December 2025

Our latest book was discussed and reviewed. We will have a Christmas break and ask for suggestions for our next read.

We recognised World Aids Day with 2 short videos and a collection.

November 2025

Our V&A LGBTQ tour had 4 members being shown artifacts that had LGBTQ connections. Our guide was very informative.

The coffee morning in Finchley had a good attendance.

Quiz night was busy. Thanks Rob.

Roy’s darts tournament was won by Keith, well done Keith who fought against strong contenders.

Our Tuesday meeting coincided with Armistice Day, so we had a few readings and appropriate music. Afterwards we celebrated the Chair’s coming birthday. There was a very good turnout if members.

We had a presentation and results of the LGBTQ+ survey from April this year. There were lots of questions and interaction by members.

October 2025

We had a chat with Roger and Malcolm in Cyprus followed by a novel quiz set by Roger. Apart from a small technical issue, it all went very well. A couple of members joined us remotely.

The discussion of our 2nd book reading attracted 10 members

Our guided LGBTQ+ tour of the Globe Theatre was led by a charming guide. She had a lot of information to give. We all found it most interesting. We finished our evening with a meal in a restaurant with views of St Paul’s. A most successful event.

September 2025

We had a very high turnout for Rob’s special quiz.

Our coffee morning in Harrow Garden Centre was nice, a different venue.

We had 21 members enjoying the snacks and Mark singing and playing the guitar.

Ken’s bingo was well supported.

August 2025

Our coffee morning in the lovely garden centre was attended by 10 members.

Darts evening hosted by Roy, with Umpire Clive was won by Neil.

Lydia hosted a group collage evening. This was an unusual and very collaborative event. There were some amazing results.

Gerry’s quiz attracted 16 members. Rob got the highest score.

For our traditional picnic in Pinner Memorial Park, we had perfect weather, sunny and the high 20sC.. So hot that we had to find shade. The band and singer were good.

The video combination showing the members photos were a nice eclectic collection.

July 2025

.Rob’s quiz had a very different theme and was most ingenious.

Trevor won our darts tournament, thanks to Roy for hosting the event.

Ken’s bingo was well supported and enjoyable.

Colin and John’s river Thames trip was very enjoyable on one of the hottest days this year. What a lovely way to spend a warm July afternoon.

London Pride was celebrated by viewing our own video and another posted on you tube.

We discussed the book several of us read. We thought it was a thought provoking read.

June 2025

Out charity book sale raised £11 for London Friend charity.

Our first meeting of the month where we showed members photos was very poorly supported, maybe because of holiday time.

May 2025

Our monthly coffee morning in Daisy’s cafe was very pleasant on a beautiful summer’s day.

Bingo was as popular as ever.

Our Eurovision evening had members buying tickets for the draw. This added a bit of interest to those of us watching the event live.

We started our book club with several members now reading the best seller In Memoriam.

April 2025

Our coffee morning in Morrisons was our farewell to this cafe as it is now closed.

We had a double event in April, we had a walk to view the bluebells in Stanmore Country Park followed by coffee in the nearby Aspire centre. In the evening we celebrated St George’s Day with a video on his life and history followed by some English snacks.

Our Easter egg treasure hunt was organised by Raymond and several members found the hidden eggs. We also savoured a variety of hot cross buns.

The new committee met and drew up a comprehensive programme until the end of July.

Twenty members were present at the AGM. A new Chair was elected. The floor thanked Gerry for all his hard work as Chair for the last year. Gerry responded by saying he wanted a break, but was very willing to help in any way needed.

Adrian gave an informative and interesting talk about Headstone Manor wetlands. Seventeen members were at the meeting. We will be given a guided tour by Adie around the project this summer.

March 2025

Our celebration of St Patrick’s day consisted of a very tasty Irish cake baked to an old family recipe and a short film. All thirteen of us had a very nice evening.

Eleven of us had a go at gay history and events quiz.

We started the month’s events with pancakes to celebrate pancke day. Thirteen of us enjoyed the event.

February 2025

Our Secretary and Treasurer attended the first multi agencies LGBTQ+ forum in Harrow. Our Treasurer was one of 3 panel members answering a range of questions by rhe moderator. This was followed by questions from the floor. This meeting should lead to much more interaction with the various local LGBTQ+ groups.

Our coffee morning saw 12 members enjoying a drink in Morrison’s cafe.

To celebrate gay history month, we listened to a Switchboard podcast recalling the time in the 80s when pretty police were employed to entrap gay men. The podcast played clips from a Barrister involved in defending gays and a former police woman talking about the stopping of men in cruising areas. Thirteen of us attended and there were several questions and comments at the end of the event.

Two members joined a group of young LGBTQ+ people in a community cooking lesson. This was set up so that young people could learn a bit about being an older LGBTQ+ person. It was a good event and was a chance for inter generational contact.

Bingo was a good evening.

Our Valentine selection of music by members was enjoyable.

The second quiz of the year taxed our general knowledge. Our quiz masters, Trevor and Gerry asked us some interesting questions.

January 2025

Vietnamese TET. Members were shown, then made their own Summer Rolls. We watched a video of the celebrations in Saigon and read our Chinese horoscopes. I think we all learnt a little about the Vietnamese culture.

Burns night was a great success with 17 members attending.

The new year started well with 17 people enjoying Colin’s quizz. The questions are always interesting either surprising answers.

December 2024

There were 33 people at the annual Christmas party. After an extensive buffet, we were entertained by Mark on the guitar and a few apt jokes. Followed by Wally, accompanied by Trevor on the piano singing well known Christmas tunes. After, some of us had enough energy to dance to the classic gay disco anthems. The event was very enjoyable and our hosts at the Trinity bar were, as usual, helpful and welcoming.

Our committee meeting arranged the programme for the coming year and finalised the Christmas Party plans

We showed a film for World AIDS Day and raised £65 for the local St Lukes hospice.

November 2024

Our social on a really cold night had 11 members braving the weather.

The trip down the Thames from Battersea was not popular, no members joining the leader. But the leader enjoyed the trip.

Raymond hosted a talk given by Alex about his one man play, he hopes to bring this to a small theatre in Harrow. He also has been campaigning tirelessly to re open the Black Cap. He gave us an incite into the difficulties the campaigners have faced in the 10 years since the pub closed. The good news is that it will reopen on the 12 April 2025, I’m sure we our group will be one of the first to attend.

Clive’s presentation about his trip to Kenya was interesting and generated several questions. A good evening. Over £50 was raised for Kenya charity.

October 2024

We had another successful coffee morning in Harrow.

Our darts evening was enjoyed by the members, well done Keith for winning.

Colin A organised a very successful quiz, that was well attended.

September 2024

The coffee morning in Waitrose restaurant was a good chance to chat and enjoy the company of nearly half our membership. Another successful event.

Our meal in the pizza restaurant was well supported and was a good alternative to our usual meeting in the Trinity, which was unavailable to us for that evening only.

We had an interesting day at the Acton Town transport museum organised by John. Most of the fourteen members attending had lunch in a nearby Persian restaurant. The food was very tasty and good value.

We had a zoom meeting with Harrow giving, informing us about the project to capture our history. This was an interesting insight into what we can contribute. This was followed by bingo with one member winning 3 prizes. Thirteen members enjoyed the evening.

Seventeen members were at the launch of our exciting new programme which takes up to 2025, our 53rd year of weekly meetings.

August 2024

Our visit for a stroll and tea in the lovely Embankment gardens attracted many members. The weather was perfect.

After a break because of covid, the return of the Trinity Challenge Trophy event was hugely anticipated. Seventeen people enjoyed the closely fought challenge. Sadly our reigning champion, Steve, was unseated by our new worthy champion and Chair of the group Gerry. Congratulations to Gerry and we hope he keeps his trophy well polished.

As always our boule and picnic evening was well attended.

Ten of us played Crazy Golf on a lovely August day. Our Chairman was the worthy winner, closely followed by our golfing expert.

Our safe form of darts, using a velcro dart board and balls proved to be a good evening. Colin L was the winner.

July 2024

We had an enjoyable morning in Daisy’s Cafe, Pinner Memorial Park.

Jadon’s open garden raised £260 for TKT charity supporting young gay people. The weather was kind and the garden beautiful.

Our Zoom evening with members abroad and at home worked well. Cyprus, Germany, Edgware and Kingsbury were all represented.

Five of us went on a day trip to Brighton by train, the weather stayed dry and we took the sea air and had a very nice lunch in a restaurant in the Laines.

The visit to the Metroplitan archives to view Gerald K’s memorabilia was full of lovely memories of Gerald and what a lively entertaining person he was. Also looking at our group’s various newsletters and minutes was enlightening, we are still worrying about similar issues as a group.

Our first event in July was an evening showing video of our members in London Pride, followed by snacks provided by members.

June 2024

Our final group event for June was London Pride. Some of us watched the parade and others took part in the Parade. The weather was perfect and we all had a great day. The usual huge crowds were watching the parade and we visited Soho afterwards to sample the atmosphere.

The annual mid summer walk took us over Harrow on the Hill on a beautiful sunny and warm evening. We finished at the Trinity where regulars were supporting the England Euro match.

Colin I’s ‘Just a Minute’ was a very popular evening, with interesting topics.

The coffee morning in Finchley was on one of the sunniest days we have had recently and such a lovely garden centre.

Colin’s Mystery Hour had some intriguing questions.

May 2024

We enjoyed an evening of 2 short videos for our last May meeting.

At the first meeting of the new committee, events up to the end of August were planned, with several events outside the Tuesday meetings.

We had our AGM at the beginning of May. The Committee presented their reports. These are available on the members page. Fifteen members attended and several sent apologises. The meeting accepted the tabled proposal to increase the annual membership fee to £15 from 1 January 2025. This will ensure our finances remain sound. The members present thanked the out going committee for their work during the year.

April 2024

The group’s traditional Easter outdoor activity was at Headstone Manor. We had a very pleasant walk around the newly established wet lands and river course. Afterwards we had tea and rainbow cake, how appropriate!

Ken gave us an interesting and informative talk about healthy eating. Members had several questions after watching a video on an American’s Doctor diet.

March 2024

Again our members have supported the group on Tuesday evenings, we have had quizzes, video evenings. We can now look forward to the AGM on 7 May.

Our Chairman planned and organised an evening for the group to discuss where we stood as far as membership, name, the way forward and other issues. This was a very productive evening and a report is now on the Members page.

February 2024

The variety of events that we held in February were well supported. Our group now regularly attracts good numbers at the Trinity.

January 2024

We started our New Year with Burns night. As usual this was a great success and we all thank Ken for the evening. Our video and quiz evenings were also well attended.

December 2023

Your committee met and agreed a programme of events for January and approved the Officer’s report. We noted that the attendance has been very heartening. The minutes can be viewed on our member’s page of the website.

It was lovely to see Roger and Malcolm on their visit to the UK from Cyprus. A lot of his NWLLGG friends were at the pub to welcome them.

Our Christmas party was a resounding success with nearly 40 members and friends in attendance. There was a large and varied buffet. This was followed by our own guitarist and pianist playing seasonal music. Clive led and encouraged us to sing along to classic Carols. The evening finished with dancing to gay iconic tunes.

We commemorated World AIDS Day with a film and collection for THT and raised £60. This will be matched by THT.

Afterwards Colin A presented an intriguing quiz. It was well supported by members.

November 2023

The quiz that featured the year our group was formed, attracted a lot of members with long memories. A great evening.

Our group has always celebrated the diversity of our membership, so celebrating Dewali was another chance to enjoy some different snacks and recognise the event.

We enjoyed an evening of members videos.

October 2023

All our events this month were well supported. Bingo and the talk from the Metroplitan archives Archivist were particularly popular.

We had an interesting film about the history and present day celebrations of the Moon Festival.

September 2023

Our Vietnamese lunch in a very welcoming Vietnamese restaurant near Finchley Road station was well supported and helped by having expert advice on the menu items.

Nineteen members were at the celebration on the Jewish New Year in the Trinity bar. Thank you Raymond for all the catering and Colin for the entertaining quiz.

The Eastcote coffee morning was well attended, we all enjoyed the very pleasant cafe.

August 2023

August Bank Holiday Monday at Harrow in Leaf show, saw 18 of our members manning the stall or visiting. We had a high profile with both our new banners displayed. Several friends of the group chatted to us.

We have had a busy Summer, several members attended Herts Pride and we proudly displayed our banner. Our group also attended the first Barnet Pride. We had great weather for both events.

Twelve of us enjoyed a Sunday picnic and music in the park. It was warm and sunny most of the time. Another great outdoor event.

Two Officers from the Met Safer Neighbourhood team came to listen to any concerns we had and to outline the Met Police’s plans for community engagement. A very useful event.

Nine of us enjoyed a walk through Golders Hill Park to the cafe. We saw the Pergola and gardens. Also the zoo and another colourful garden on the way back to the station. It was a great afternoon out in lovey warm sunny weather.

July 2023

Lavanya gave a talk to us about an external NHS survey she is part of. This survey hopes to address negative issues and poor treatment associated with being in a minority group. This was well attended with 16 members and one new attendee.

On 18 July Adrian gave us a very interesting talk about the wetland in Headstone Manor Park.

June 2023

On 1 July we had a great day at London Pride. Our banner was seen by huge crowds along the route. It was a long and tiring day, but very enjoyable. After the parade we chilled out with switchboard in the St Anne’s Church hall in the heart of Soho. Soho was packed with revellers. A great day to celebrate our sexuality.

A few of us attended Wembley Park Pride. We sat in deck chairs provided by the organisers. It was a very warm evening and we sampled local gay performers.

Our mid summer walk attracted 13 men and women who did the 3 mile walk over Harrow on the Hill. Most of us did not know the historic part of Harrow. We were blessed with lovely weather.

May 2023

We had 2 social evenings in May that were popular.

Eleven of us watched 2 short films about transport, both with a gay theme.

On 23 May 16 of us listened to a speaker from the youth group Moziac telling us about the work the charity does for young LGBTQ+ people. We also had a book sale with the proceeds going to Mozaic. This raised £41.

The Met Police area liaison officer gave us a talk on how they are responding to the recent critical report on their handling of the murders of four young gay men in East London. He also answered general questions that our members had. We hope this reporting to us will become a regular event.

Our Coronation picnic on the 8 May was successful with 16 members attending, also 1 friend with dog. We all enjoyed the food, a Coronation quiche made by Jonathan and a spectacular cake made by Brian. We were so lucky with the weather with no rain, despite a forecast of torrential rain. We are looking forward to our next picnic at the end of August.

April 2023

Our Eurovision evening was very popular, 19 of us took part in a sweepstake of the winner.

At the AGM on 18 April we had 28 members attending this important event. The committee recommendations were adopted and a new committee elected.

On the final event that our current Chair hosted, 4 of us enjoyed an evening of videos and chat.

On Easter Monday, 6 of us met in Rickmansworth for a pub meal. We then walked around the Aquadrome in sunshine. The 5 mile walk was very enjoyable.

Our Easter Egg hunt and hot cross buns evening had 22 members, thank you Raymond. We also had a most interesting talk by Paula on her trans life growing up in Harrow and eventually becoming Head of a large school in Cheshire. We hope she will be able to visit us again and we can hear more about her interesting life.

March 2023

For the last meeting in March nearly half the members were present to discuss what they wanted from the group going forward.

On the 21st March, 16 of us listened to Gerry giving a talk on St Patrick and St Prides, this was followed by slices of Guinness cake made by Paul. A very successful evening, thanks guys.

The High Five quiz set by Rob had a good attendance and everyone enjoyed exercising their gray cells.

Our Group has been given funding by Harrow Giving. This will help us with publicity, group health events, speaker and function expenses. Your committee worked hard to achieve this. It is a great opportunity to expand and promote our group. Further details will follow.

February 2023

Bingo was very well attended on 28 February and was the usual success, thank you Ken.

On 21 February unfortunately our speaker was unwell, but 20 of us enjoyed a very sociable evening.

We all congratulate Roger and Tony on their 47 years together, it was lovely to celebrate with them. They provided some nice snacks for us and we thank them for their generosity, we wish them all the best in the future.

On 7 February we enjoyed a brief history of the Chinese New Year and reading of our horoscope. The spring rolls and snacks from Hong Kong were well received.

January 2023

Ken’s Address to the Haggis and the plate of haggis and neeps were well received by members. Joe’s demonstration and instruction of the Scottish dances was good. Ken wore his kilt, we all thought he looked very smart.

Our Zoom quiz from Cyprus had 16 members in the Trinity and 2 remote participants. We also had a celebration of Roy’s special birthday.

On a cold 17 January 17 members viewed a video on the new LGBTQ+ museum in Kings Cross to be opened in spring 2023, some of us remember the old sleazy Kings Cross with the occasional huge gay dance evenings. We followed this with a quiz to see how gay we were. By the low scores it might be necessary to remove any reference to gay in our literature and logo.

On 10 January Gerry hosted an informative panel of social media users. Several interesting points were made. We were warned to be careful what we publish and who is allowed to see our content. Our panel also considered how a general discussion can easily degenerate into a slagging match. Many questions from the floor showed how our members interact on social media.

It was a wet day on 8 January when we did our walk from Hatch End to Stanmore, but we still had 17 people from NWLLGG and the Gay Sunday Walking Group.

Twenty of us celebrated Trevor’s birthday on 3 January. A nice evening with nibbles and a cake baked by Gerry. Several members enjoyed dancing later on.

Eight of us saw the New Year’s Day Parade. There were very large crowds, but we managed to get a good view. We then had a drink in Halfway to Heaven pub.

December 2022

Bank Holiday Tuesday 27 December was our mine pies evening. Fourteen members and friends viewed a video showing the special events that NWLLGG attended or hosted during our 50th Anniversary commemoration year.

At our Christmas party on 20 December we had 40 members and guests enjoying the buffet and cabaret. It was great to be able to have a Christmas party after an absence of several years. We hope that the new guests that came to the party will be able to visit us regularly.

The presentation on the 13 December by Dr Clare was very interesting. Some of us older members can relate to her stories of life in the last century. We thank her for coming a long way to see us and hope she will be able to visit again.

Trevor and Gerry’s quiz on 6 December was very popular with 14 members and friends attending. The Christmas themed questions were interesting and some were quite challenging.

On 1 December your committee agreed the programme upto the next AGM in April. They also discussed our finances and membership. The minutes of the meeting can be found on the drop down menu ‘Members page’.

November 2022

Joe led 19 members through the Ceili dance steps on 22 November. Some were so good at the dance, they are thinking of applying for an Irish passport.

On 17 November, 11 of us enjoyed an evening visiting the refurbished Battersea Power Station and taking the high speed boat to the Tower. We then watched the Son et Lumiere and finished the successful evening with a meal in a pub near the Tower

Ken’s bingo was the usual success with many members enjoying the evening. Our newest member managed to win a prize.

Our Remberance event was not popular by the attendance, but it’s a sacrifice made by millions and worth remembering.

Age UK spoke to 16 of us about what they do for local older people. Some group members belong to Opening Doors, this is a charity run by Age UK specifically for LGBTQ+ over the age of 50.

October 2022

The 18th October we visited Roger and Malcolm via zoom. Not only did we have a very entertaining quiz, we had a remote guided tour around their new house in Cyprus.

On the 11th October We watched a couple of videos showing what the Black community has contributed to our society.

As it was the Jewish New Year celebration for several members, a decision was made to postpone the planned ‘Social media – friend or foe’ forum to a later date.

September 2022

Our celebration of the Jewish New Year on 27th September had an excellent turnout, the cabaret from Colin and Mark was a big draw helped by the lovely food.

We had a social on the 20th September where the main discussion was centred on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The only reigning sovereign a lot of us remember.

On 13 September Ken was our bingo caller. Lots of prizes were on offer. Trevor was the most successful player. We also said our au revoir to Roger and Malcolm with a short video, no dry eyes in the house, but we will be having a Zoom meeting from Cyprus on 18 October.

We had a visit from 2 Met Police from the Safer Neighbourhood Team. They discussed how the Met handle any complaints and covered policing in general. Our members had several interesting questions that were fully answered by the team. We hope that they will be able to visit us again in the future.

August 2022

The last event on 30 August to celebrate our 50 years of meeting regularly, was a great success with 25 members attending.

Eleven of us enjoyed Herts Pride, a very well organised and run event. Our Pride contact looked after us and our banner was prominently displayed.

On16 August we had our Pointless quiz. Rob had some very interesting questions based around the 50 years we have been meeting. Our winner was a new meetup member, we are very pleased to welcome him to our group.

The committee meeting on 11 August agreed our new programme. Committee members will follow up the actions raised. Details are in the minutes of the meeting that will be in the members section within the next week.

On 9th August we watched a video of our recorded history, the photos went back to the early 1990s. An extract of our many excellent shows were seen, so much work, but such fun. We also remembered those no longer with us. It was very nice to welcome 2 guys who came via our meetup profile.

We only had 3 members on the group visit to Brighton Pride, but it was a great day. As it was the first for 3 years it was very busy, the weather perfect and the bodies, honed and sexy. We had a few comments asking about our group when they spotted the group 50th Anniversary t-shirt being worn by us.

On 3 August sixteen members watched a video of a walking holiday in Nepal. We realised what a difficult existence the hill tribes have, but the mountain scenery was beautiful.

July 2022

We had a lot of members come and enjoy the music in Pinner Park on the last day of July. There are concerts every Sunday from 2.30pm until the end of August if anyone wishes to attend, the group is not organising any more concerts this year.

The group history was on display in the form of Events Programmes from the late 1990s and old financial information.

On Tuesday 19 July when Harrow was 39C, we enjoyed the aircondioned Trinity room to examine Simon’s painting titled Cabaret. He is also very well travelled and had lots of interesting stories. A very entertaining evening.

We had a large turnout for the Trinity Trophy, it was a close final, but Steve was the winner.

The Chesham walk was popular, we had time to explore the High Street with their Hat Event. The weather was perfect for a lovely Summer walk. The views were great, we had plenty of rest stops as it was around 27C.

Our Chair made a short speech at the beginning of Wembley Park Pride. We had a lovely summer afternoon being entertained by various drag artists together with comedians and singers. Our banner had another outing and was displayed prominently.

We had a most enjoyable day at London Pride. Our distinctive t shirts and banner stood out. There were crowds up to 5 deep in places, we had lots of cheers and waves. After a tiring day it was lovely to chill out in a beautiful courtyard in Soho.

June 2022

We had a very enjoyable visit to a local crazy golf course. None of us were surprised that our expert golfer won!

Our midsummer walk attracted several members despite the transport disruption. It was a perfect evening for a walk over historic Harrow on the Hill. We were joined in Trinity after the walk by women who had seen our website.

May 2022

Our very own Queen made an appearance, Regal ever despite her advanced age. We were delighted that she could join us for cream scones and a Royal Quiz. Thanks for all the hard work Roger.

The rain held off for our Platinum party, the 2 members that attended enjoyed a drink to commemorate this special event.

Our video on Her Majesty the Queen’s 70 years on the Throne was from a Canadian perspective. This gave us an insight into how people from the Commonwealth view the Monarchy.

The visit to the new Elizabeth Line was interesting. We were surprised at the number of people using the service. We explored all the new stations and their architecture.

On 24 May we were entertained with a video of Colin’s holiday in Southern Africa. Lovely scenery. The snacks provided were popular.

Roger hosted our Anniversary quiz. I think everone was extremely impressed with the content and professionalism of the graphics. A great evening to continue our Anniversary celebrations. We still have a few more events listed with an Anniversary theme.

The Committee meeting on 12 May decided the way forward. Lots of new and innovative ideas were put forward and accepted. We now have a programme of events planned for the next 8 months. We also have decided on our key priorities and a plan will be published shortly. We are planning for an increased and involved membership.

Nearly half our membership heard Inspector Zhang and Sergeant Mackin of the Safer Neighbourhood team gave us a presentation of the Police structure and how they respond to any LGBTQ+ hate crime. Most crime is on the decline, but hate crime is increasing. They stressed that any crime should be reported before it escalates.

At the beginning of May, soon after the new Committee started work. we held a workshop to plan the way forward for the group. A high percentage of current members were there or sent inputs on what the group should be doing in the immediate and longer term future. This will be used by your Committee to ensure the group represents what members want from NWLLGG.

April 2022

The 50th Anniversary event on the 19 April was a huge success. There were over 40 attendees. We had the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and the Chief Superintendent of North West London in attendance. After short speeches, the Mayor presented Roger and Malcolm with a life time membership, recognising their contributions over many years. The Mayor then presented to the Chair a specially commissioned Trophy. A toast to the Group was proposed by the Mayor. After that a film showing some of our history was played and the guests then were served a buffet. An evening to be remembered with pleasure.

Her Majesty has sent a letter congratulating us on our 50th Anniversary. The letter is on the photo page of this website.

Easter Monday saw us celebrating our 50th Anniversary in Pinner Memorial gardens. We had 24 members enjoying the food, prosecco and company. The weather was perfect.

Easter came early to the group on 11 April, we had some Easter Eggs.

The quiz had some interesting facts, not that obvious to everyone.

March 2022

We had a very interesting talk about the City Guilds, we learnt about their history and what Guilds do today.

Irish Guinness cake and music, a great evening.

Your committee met to plan our Anniversary Party and events for the future. The group is having good attendances and plans for attracting more members were agreed.

A double attraction on 15 March, we had Liz from Harrow Voluntary Action Harrow telling us how she can get us known more widely. Then Trevor presented his music quiz with a broad spectrum. A very popular evening with an excellent attendance.

Our Polari evening attracted 22 members. We had a film in Polari and an explanation of how the language evolved.

We had a presentation from a member who has been volunteering with switchboard for 19 years, he gave us a brief history of the organisation. It was interesting to learn that 15000 people use their services every year.

February 2022

At the first of 3 evenings to celebrate our history we saw a video that schools present to pupils. Other videos by Museum curators told of our long and proud history.

The Committee met to plan our 50th celebrations and our future events. These are now published on the events page.

Our bingo night was successful again, also an entertaining evening.

The fortune cookies at the Chinese New Year celebration gave us a chance to see what the year of the Tiger will bring us.

January 2022

Burns Night celebration attracted a large number of members. We heard Ken give an Address to the Haggis, and we all tried some Haggis, neeps and tatties. Jonathan in full highland regalia and sgean dubh lead us in a series of Scottish reels. A good time was had by everyone.

Our plans for the 50th anniversary party on 19 April were shown to the members. No further suggestions for the evening were put forward.

The New Year started with good intentions, we had a keep fit session enjoyed by all.

We had an entertaining evening at the pantomime, very adult humour.

Our first meeting of 2022 in Trinity Bar had a good turnout and it was nice to catch up with everyone after what had been a difficult Christmas and New Year for some us.

The first walk of the year had 18 people, muddy and a bit wet, but enjoyable.

December 2021

We had a zoom meeting on New Year’s Eve. It was nice to celebrate with a lot of our friends.

Unfortunately at the last minute we had to cancel our Christmas Party, the huge increase in Covid cases meant that our members could have been put at risk. Such a shame as a lot of planning and rehearsing had taken place. Instead at short notice, Roger hosted a Christmas zoom. We had several members taking part and the winner got a very respectable score.

Our friend Joseph, a retired Barrister and Judge, gave us a very interesting talk on some of the more objectional people that he had met in his long legal career. We had a really good attendance.

Several of us enjoyed a boat trip with commentary on the Thames to view the illuminated bridges. These have been newly illuminated as an art installation. We had a interesting commentary by a London Guide telling us about places of interest. The Committee hopes this will be the first of many trips we can do as a group of LGBT friends.

John gave us a very informative talk on how cruising has changed and developed. I think we were all surprised to learn that cruising in the 1920s was very similar to the modern day experience. A well attendended evening.

November 2021

The local police visited us and give an insight into how they handle any hate crime reporting. Members put several questions to them and all were answered to everyone’s satisfaction. We had a good turnout for this interesting evening.

Peter’s music quiz was a chance to recall earlier popular tunes and groups. We also had a chance to recall advert campaigns that used popular classical music. An enjoyable evening.

Bingo was as popular as ever, our resident caller Ken did his usual fabulous job.

Our monthly Zoom meeting had our long time members currently living in the warmth of Cyprus and several of us enjoying the cold in the UK.

Several of our members seem to be contenders for Strictly come Dancing after the excellent Ceili dance evening.