TASBE First Night at our new venue

TASBE First  Night at our new venue, The Ruddock Centre for Performing Arts.

We experienced drama on the day hearing that our lecturer Simon Seligman was ill and could not attend.
Nevertheless he was able to download a recording of his talk , Debo Mitford, Derbyshire’s Duchess.  Our grateful thanks to the background team at the Ruddock who set up the recording for our audience.

It was a shame Simon could not be with us. The recording was splendid including his commentary. The illustrated photographs of Debo’s life and contribution to Chatsworth was fascinating.
The talk was preceded by a tribute to the late John Pogmore, from Mike Emens and Joe Jordan.  They  gave us anecdotes about John’s life as a doctor and his work as a surgeon at Birmingham Women's Hospital.
John would welcome everyone as they entered  the Barber Institute for our lecture evenings.  He was also instrumental in arranging visits for TASBE to places of specific interest.

About 70 people came along for the evening.
It was a great pleasure to meet up with colleagues and friends once more, with the sound of conversations echoing through our splendid new venue.

We look forward to being at the Ruddock for the next talk on 25th November.