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	[[Category:Croydon]]		[[Category:Croydon]]
	[[Category:Lists]]		[[Category:Lists]]

Ross Burgess at 18:48, 16 February 2017

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	:''This article is about the series of meetings in Croydon. For the bar in the West End, see [[Brief Encounter]]''		:''This article is about the series of meetings in Croydon. For the bar in the West End, see [[Brief Encounter]]''

	'''The Brief Encounter''' is the name given to ~~the~~ bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings were then held in other Croydon premises. mainly the Spread Eagle, Katharine Street. The last meeting in the series was in February 2017; the series was then to be replaced by the "CAGS Monthly Meeting".<ref>[http://lgbt-croydon.org.uk/brief-details Brief Encounter page] on [[LGBT Croydon]].</ref>		'''The Brief Encounter''' was the name given to a bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings were then held in other Croydon premises. mainly the Spread Eagle, Katharine Street. The last meeting in the series was in February 2017; the series was then to be replaced by the "CAGS Monthly Meeting".<ref>[http://lgbt-croydon.org.uk/brief-details Brief Encounter page] on [[LGBT Croydon]].</ref>

	==List of speakers==		==List of speakers==

Ross Burgess at 18:47, 16 February 2017

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	*July 2016: [[Mansel Stimson]]		*July 2016: [[Mansel Stimson]]
	*September 2016: [[David Ledain]], author of ''[[Gay Dad]]''		*September 2016: [[David Ledain]], author of ''[[Gay Dad]]''
	*November 2016: [[Cari Mitchell]], ~~From~~ the English Collective of Prostitutes		*November 2016: [[Cari Mitchell]], from the English Collective of Prostitutes
	*February 2017: [[Peter Scott-Presland]] and [[Andrew Lumsden]]		*February 2017: [[Peter Scott-Presland]] and [[Andrew Lumsden]]
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Past speakers

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	'''The Brief Encounter''' is the name given to the bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings were then held in other Croydon premises. mainly the Spread Eagle, Katharine Street. The last meeting in the series was in February 2017; the series was then to be replaced by the "CAGS Monthly Meeting".<ref>[http://lgbt-croydon.org.uk/brief-details Brief Encounter page] on [[LGBT Croydon]].</ref>		'''The Brief Encounter''' is the name given to the bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings were then held in other Croydon premises. mainly the Spread Eagle, Katharine Street. The last meeting in the series was in February 2017; the series was then to be replaced by the "CAGS Monthly Meeting".<ref>[http://lgbt-croydon.org.uk/brief-details Brief Encounter page] on [[LGBT Croydon]].</ref>

	==~~Past~~ speakers==		==List of speakers==
	{{columns-list\|3\|		{{columns-list\|3\|
	*October 2008: [[Brian Paddick]]		*October 2008: [[Brian Paddick]]
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	*July 2016: [[Mansel Stimson]]		*July 2016: [[Mansel Stimson]]
	*September 2016: [[David Ledain]], author of ''[[Gay Dad]]''		*September 2016: [[David Ledain]], author of ''[[Gay Dad]]''
			*November 2016: [[Cari Mitchell]], From the English Collective of Prostitutes
			*February 2017: [[Peter Scott-Presland]] and [[Andrew Lumsden]]
	}}		}}

Ross Burgess at 18:43, 16 February 2017

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	'''The Brief Encounter''' is the name given to the bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings were then held in other Croydon premises. mainly the Spread Eagle, Katharine Street. The last meeting in the series was in February 2017; the series was then to be replaced by the "CAGS Monthly Meeting".<ref>[http://lgbt-croydon.org.uk/brief-details Brief Encounter page] on [[LGBT Croydon]].		'''The Brief Encounter''' is the name given to the bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings were then held in other Croydon premises. mainly the Spread Eagle, Katharine Street. The last meeting in the series was in February 2017; the series was then to be replaced by the "CAGS Monthly Meeting".<ref>[http://lgbt-croydon.org.uk/brief-details Brief Encounter page] on [[LGBT Croydon]].</ref>

	==Past speakers==		==Past speakers==
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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[List of speakers at SLG meetings]]		*[[List of speakers at SLG meetings]]

	~~==External links==~~
	*http://www.cags.org.uk/brief.shtml

	==References==		==References==

Ross Burgess at 18:42, 16 February 2017

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	'''The Brief Encounter''' is the name given to the bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings ~~are now~~ held in other Croydon premises.		'''The Brief Encounter''' is the name given to the bi-monthly series of open meetings organised by [[Croydon Area Gay Society]]. The meetings were originally held in a central Croydon pub called "The Brief",<ref>http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html</ref> hence the name, but this venue closed down suddently, and the meetings were then held in other Croydon premises. mainly the Spread Eagle, Katharine Street. The last meeting in the series was in February 2017; the series was then to be replaced by the "CAGS Monthly Meeting".<ref>[http://lgbt-croydon.org.uk/brief-details Brief Encounter page] on [[LGBT Croydon]].

	==Past speakers==		==Past speakers==

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Past speakers

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	*February 2016: Rev Art Lester from [[Croydon Unitarian Church]]		*February 2016: Rev Art Lester from [[Croydon Unitarian Church]]
	*March 2016: [[Del Campbell]] from the [[SWISH]] project		*March 2016: [[Del Campbell]] from the [[SWISH]] project
			*May 2016: Dr [[Matt Cook]]
			*July 2016: [[Mansel Stimson]]
			*September 2016: [[David Ledain]], author of ''[[Gay Dad]]''
	}}		}}

Ross Burgess at 23:19, 21 March 2016

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	*September 2015: [[Stephen McKenna]]		*September 2015: [[Stephen McKenna]]
	*November 2015: [[Navah Bekhor]] from [[Diversity Role Models]]		*November 2015: [[Navah Bekhor]] from [[Diversity Role Models]]
			*February 2016: Rev Art Lester from [[Croydon Unitarian Church]]
			*March 2016: [[Del Campbell]] from the [[SWISH]] project
	}}		}}

Ross Burgess: /* Past speakers */

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Past speakers

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	*July 2015: [[Donald West]]		*July 2015: [[Donald West]]
	*September 2015: [[Stephen McKenna]]		*September 2015: [[Stephen McKenna]]
			*November 2015: [[Navah Bekhor]] from [[Diversity Role Models]]
	}}		}}

Ross Burgess: /* Past speakers */

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Past speakers

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	*May 2015: [[Kevin Maxwell]]		*May 2015: [[Kevin Maxwell]]
	*July 2015: [[Donald West]]		*July 2015: [[Donald West]]
			*September 2015: [[Stephen McKenna]]
	}}		}}

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[List of speakers at SLG meetings]]		*[[List of speakers at SLG meetings]]