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Monthly pub nights
The monthly JMCS pub night normally takes place on the first Thursday of each month, starting at 6pm in BrewDog, 5 New St, Edinburgh EH8 8BH (5 minutes walk from Waverley station, eastwards along E Market St).
If the pub night is on a non-standard night then this will be posted here, and a message will be sent round.
JMCS Centenary Dinner
This year is the centenary of the formation of the JMCS in 1925.
To celebrate this there will be a whole club Centenary Dinner on Saturday 15 November in:
The Carrbridge Hotel
Main Street
Carrbridge, PH23 3AB
01479 841202
enquiries@carrbridgehotel.com
NB DINNER BOOKINGS HAVE NOW REACHED FULL CAPACITY!
Anyone still wishing to attend the dinner must now email John requesting to attend the dinner BEFORE
sending any money or booking any accommodation.
See here for the updated
Centenary Dinner booking arrangements.
Club AGM
Since the Centenary Dinner (see above) is taking place in mid November, which is roughly when the Edinburgh JMCS AGM and Dinner usually takes place it has been decided that we will not hold the Edinburgh JMCS dinner this year - members are encouraged to attend the Centenary dinner instead.
However, to satisfy the club constitutional requirements we still need to hold a (brief) AGM.
So we propose to hold this in Edinburgh as follows.
Date and time:
Venue:
This is where we have held the annual club slide night for the last few years.
The Alpine Club-JMCS-SMC winter lecture programme is described here:
These lectures are sponsored by the SMC, the Edinburgh JMCS and the Alpine Club, and take place on the second Tuesday of each of the months October to March, starting at 7.30 prompt as we are obliged to vacate the premises by 9.30pm.
The venue will once again be the
This is the galleried terrace above Victoria Street and the easiest access is from George IV Bridge beside Pizza Express opposite the National Library.
Broughton Street Lane is a somewhat unprepossessing lane off of Broughton Street, but the bar is quite good.
You go under an archway from Broughton Street into the lane, and the Outhouse is about 50 yards along on the right.
The bar staff can direct you to the stairs to the function room
(you can buy a drink at the same time).
Alpine Club-JMCS-SMC winter lectures
At this time of day, parking is usually available in the Grassmarket at the foot of Victoria Street.