Open Meetings

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Letchworth Settlement, Nevells Road, SG4UB

We meet monthly so you can catch up with fellow members and visitors over a cuppa, then listen to one or two speakers. There is no need to get a ticket in advance, just come along.

The first speaker, usually from a local organisation or a LALG member, starts at 10.30am. The second speaker could be from anywhere and speak on any subject! We aim to finish by noon or shortly after.

Venue: Kincaid Hall, Letchworth Settlement, Nevells Road, Letchworth, SG6 4UB. 5 minutes walk from the station: turn right out of the station, walk over railway bridge and first right. There is limited parking at the Settlement, but there is two hours free parking at the car park next to the outdoor swimming pool in Icknield Way, a few minutes' walk away.

Help serving teas and coffees
Please get in touch if you could help serve refreshments at some of these meetings.

Contact Details

openmeetings@lalg.org.uk
Ann
Jackie H - 07578 466982

Group Events

2 Talks: A Wilder Future for Herts & Middx
Monday 6 July 2026, 10:30am
2 Talks: Strange Happenings in Hertfordshire
Monday 3 August 2026, 10:30am
2 Talks: Policeman to MBE
Monday 7 September 2026, 10:30am
AGM and Talk
Monday 5 October 2026, 10:30am
2 Talks: Astronomy
Monday 2 November 2026, 10:30am

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David's Bookshop - suggestions Dec 2025

Rachel from David's Bookshop gave the following suggestions for you to treat others to - or yourself!

Non-fiction books that have sold well recently:

  • Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
  • The Almanac by Lia Leendertz
  • Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (short-listed for Wainwright Prize for conservation writing)

Novels that have sold well recently:

  • The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden (Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, short-listed for the Booker Prize)
  • There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
  • You are Here by David Nicholls

Staff favourites this year (fiction and non-fiction):

  • Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
  • The Silver Book by Olivia Laing
  • Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill
  • The Witching Hour - a collection
  • Craftland by James Fox
  • The Story of Tudor Art by Christina Faraday

Childrens' Books

  • The Lone Husky by Hannah Gold
  • Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher (winner of the 2025 Junior Book Award)
  • An Anthology of Christmas  - a collection
  • The Forever Bear by Lu Fraser
  • A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Poems
  • Wilding by Isabella Tree (Winner of 2025 British Book Award for Children's Non-Fiction)

Children's books - signed, special limited editions available at David's

  • The Wind in the Willows
  • The Secret Garden
  • Heidi

Rachel's Winter Favourite:

  • The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas

Games that have been best-sellers this year

  • Carcassonne
  • Azul
  • Ticket to Ride
  • Hues and Cues
  • Wavelength

 

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Scams and how to avoid them
Michele D'Douza from NatWest gave a salutary talk about scams at the Members' Open Morning Meeting on 7th October.  She described how easy it is to be taken in by scans, what to look out for and how to avoid them.
 
NatWest's Top 10 Tips on how to protect yourself from fraud and scams:
1. Never give your personal or banking details to anyone you don't know or trust
2. The Bank will never ask you to transfer money to another bank or withdraw money and hand it to a courier
3. Never give your customer number, full PIN and password or card reader code to anyone
4. Your Bank will never ask you for your full PIN or password in a text of email or when Banking online
5. Be careful what information you share on Social Media - fraudsters can use that information to impersonate you
6. Always phone your Bank on an independently sourced number - even if you receive a message apparently from your Bank which gives a telephone number to call back on
7. Always shred documents which contain any personal information
8. Always delete suspicious texts, often they may try to trick you into giving away personal and security information
9. Scammers will always attempt to communicate with you - especially online - to get personal information from you but will rarely tell you much about themselves
10. Be cautious about online relationships - often they will target your emotions to get you to send money to them
 
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Contact Details

openmeetings@lalg.org.uk
Ann
Jackie H - 07578 466982

Group Events

2 Talks: A Wilder Future for Herts & Middx
Monday 6 July 2026, 10:30am
2 Talks: Strange Happenings in Hertfordshire
Monday 3 August 2026, 10:30am
2 Talks: Policeman to MBE
Monday 7 September 2026, 10:30am
AGM and Talk
Monday 5 October 2026, 10:30am
2 Talks: Astronomy
Monday 2 November 2026, 10:30am

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