays planned – to Amsterdam, USA, Rouen, Russia - but no records found in the archive as to whether or not these plans ever came to fruition.
  • Information Exchange/Travel Connections – where members passed on information on places to visit, travel tips etc.
  • Club's Christmas card designed by a member.
  • Paper-chase and balloon races for members’ children
balloon race
Members' children releasing balloons following a talk on ballooning

The Club also had an involvement with:

  • The Guildford Festival
  • Guildford Book Festival
  • Guildford International Welcome Week
French wine-tasting
Guildford Festival of the Arts 1969 Wine Tasting at the University Organised by the Club
more wine-tasting
Another scene from the 1969 festival at the University