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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.
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'''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>
  
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==Past speakers==
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==List of speakers==
 
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*October 2008: [[Brian Paddick]]
 
*October 2008: [[Brian Paddick]]
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*February 2015: [[Robert J Brown]], compiler of ''[[Through the Eyes of Others]]''
 
*February 2015: [[Robert J Brown]], compiler of ''[[Through the Eyes of Others]]''
 
*March 2015: [[Mark Watson]]
 
*March 2015: [[Mark Watson]]
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*May 2015: [[Kevin Maxwell]]
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*July 2015: [[Donald West]]
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*September 2015: [[Stephen McKenna]]
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*November 2015: [[Navah Bekhor]] from [[Diversity Role Models]]
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*February 2016: Rev Art Lester from [[Croydon Unitarian Church]]
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*March 2016: [[Del Campbell]] from the [[SWISH]] project
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*May 2016: Dr [[Matt Cook]]
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*July 2016: [[Mansel Stimson]]
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*September 2016: [[David Ledain]], author of ''[[Gay Dad]]''
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*November 2016: [[Cari Mitchell]], from the English Collective of Prostitutes
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*February 2017: [[Peter Scott-Presland]] and [[Andrew Lumsden]]
 
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==Future speakers==
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==See also==
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*[[List of speakers at SLG meetings]]
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*March 2014: Lisa Davies of the [[Albert Kennedy Trust]]
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==External links==
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http://www.cags.org.uk/brief.shtml
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==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 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

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",[1] 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".[2]

List of speakers

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/surrey/croydon_brief.html
  2. ↑ Brief Encounter page on LGBT Croydon.
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