| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Convenor: |
Ian Clutterbuck
Tel: 0115 911 4681
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| When: | Fortnightly on Fridays 12:00 pm 2nd & 4th Friday of the month |
| Venue: | St Georges Centre |
We meet at The St Georges Centre at 12 noon or earlier for sausage and/or bacon cobs, with filtered coffee or tea, before we get down to the subjects of the day.
Please bring along any snippets of info that have made you exclaim “I just don't be-leave it” so we can all have a comment on it and you can get it off your chest and feel the better for it.
For an overview of future meeting dates tap the Calendar button and select Grumpy Old Men from the Group drop-down list.
Recent Meetings
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August 2026
We Grumpies met for our fortnightly Friday lunch at St George’s Centre to chat and to consider contemporary issues. Topics for discussion included: As always, the conversation was genial, informative, varied, and amusing. David Colyer Read More
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July 2026
We discussed candidates to be “put on the bus.” We chose the Argentinian World Cup football team and the board of FIFA. Topics for discussion included: 1. Rodent infestation in Downing Street. 2. Why the over sixties in Britain have the most balanced lives. 3. The difference between wild and farmed salmon. 4. The return of the vinyl record and music player. 5. A venomous corn snake took refuge in a police car and had to be coaxed out using a dead mouse. 6. Divorce proof tips for those who need them. 7. The ban on the sale of energy… Read More
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June 2026
The Grumpies met for Friday lunch and to consider contemporary issues. We discussed candidates to be “put on the bus.” We chose the thirty-one out of sixty-six executives and directors at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust who refused to cooperate with the review into maternity care which resulted in more than 2500 mothers and babies who had died or been harmed between 2012- 2025. Topics for discussion included: As always, the conversation was genial, informative, varied and amusing. Read More
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March 2026
The Grumpies met for their fortnightly Friday lunch and to consider contemporary issues. As usual, we discussed candidates to be “put on the bus” for having met our displeasure this month. The candidates selected are the bosses of petrol companies who are profiteering from Trump’s latest war. Topics for discussion included: Read More
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February 2026
The Grumpies met for their fortnightly Friday lunch and to consider contemporary issues. As usual, we discussed candidates to be “put on the bus” for having met our displeasure this month. Four candidates were selected: Peter Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Jeremy Clarkson, and Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Topics for discussion included: As always, the conversation was genial, informative, varied and amusing. Read More
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January 2026
The Grumpies met for their fortnightly Friday lunch and to consider contemporary issues. As usual, we discussed candidates to be “put on the bus.” The chosen candidate was Reform’s council leader in County Durham, Andrew Husband, as several liquidated companies currently, and formerly, owned by him racked up huge debts. Two existing companies owned by Cllr Husband owe more than £500,000 in unpaid tax, government-backed Covid loans, and staff wages. Topics for discussion included: Read More