"May Melange" to include Stephen George's Huttoft research, readings and preview of other 2026 branch events. For more, contact the Lincolnshire Branch.

Please bring your favourite Betjeman poem or anything by him or about him and say if you are prepared to read. Usual Pimms and special refreshments - hopefully in the garden if fine. £10 - please pay on the day.

Join us for our AGM and two interesting presentations on Saturday 4th July in fine surroundings in Great Malvern at Malvern St James School which is adjacent to the station. After the formal AGM in the morning and a buffet lunch we shall have a presentation from Tim Hedley-Jones, Executive Director of the Railway Heritage […]

Join us beside Sir John's statue on the upper concourse at St Pancras station at 4pm on his birthday, 28th August for our customary celebration. All members and guests will be very welcome, together with anything you'd like to read, poetry or prose, that's JB related. There is no charge but a collection will be […]

We will be talking about Hendred and Wantage during the War Years and paying particular attention to the importance of Harwell Aerodrome which opened in 1937 and operated as an RAF bomber and training station, later serving as a key headquarters for No. 38 Group RAF involved in airborne operations during D-Day. The historic airfield […]

A Lecture on "Betjeman's Derbyshire" by John Florance, Nigel Christmas & Horace Liberty. For more please contact the Lincolnshire Branch.

Tuesday 6th October, 5 for 5.30 pm at St Andrew by the Wardrobe, Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 5DE Rachel Morley is Director of the Friends of Friendless Churches, of which JB was a founding member, and has recently published her new book: “Church Crawling”. She’ll give us a talk both about her new book […]