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Arden

Core

  • Core Meetings are held on Monday mornings during term times at the West Midlands Bridge Club, 909 Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3EP. They start at 9.50am and finish by 12 noon including a refreshment break. The meeting charge is £3.00 per person.
  • The programme incorporates a wide variety of talks by both guest speakers and members in a friendly and social environment. All full members are encouraged to attend as regularly as possible and active participation is welcome.

Forthcoming events

Monday 20th April 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Trot on Regardless - Steve Gwilt
Cost: £3
Monday 27th April 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Managing B’ham’s Urban Environment - Mike Hinton
Cost: £3
Monday 11th May 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
A Few Birmingham Quakers - Russell Steed
Cost: £3
Monday 18th May 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
The First Qualified English Woman Doctor - Stanley Field
Cost: £3
Monday 1st June 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
An Encounter with Flanders and Swan - Trevor Langley
Cost: £3
Monday 8th June 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Five Ways to Die in Birmingham - Kevin Thomas
Cost: £3
Monday 15th June 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
“It’s Honorary, Bab” - Emma Purslow
Cost: £3
Monday 22nd June 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Richard Osman and Me - Sally Jenkins
Cost: £3
Monday 29th June 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Members’ morning - Jane Ellis
Cost: £3
Monday 6th July 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Fatal Accidents in West Midlands, 1820–1920 - Quintin Watt
Cost: £3
Monday 13th July 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
The “Up and Down” Man - John Alderson
Cost: £3
Monday 20th July 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Forty Whacks - Alan Cutler
Cost: £3

Previous events

Monday 13th April 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
The Great Train Robbery, 1963 - Ian Boskett
Cost: £3
Monday 30th March 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Child Migration - Stephen Dyer
Cost: £3
Monday 23rd March 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Catherine Cromptons' Diary - Stephen Flinders
Cost: £3
Monday 16th March 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Picture This - Alan Tumber
Cost: £3
Monday 9th March 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Play Reading Group
Cost: £3
Monday 2nd March 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
AGM
Cost: £2
Monday 23rd February 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Little Black Dress - Molly Murray
Cost: £2
Monday 16th February 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Poetry to be Published - Wendy Westley
Cost: £2
Monday 9th February 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Steam Train - Michael Clemens
Cost: £2
Monday 2nd February 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Panama Canal - Alan Hill
Cost: £2
Monday 26th January 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Climate Change - Caroline Egan
Cost: £2
Monday 19th January 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
The Wonders of Warwickshire - Ray Barrett
Cost: £2
Monday 12th January 2026
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Homes and Cars for Ukraine - Anton Rawson
Cost: £2
Monday 15th December 2025
Core Meeting
Christmas Lunch
Monday 8th December 2025
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Cardboard - John Rea
Cost: £2
Monday 1st December 2025
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Are you living the life you want to live? - Caroline Butcher
Cost: £2
Monday 24th November 2025
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Members' morning: Call my Bluff - Ian & Jane Ellis
Cost: £2
Monday 17th November 2025
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
The Crystal Palaces: 1851 to 1936 - Peter Francis
Cost: £2
Monday 10th November 2025
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
William Morris: the other one - Carol Francis
Cost: £2
Monday 3rd November 2025
9:50 am - 12:00 pm
Core Meeting
Arthur Ransome - Stanley Field
Cost: £2