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Another popular first-time speaker this past year, Terry Walton returns with “Nautical phrases, slang and idioms”.

Discover where ‘learning the ropes’ came from, what a ‘square meal’ is and the meaning of ‘show a leg’. It’ll all be ‘above board’, there’ll be no need to ‘cut and run’ and we’re sure Terry will come through with ‘flying colours’.

Following a well-received debut last year, Tim Gittins, another Society member and trustee, now turns his attention to Admiral Sir John Orde, whose well-documented and ongoing spat with Earl St. Vincent and actions when in command of a squadron north of Cadiz in the lead-up to Trafalgar have interested historians ever since. Scapegoat or disgruntled unfortunate? Our own judge weighs up the evidence….

“Cook’s Second Voyage Society”

Trustee and regular speaker Dr Tony Barrow on the story of the ‘Terra Australis’ expedition. Cook took an accurate chronometer on this trip, enabling the determination of the longitude of many of the Pacific island groups.