A history of Taverners events in March

The month of March in previous years has seen a variety of events from dinners, both nationally and regionally, cocktail parties, race nights and Lady Taverners events.

A total of 142 events this month have gone by in years, here are some of them listed with details.

What memories do you have of these events?

29 March 1977 The Lord’s Taverners Cricket Cocktail Party at the British Sportsman’s Club, London.

28 March 1980 The Lord’s Taverners Sussex Region Spring Lunch.

9 March 1981 The Lord's Taverners Yorkshire Sporting Club Boxing Evening at the Norfolk Gardens Hotel, Bradford.

12 March 1982 The Lord's Taverners Guernsey Region Annual Dinner Dance at the Duke of Richmond Hotel, St. Peter Port, Guernsey.

25 March 1982 The Lord's Taverners / Schweppes County Championship Trophy Presentation to Nottinghamshire CCC at Buckingham Palace, London.

11 March 1983 The Lord's Taverners Hampshire Region Spring Lunch at Wessex Hotel, Winchester.

7 March 1984 The Lord's Taverners Farewell Lunch for David Evans Chair 1982-1984 at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.

22 March 1984 The Lord's Taverners / Schweppes County Championship Trophy Presentation to Essex CCC at Buckingham Palace, London.

25 March 1985 The Lord's Taverners City Region Race Night at Porter Tun Rooms, Whitbread Brewery, Chiswell Street, London.

11 March 1986 The Lord's Taverners Chiltern Region FLT Dinner at The Griffin, Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire.

25 March 1986 The Lord's Taverners Brom Grubb Dining Club at Carlton Club, St. James's Street, London.

26 March 1986 The Lord's Taverners Tribute Dinner to Bill Edrich for his 70th Birthday hosted by Raphael Djanogly at Berkeley Hotel, London.

4 March 1987 The Lord's Taverners Northumberland and Durham Region Pie and Pea Supper at Northumberland CCC, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

20 March 1987 The Lord's Taverners Yorkshire Region Spring Lunch at Queens Hotel, Leeds.

24 March 1988 The Lady Taverners Spring Lunch at Banqueting Suite, Lord's Cricket Ground, London.

24 March 1988 The Lord's Taverners Northwest Region Annual Dinner at Lancashire CCC, Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester.

13 March 1992 The Lord's Taverners East Anglia Region Inaugural Celebrity Ball at Chilford Hall.

20 March 1992 The Lady Taverners Dinner and Celebrity Fashion Show at Dean Close Theatre, Cheltenham.

28 March 1992 The Lady Taverners 40's Nostalgia Evening at West Essex Golf Club, Sewardstonebury, Essex.

27 March 1993 The Lady Taverners Welsh Region Wine Tasting Challenge at Barry, Wales.

29 March 1993 The Lord's Taverners Jersey Region Annual General Meeting and Dinner at Atlantic Hotel, St. Brelade.

1 March 1996 The Lord's Taverners Pre-Rugby International Dinner held by the Scottish Lord's Taverners in Edinburgh.

2 March 2001 The Lord's Taverners Eve of Calcutta Cup Rugby Dinner with guest speakers John Beattie and Martin Bayfield at The Hilton, Park Lane, London.

11 March 2004 Cable & Wireless West Indies v England Live hosted by Royston Hoggarth in the Long Room at Lord's Cricket Ground, in association with Lord's The Home of Cricket and The Lord's Taverners.

28 March 2004 Under the Stars at Ben Mar in Bridgetown.

31 March 2004 The Lord's Taverners Eve of Barbados Test Dinner at Sherbourne Conference Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados.

8 March 2005 The Lady Taverners Spring Lunch with guest speakers Lord Brocket and Toyah Wilcox, hosted by Rachael Heyhoe Flint at The Hilton, Park Lane, London.

20 March 2009 The Lord's Taverners Eve of Calcutta Cup Rugby Dinner with guest speakers Will Greenwood, Kenny Logan, Miles Harrison, and Gordon Kennedy at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

20 March 2010 The Lord's Taverners Diamond Jubilee Ball (1950-2010) at The Hilton, Park Lane, London.

Compiled by Lord’s Taverners Archivist, William Powell