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Soupa Talks Programme 2026-7

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  • Soupa Talks will start again on Wednesday 23 September 2026. The programme is below.

    Come and join us for a light lunch (soup, bread, fruit and cake – £5.00) followed by a talk. Everyone is welcome.

    Meetings start at 1:00pm in the Community Hall (unless otherwise noted).



Date
Speaker
Title
23 September
Laurence Ince
Charles Dickens, Warwickshire and the Great Jennens Case
14 October
Henrietta Lockhart
These Flowers are from my Garden: the Nettlefolds and their Garden
28 October
Quintin Watt
“Good Monkery!” The Adventures of Harry Payne — the Edwardian “Literary Tramp”
11 November
Cliff Kirby-Tibbits
From Master Spy to Weakest Link
25 November
OAP Ukulele Players
Musical Miscellany
13 January
Kevin Thomas
Top Hats and Tales: Curious Lives in Victorian Birmingham
27 January
Stanley Field
The First Qualified English Woman Doctor
10 February
Robert Booth
The Sweet Life in Bournville
24 February
Alan Tumber
Rhyme nor Reason
10 March
Andy Munro
The Jewellery Quarter: Still Birmingham’s Gem?
24 March
Roger Butler
Canal History and Heritage
14 April
John Parnell
The History of the Circus