Learn Laugh Live
Last Updated: 5 Nov ’26
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MONDAY 7 December, 10:00 REFRESHMENTS,
10.30 AGM & PRESENTATION
doors open 09:45
We celebrate Christmas with our own star-studded Ukulele Group and our melodic Folk Singing Group. There will be singing and playing and sing-a-longs and mince pies!
No fee to be paid
Contact: Groups via this link (select addressee: Groups)
The meeting will be hybrid, if you wish to participate on Zoom, use the link that will be supplied in the Group News closer to the date.
If you experience difficulty with the sound, turning on Captions, at the bottom of the Zoom screen on a PC or by clicking on More … on an iPad, should assist greatly. Please bear in mind that the task of getting both sound and picture to members on Zoom is fraught with difficulties. We continue to struggle on, it may not always be totally successful.
Directions
Boxmoor Playhouse
72 St John’s Rd
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 1NP
Parking round the Moor OR 55 – 57 Park Road, HP1 1JS
Directions
Buses between Hemel and Berkhamsted: 500 and X500 bus.
Buses are approximately every 30 minutes: Red Eagle Buses
Local buses running in St John’s Road past Boxmoor Playhouse
Last updated: 5 Nov ’26
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Exploring London Group – Bond Street to Piccadilly – Tuesday 24th or Thursday 26th November 2026
If you have any queries please contact Sue via Coordinator
Last updated – 27 Oct ’26
Views: 272
A Stroll through 1000 years of Berkamsted History
Peter Morgan
Boxmoor Playhouse
MONDAY 2 November, 10:00 REFRESHMENTS,
10.30 PRESENTATION
doors open 09:45
Peter Morgan, Berkhamsted resident is involved in the group concerned with the preservation of Berkhamsted Castle. He will discuss 1000 years of the history of Berkhamsted from its first mention in 970 AD. Berkhamsted was recorded as a burbium (ancient borough) in the Domesday Book in 1086 and is still a thriving town today. NOTE: This is a replacement for the original scheduled talk No fee to be paid Contact: Groups via this link (select addressee: Groups) The meeting will be hybrid, if you wish to participate on Zoom, use the link that will be supplied in the Group News closer to the date. If you experience difficulty with the sound, turning on Captions, at the bottom of the Zoom screen on a PC or by clicking on More … on an iPad, should assist greatly. Please bear in mind that the task of getting both sound and picture to members on Zoom is fraught with difficulties. We continue to struggle on, it may not always be totally successful. Directions Boxmoor Playhouse
72 St John’s Rd
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 1NP
Parking round the Moor OR 55 – 57 Park Road, HP1 1JS
The parking outside St John’s church now has a 3 hour limit and no return for 2 hours. This is to discourage commuters going to the station using it for all day parking. The three-hour limit works for our monthly meeting. Warning, there is someone who checks!
Directions
Buses between Hemel and Berkhamsted: 500 and X500 bus.
Buses are approximately every 30 minutes: 500 and X500 Timetable
Local buses running in St John’s Road past Boxmoor Playhouse
H10 https://www.intalink.org.uk/services/9e20e052-b756-4ff5-afeb-f0a0ce466e1c?date=2024-12-02&direction=outbound
H11 https://www.intalink.org.uk/services/9077ed51-eb28-40df-8838-8c69504b3299?date=2024-12-02&direction=outbound&all=on
See Hemel Map
Last Updated: 1 Nov ’26Views: 275
Exploring London, Tuesday 20th and Thursday 22nd October
October Walk: Lissom Grove
The walk will start outside Baker Street Station and end at Paddington. This is NOT a walk all about trains, so relax! It will be mainly through the area known as Lisson Grove (which is recorded as Lilestone in the Domesday Book) and at the end concentrates on the Paddington Basin (on a spur of the Grand Union Canal).
If you have any queries regarding this walk, please contact Tony via Coordinator.
Last updated: 22 Sep ’26
Views: 259
MONDAY 7 September, 10:00 REFRESHMENTS,
10.30 PRESENTATION
doors open 09:45
About eight years ago, after a career in international IT and Management Consultancy, Mike became a volunteer at Bletchley Park, having attended as a visitor for perhaps ten years previously as a visitor. Mike serves as a volunteer Guide at the BP heritage museum and also demonstrates the Turing-Welchman Bombe and Enigma codebreaking at the National Museum of Computing. In 2024, Mike Barbakoff entertained us with his presentation about The Women of Bletchley Park. He now presents “Codebreaking against the Land of the Rising Sun”. This talk embraces the inception of the UK/USA Special Relationship and highlights the Signals Intelligence activities of the United Kingdom and United States against Japan in the Second World War. It covers the efforts of Bletchley Park and its overseas outstations as well as the enormous contribution of the Unites States Navy and Army, Australia and New Zealand SIGINT operations. Failures such as Pearl Harbor and successes such as the Battle of Midway are used to illustrate the effectiveness of Signals Intelligence No fee to be paid Contact: Groups via this link (select addressee: Groups) The meeting will be hybrid, if you wish to participate on Zoom, use the link that will be supplied in the Group News closer to the date. If you experience difficulty with the sound, turning on Captions, at the bottom of the Zoom screen on a PC or by clicking on More … on an iPad, should assist greatly. Please bear in mind that the task of getting both sound and picture to members on Zoom is fraught with difficulties. We continue to struggle on, it may not always be totally successful No fee to be paid Contact: Groups via this link (select addressee: Groups) The meeting will be hybrid, if you wish to participate on Zoom, use the link that will be supplied in the Group News closer to the date. If you experience difficulty with the sound, turning on Captions, at the bottom of the Zoom screen on a PC or by clicking on More … on an iPad, should assist greatly. Directions
Northchurch Social Centre Bell Lane, Northchurch Berkhamsted HP4 3RD There is parking at the centre. Please double park! Directions Buses between Hemel and Berkhamsted: 500 and X500 bus. Buses are approximately every 30 minutes: 500 and X500 Timetable See Northchurch Map Last updated: 8 Aug ’26
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We are sorry to say that the following groups have been cancelled, for various reasons.
If you would like to re-start the group, please contact the Groups Secretary
You do not need to run the group by yourself, often someone is willing to help.
A Cappella (147)
Belleplates (062)
Board Games (070 and 212)
Bowls (006)
Creative Writing A (077)
Computer Support (069)
French and Fun (015)
French Conversation (014)
Garden Appreciation (016)
Geology 1 and 2 (021 and 184)
Line Dancing (022)
Music Appreciation (034)
News (Have Your Say) (362)
Painting Unlimited (09)
Painting for You (196)
Playing early Music (043)
Recorder Ensemble (148)
Scalextric (365)
Sign Language (227 and 189)
Short Day Trips (186)
Shorter Walks A & B (050)
Sunday Scrabble (055)
Swimming Berkhamsted (226) But see Swimming (221) ex HH
Ukulele 2 (192)
Whist (091)
Last Updated 24 Jul ’26
Views: 367