History of Annual Dinners

1945 22 September FOUNDED
1946 12 January 1st Annual Dinner. (City Arms Hotel, York).
1947 January 2nd Annual Dinner.
1948   3rd Annual Dinner.
1949   4th Annual Dinner.
1950 21 January 5th Annual Dinner. (Betty’s Restaurant, York). Guest Speaker: Charles Harry Moody.
1951 21 January 6th Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: Melville Cook.
1952 19 January 7th Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: Ernest Bradbury.
1953 31 January 8th Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: The Rt Revd Harold Hubbard (Retired Bishop of Whitby).
1954 11 February 9th Annual Dinner. (Terry’s Restaurant). Guest Speaker: Sir George Martin. 
1955 29 January 10th Annual Dinner. Guest Speakers: The Rt Revd Carey Frederick Knyvett (Bishop of Selby) and Canon Thomas Headley Tardrew (Precentor of York Minster).
1956 January 11th Annual Dinner.
1957 26 January 12th Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: Herbert Bardgett.
1958   13th Annual Dinner.
1959   14th Annual Dinner.
1960 25 January 15th Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: Donald Hunt.
1961 28 January 16th Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: Philip Marshall.
1962 27 January 17th Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: Sir Thomas Armstrong.
1963   18th Annual Dinner.
1964   19th Annual Dinner.
1965   20th Annual Dinner.
1966   21st Annual Dinner.
1967   22nd Annual Dinner.
1968 20 January 23rd Annual Dinner. (Betty’s Restaurant).
1969 January 24th Annual Dinner. (Terry’s Restaurant).
1970 31 January 25th Annual Dinner. (York Station Hotel). Guest Speaker: James Denny.
1971 24 April 26th Annual Dinner. (Terry’s Restaurant).
1972 23 April 27th Annual Dinner.
1973 05 May 28th Annual Dinner. (Terry’s Restaurant).
1974 27 April 29th Annual Dinner. (Abbey Park Hotel).
1975 26 April 30th Annual Dinner. (Terry’s Restaurant).
1976 24 April 31st Annual Dinner.
1977 30 April 32nd Annual Dinner. (Terry’s Restaurant).
1978 25 February 33rd Annual Dinner.
1979 24 February 34th Annual Dinner. (The Octagon, Bishopthorpe). Guest Speaker: John Bertalot.
1980 26 January 35th Annual Dinner. (The King’s Manor).
1981   36th Annual Dinner.
1982   37th Annual Dinner. (Betty’s Restaurant).
1983 19 March 38th Annual Dinner. (St Sampson’s).
1984 24 March 39th Annual Dinner. (Ainsley Hotel, Boroughbridge).
1985 16 March 40th Annual Dinner.
1986 29 March 41st Annual Dinner. (Middleton Suite, Knavesmire).
1987 28 March 42nd Annual Dinner. (York Banqueting).
1988 16 or 23 April 43rd Annual Dinner.
1989 01 April 44th Annual Dinner.
1990 31 March 45th Annual Dinner. (York Banqueting).
1991 02 March 46th Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: Stan Burnicle.
1992 21 March 47thAnnual Dinner. (Hilbra Court, Haxby).
1993 27 March 48th Annual Dinner. (Ainsty Hotel).
1994 19 March 49th Annual Dinner. (Beechwood Close Hotel).
1995 25 March 50th Annual Dinner. (Beechwood Close Hotel).
1996 24 March 51st Annual Dinner. (Beechwood Close Hotel). Guest Speakers: Roger Tebbet and Rev. John Henderson.
1997 14 March 52nd Annual Dinner. (Beechwood Close Hotel).
1998   53rd Annual Dinner.
1999 26 March 54th Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: Richard Shephard or Simon Lindley.
2000 24 March 55th Annual Dinner.
2001   56th Annual Dinner.
2002   57th Annual Dinner.
2003   58th Annual Dinner.
2004   59th Annual Dinner.
2005   60th Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: Andrew Bryden.
2006   61st Annual Dinner. Guest Speaker: Jonathan Bielby.
2007 23 March 62nd Annual Dinner. (Beechwood Close Hotel). Guest Speaker: Francis Jackson.
2008 28 March 63rd Annual Dinner. (Beechwood Close Hotel). Guest Speaker: Andrew Carter.
2009 20 March 64th Annual Dinner. (Lady Ann Middleton Hotel). Guest Speaker: Robert Sharpe.
2010 15 May 65th Annual Dinner. (Lady Ann Middleton Hotel). Guest Speaker: Alan Spedding.
2011 23 February 66th Annual Dinner. (Masonic Lodge, Castlegate). Guest Speaker: Peter Chatfield.
2012 18 April 67th Annual Dinner. (Monkbar Hotel). Guest Speaker: Philip Moore.
2013 23 February 68th Annual Dinner. (Monkbar Hotel). Guest Speaker: Allan Hughes.
2014 21 March 69th Annual Dinner. (Monkbar Hotel). Guest Speaker: John Scott Whiteley.
2015 20 March 70th Annual Dinner. (Monkbar Hotel). Guest Speaker: Gordon Stewart.
2016 11 March 71st Annual Dinner. (Monkbar Hotel). Guest Speaker: James Lancelot.
2017 17 March 72nd Annual Dinner. (Monkbar Hotel). Guest Speaker: Jeremy Dibble.
2018 16 March 73rd Anuual Dinner. (Monkbar Hotel. Guest Speaker: Peter King.