Officers: Captain D.C. Thomas, President; F.R. Clifton, Past President; K.A. Downs, F.H. Grewe, Philip Harrison, E.D. Scull, Vice-Presidents; G.F. Drewery, Secretary; R.W. Smalley, Treasurer; Noel John, Editor of 'Humberside'. Council: P.W. Hick; E.R. Hodge; Douglas Lansley; A. Newton; Dr M.S. Sanders; F.M. Sanderson; W. Foot Walker; B. Ward.

Syllabus:

'Coruscating Conrad' by Captain D.C. Thomas, 7 Oct 1985; 'Samson Agonistes' by R. Greenwood, 14 Oct 1985; 'Lost and Gone Forever - Edwardian Hull as Portrayed by its Official Handbook (A Slide Presentation)' by A.G. Bell, 21 Oct 1985; 'Arnold Bax, Dermot O'Byrne and the Celtic Twilight' by A.J. Penny, 28 Oct 1985; 'Cross-grained Cobbett, the Rural Rider' by E.R. Hodge, 4 Nov 1985; 'By the Same Door' by K. Hibbert, 11 Nov 1985; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 18 Nov 1985; 'Civilization - Some Lines of Enquiry' by E.D. Scull, 25 Nov 1985; 'Francis Bacon (1561-1626)' by K.A. Downs, 2 Dec 1985; 'Macbeth' by Lionel Rosen, 9 Dec 1985; Yuletide Revels, 16 Dec 1985; Ladies Evening 'From Mayne to Garner' by P.F. Clarke, 13 Jan 1986; 'Hugh Walpole' by G.F. Drewery, 20 Jan 1986; 'E.M. Forster's Passage to India' by G. Annis, 27 Jan 1986; 'Omnium Gatherum' by F.G. Patten, 3 Feb 1986; 'Washington Irving' by B. Ward, 10 Feb 1986; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 17 Feb 1986; 'Mrs Thrale' by R.W. Smalley, 24 Feb 1986; 'Virginia Woolf - Essayist' by P. Harrison, 3 Mar 1986; 'Jerome K. Jerome' by R. Morton, 10 Mar 1986; Annual General Meeting and Review of the Session, 17 Mar 1986.

Meetings held 7.30pm at Guildhall.