All Society for Poole meetings and talks are at the Con Club (opposite St Georges Church Oakdale Road) Darbys Lane Poole BH15 3EU 7pm for 7:30pm (members of SfP and PMT £3, guests £4)
Tuesday 20th January 2026 — Talk
History of the RNLI Poole
David Richmond-Coggan
Tuesday 17th February 2026 — Talk
The History of The Tank Museum, Bovington
James Donaldson
Tuesday 17th March 2026 — Talk
Downstream Dorset Rivers – River Tales & Local History
Mary van Coller
Tuesday 21st April AGM 2026 — Talk
TBC
Tuesday 19th May 2026 — Talk
Tales of the Riverbank – Social & Commercial History of Rivers Stour & Avon
Chris Wood
Tuesday 16th June 2026 — Talk
The Man Who Didn’t Succeed (John Bankes, Kingston Lacy)
David Beardsley
Tuesday 21st July 2026 — Talk
Hospital Blues – Nursing in Dorset WWI
Luke Mouland
Tuesday 15th September 2026 — Talk
Policing in Poole & Dorset
Richard Hutley
Tuesday 20th October 2026 – Talk
A View From Above (Aerial View of Poole)
Ken Standing
Tuesday 17th November 2026 – Talk
The Voyage of the Molly (Slave Trade Poole)
Steve Richardson
Poole Maritime Trust Programme
7th January 2026 — Poole Maritime New Year Luncheon at RMYC
Mike Randall ‘Smuggling’ – from 1797 the stories of Local Dorset People Involved in this ‘Trade’.
12 for 12:30pm
15th January 2026 — Kit Pearce
‘Closure, Storage & Re-Opening of Poole Museum.
8pm
19th February 2026 — Philip Beale
2008–2010 Phoenician Ship Expedition.
8pm
19th March 2026 — David Bailey
Wildlife Photographer.
8pm
All Poole Maritime Trust talks take place at the Royal Motor Yacht Club. Talks start at 8pm. Bar will be open from 7:30 pm. Entrance is free for SfP members.