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THE GREATER MANCHESTER HUMANIST GROUP. MEETINGS TO DATE.
Initially, all of our public meetings took place at the Withington Bridge Club, Palatine Road, Withington. Committee meetings generally fall between each monthly public event. Until 1997 most meetings were on Friday Evenings.
1992
9th October - INAUGURAL MEETING of the founder members. 35 Attendees. Unanimous recognition of the ad hoc steering Committee.
13th November - DISCUSSION ON THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMANISM.
11th December - MATT CHERRY - BHA Public Relations Officer.
1993
13th January - SOCIAL NIGHT.
12th February - FIRST AGM - Vote to associate with the British Humanist Association.
(In March ‘93, we moved from the Bridge Club to St. Thomas’s Visitor’s Centre, Ardwick Green, Manchester).
March 12th - HELEN ANDREWS led a discussion on the family.
APRIL 13th - DISCUSSION - THE LIMITS OF TOLERANCE.
May 14th - Dr. STEPHEN DONNELLY, OF THE SKEPTIC MAGAZINE - Why people believe in the paranormal.
June 11th - Dr. JOHN HOSTLER - THE MEANING OF LIFE.
JULY - SOCIAL EVENT.
7th AUGUST - DAY OUTING - Ashton Canal Heritage Cruise.
10th September - AN EXPOSITION OF BUDDHISM.
8th October - GERRY CRINGLE - A CRIMINAL LIFE.
12th November - DAVID GRINTER - Humanism in education (SACRE’S)
10th December - DISCUSSION - PERSONAL REASONS FOR BEING HUMANISTS.
1994
14th January - SOCIAL EVENT.
11th February - 2cd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
11th March - Rev. DENISE BOYD - UNITARIANISM AND HUMANISM.
15th April - ANN CRESSWELL - CHILD PROTECTION - A POSITIVE APPROACH.
13th May - Dr. ANDREW READ - Genetic Engineering; Threat or Promise.
10th June - DOROTHY GREAVES - The Rochdale Pioneers.
8th July - DISCUSSION ON ABORTION - THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
6th August DAY OUTING - Visit to the Toad Lane co-op Pioneers Museum, Rochdale.
9th September - Rev. Dr. David Wilkinson - Cosmology and Creation.
14th October - DISCUSSION ON VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA.
OCTOBER - THEATRE VISIT - Mary O’Malley’s ONCE A CATHOLIC.
24th November - THE FIRST HOLYOAKE COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE, BY SIR HERMANN BONDI, President of The British Humanist Association.
11th November - BERNARD SOOLE - The origins of Christianity.
9th December - ADRIAN BAILEY - Humanism in Germany.
1995
13th January - SOCIAL NIGHT. (Brief one-off return to the Bridge Club).
10th February - 3rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
19th February - THEATRE VISIT - David Hare’s Racing Demon.
10th March - DAVID COHEN - The Natural Nature Of Non-Science.
14th April - DISCUSSION (led by Keith Ahlquist and Carl Pinel) Animal Rights / Animal wrongs.
12th May - ARTHUR CHAPPELL - Science Fiction and Humanism. (Do Humanists Dream of Electric sheep?)
9th June - DISCUSSION (Led by Barry Thorpe) - Ultimate Penalties (Capital Punishment).
14th July -FRED HINSON - My Little piece Of Humanism.
8th September - BARRY THORPE - Democracy, Ancient and Modern.
14th October - ERIC PAINE - The Thomas Paine Society.
10th November - HOWARD HUGHES - The Gay & Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA)
8th December - BRIAN CRESSWELL - WHAT IS MORALITY.
1996.
12th January - SOCIAL NIGHT.
9th February - 4th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
8th March - RICHARD SOMMERS - The Quakers.
16th March - THEATRE VISIT - BERTHOLD BRECHT’s LIFE OF GALILEO.
12th APRIL - DISCUSSION - Becoming a Humanist.
10th May - DAVID WINSTON - The Sea Of Faith Network.
14th June - KATE BROWN - Religion and Social Work.
12th July - ROBERT ASHBY - Executive Director of the British Humanist Association.
9th August - GEOFF THURSTON - Landscapes in 3-D (Slide show). Also a buffet provided.
13th September - JOHN ABRAHMS - THE UNITED NATIONS.
11th October - GRANVILLE WILLIAMS - The North West Campaign For Press And Broadcasting Freedom. (NWCPBF).
8th November - BILL WATERSON - STRESS EVALUATION EXECUTIVE RECUPERATION (STEER).
13th December - CARL PINEL - Bradlaugh, Darwin & Kropotkin.
MANCHESTER HUMANISTS EVENTS LIST 1997 ONWARDS.
Meetings held on Second Wednesday of the month at The Friends (Quakers) Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester from January 8th Onwards.
1997.
January 8th - SOCIAL NIGHT
February 12th - 5th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
March 12th - JOHN PASSMORE - Freemasons.
April 9th - DISCUSSION - Spirituality.
May 14th - THE MANCHESTER ANCIENT EGYPT SOCIETY.
11th June - DISCUSSION - Humanism and Politics.
9th July - DISCUSSION - Humanism for young people & families.
13th August - DISCUSSION - Humanism and Fun.
10th September - JON TAYLOR - Age Concern.
8th October - 5th Anniversary meeting - DANIEL O HARA - The Future Of Humanism.
12th November - Hugh Barton - Ceremonies And The Work Of Officiants.
10th December - DEREK CHATTERTON - The Bible, A Secular View.
1998
January 14th - Social
Feb. 11th - AGM
March - 11th Discussion - Free Will & Determinism
April - 8th - Derek Parker - Voluntary Euthanasia Society.
May 13th - Peter Thompson - Friends Of The Earth
June 10th - Melanie Warren, ASSAP (The Association For The Study Of Scientific and Anomalous Phenomena)
July 8th - Discussion - Pornography - A closer look.
August 12th - Steve Roman - Drug related issues.
September 9th - Discussion - Art And Aesthetics - What Is Art?
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