Officers: F.H. Grewe, President; Raymond Hodge, Past President; K.A. Downs, Phillip Harrison, Kenneth Hibbert, E.D. Scull, Vice-Presidents; G.F. Drewery, Secretary; D.C. Thomas, Treasurer; Noel John, Editor of 'Humberside'. Council: F.R. Clifton; D.N. Gale; P.W. Hick; Douglas Lansley; A. Newton; F.G. Patten; Dr M.S. Sanders; W. Foot Walker.

Syllabus:

'The Anglo-Celtic Dawn in the Dark Ages' by Heinz Grewe, 10 Oct 1983; 'The Diary of John Courtney of Beverley 1759-1799' by W. Foot Walker, 17 Oct 1983; 'Art and Life in Shakespeare' by Geoffrey Annis, 24 Oct 1983; 'Historical and Literary Guardians of The Humber (A Slide Presentation)' by D.C. Thomas, 31 Oct 1983; 'The Mundane and the Marvellous (Francis Kilvert's Diary)' by Raymond Hodge, 7 Nov 1983; 'Robert Graves - Historical Novelist' by F.R. Clifton, 14 Nov 1983; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 21 Nov 1983; 'The Early Fiction of H.G. Wells' by D.N. Gale, 28 Nov 1983; 'George Orwell - Tradition and Change' by G.F. Drewery, 5 Dec 1983; 'John Maynard Keynes' by S.B. Hainsworth, 12 Dec 1983; Yuletide Revels, 19 Dec 1983; Ladies Evening 'Winifred Holtby - Her Novels and their Context' by Philip Brooke, 9 Jan 1984; 'Writers' Letters' by Alan Plater, 16 Jan 1984; 'Benjamin Disraeli - Novelist or Politician? by Ronald W. Smalley, 23 Jan 1984; 'Some Reflections on William Wordsworth' by R.A. Hunt, 30 Jan 1984; 'Henry David Thoreau - Writer and Poet-Naturalist' by Barry Ward, 6 Feb 1984; 'Poets and Philosophers - Two Strands in Greek Religion' by Rev D. Lansley, 13 Feb 1984; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 20 Feb 1984; 'Charles Baudelaire' by Claude J. Bush, 27 Feb 1984; 'Horace Walpole' by R.D. Bloomfield, 5 Mar 1984; 'V.S. Naipaul - Mr Biswas and India' by Noel John, 12 Mar 1984; Annual General Meeting and Review of the Session, 19 Mar 1984.

Meetings held 7.30pm at Guildhall.