PAST EVENTS

Coach for NZ Rowing, talks about coaching for the Olympics.

Aviator Extraordinaire: Des talks about his life in the airline industry.

Lynda is a genealogist and historian with a special interest in local history and the Victorian period. As a historian with a master’s degree in History and a genealogist with over fifty years of experience in family and local history this she is very knowledgeable about the Malvern area.

Kimberley Wade spoke stirringly about the use of all the forms of music that they use to aid their clients to speak.  Grant who is an aphasic client following a stroke some time ago clearly showed what a change it had made to his life.

As a biological anthropologist Rachel looks at the human skeleton to try to learn about a person or community’s way of life.

Rachel outlined the fundamentals of excavation, recovery and analysis of human skeletal remains and the techniques applied to archeological and forensic remains.

This illustrated lecture discussed aspects of ethnicity, heritage, language, and culture shared by peoples of Ukraine and Russia, and the historical barriers and divergent politics that have now resulted in bitter conflict.

Sue spoke on the Youth of Tomorrow. Her discussion on handling and understanding youth was accompanied by excellent diagrams and an informative dialogue.

The Global Pandemic: what are the lessons?

Lance gave us a comprehensive talk on viruses and global pandemics from history right up to the present day.

Margaret tells of those Polish Immigrants who arrived in 1872 and settled in Marshland. Polish/German speaking and Catholic, they experienced many of the problems that new immigrants still face.

A fascinating look at Angola and the risks that were taken in flying supplies during the years of war

Martin spoke on the highland clearances by highlighting the disparity between the crofts and the landowners and used the example of his own family crofts and the castle of the Sutherlands. This graphically illustrated the inequity within the Highlands.