Meetings Overview

 


NR. Date Location Topic   Speaker or organisors event
1 08-Dec-56 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Founding of the Haarlem Branch
At 5.27 pm (17.27)		   Organisation: 
N.C. Andriessen and G. Bomans
2 06-Jul-57 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens and his illustrators   H.L. Prenen
3 12-Oct-57 La Normandie,
Den Haag
The London Dickens loved and hated   H.G. Franks (GB)
4 07-Dec-57 Kraantje Lek
Overveen		 The Haarlem Branch 1 year on
A summery of what happened in the first year		   Various speakers
5 08-Feb-58 De Hoogwerf,
Den Haag		 Barnaby Rudge and The Maypole   L. Verkoren
6 19-Apr-58 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The creation of the Pickwick Papers   N.C. Andriessen
7 05-Jul-58 Brinkmann,
Haarlem		 Report of the Annual Conference in Nottingham
Dinner in Societeit Teisterbant		   Various speakers
8 11-Oct-58 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The tense relation between Dickens and Thackery   E.J. Verpoorten
9 06-Dec-58 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Listening to a record of Emlyn Williams, performance of a magician and a report of a visit to London   Organisation: Mrs. L. Overbeek-Breij
10 07-Feb-59 Drievliet,
Rijswijk		 Some facts about Dolly Varden, Samuel Pickwick, Fat Joe and Nicolas Nickleby X M. Keuning
11 02-May-59 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens and the caricature   H.L. Prenen
12 16-May-59 Krasnapolsky,
Amsterdam		 Annual Conference in Amsterdam AC Organisation: the Committee
Various speakers and performersv
13 06-Jun-59 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Review of the Annual Conference in Amsterdam   Various speakers
14 25-Jul-59 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Film about the Annual Conference in Amsterdam   Organisation: M. Beek
15 24-Oct-59 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens and journalism   L. Verkoren
16 19-Dec-59 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Dickens behind barbed wire   W.S.B. Klooster
17 27-Feb-60 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 General discussion
Speaker did not appear		   Various speakers
18 26-Mar-60 Kurhaus,
Scheveningen		 Pickwickian sense and nonsense J. Greaves (GB)
19 07-May-60 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Contemporary Victorian attitudes in Dickens’ work   M. Keuning
20 25-Jun-60 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Review of the Annual Conference in Southend   Various speakers
21 24-Sep-60 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The personal relations of Dickens with the people around him   G. Bomans
22 10-Dec-60 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Argument between brother Charles and brother Ned   M. Beek and J. Beek
23 11-Feb-61 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Sensorial prose in Dickens’ work X M. Keuning
24 08-Apr-61 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The meaning of tears in literature - especially in Dickens’ work X Mrs. J.F.G. Heerma van Voss-Moeton
25 17-Jun-61 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Review of the Annual Conference in Liverpool X Various speakers
26 14-Oct-61 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens incognito and the Mystery of Edwin Drood X F. van Oorschot
27 09-Dec-61 Duin en Kruidberg,
Santpoort		 The Haarlem Branch 5 years on   Various speakers
28 10-Feb-62 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Film about Dickens (by the NTS)   Organisation: the Branch Officers
29 07-Apr-62 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Charles Keene - the great Victorian illustrator   H.L. Prenen
30 19-Jun-62 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 The administration of justice in Dickens’ time   E. Heldring
31 13-Oct-62 Schapenduinen,
Bloemendaal		 Barnaby Rudge X J. Beek
32 05-Jan-63 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Is the knowledge of Dickens’ personal life essential for the appriciation of his work or is this irrelevant   Various speakers
33 23-Feb-63 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Recital X J. Greaves (GB)
34 27-Apr-63 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 The Mystery of Edwin Drood X G. Bomans
35 15-Jun-63 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 The musical “Oliver” X J. Waltheer
36 19-Oct-63 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Love and hate in David Copperfield X E. Sachs
37 07-Dec-63 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Hard Times X S. Vetten
38 14-Dec-63 City Theater,
Amsterdam		 Visit to see the musical “Oliver”   Organisation: the Branch Officers
39 29-Feb-64 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Election of the new President of the Haarlem Branch   Various speakers
40 18-Apr-64 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens and his family   Mrs. T. Kamerlingh Onnes-Easton
41 20-Jun-64 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Life in the 18th century as background to the world of Charles Dickens   Mrs. J.F.G. Heerma van Voss-Moeton
42 17-Oct-64 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Improvisation
Speaker was ill		 X G. Bomans, M. Beek and J. Beek
43 12-Dec-64 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 The Haarlem Branch 8 years on   W.S.B. Klooster
44 13-Feb-65 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens in Surinam X Mrs. D. van der Meiden-Coolsma
45 24-Feb-65 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Descendants of a great man X G. Bomans
46 10-Jul-65 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 The tense relation between Dickens and Thackery   G. Bomans
47 30-Oct-65 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Pickwick’s hat X J. Beek
48 11-Dec-65 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Listening to a tape of “A Christmas Carol”
Read by John Greaves		   Introduction: C. Dickens (GB)
49 05-Feb-66 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Travel and experiences in Surinam
Birthday dinner		   G. Bomans
50 02-Apr-66 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens’ theatre X M. Beek
51 11-Jun-66 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Review of the Annual Conference in Bath   Various speakers
52 15-Oct-66 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Encounters and complexities with Lodewijk van Deyssel   G. Bomans
53 10-Dec-66 Van der Heijden,
Leiden		 The Haarlem Branch 10 year on   Various speakers and performers
54 11-Feb-67 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Don Quixote and Samuel Pickwick   E. Sachs
55 15-Apr-67 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens as a caricaturist   H.L. Prenen
56 20-May-67 Kurhaus,
Scheveningen		 Annual Conference in Scheveningen (The Hague) AC Organisation: the Committee
Various speakers and performers
57 24-Jun-67 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Review of the Annual Conference in Scheveningen   Various speakers
58 07-Oct-67 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens and Ellen Ternan - the relationship
Films about the Annual Conference in Scheveningen		   G. Bomans
Organisation:the Branch Officers
59 09-Dec-67 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Some characters from Dickens’ work   W. van Konijnenburg
60 17-Feb-68 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 My experiences in Canada - meetings with members of four Branches of the Dickens Fellowship   G. Bomans
61 20-Apr-68 Van der Heijden,
Leiden		 General discussion on five events, philosophies of life or the zeitgeist of our times, which Dickens would have protested against vehemently   Various speakers
62 15-Jun-68 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Review of the Annual Conference in Broadstairs   Various speakers
63 05-Oct-68 Van der Heijden,
Leiden		 Medicine in Dickens’ time   Miss C. Stuart Bunnink (GB)
64 07-Dec-68 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dombey senior
Experiences with the Bangkok reading circle
Film about The Annual Conference in Broadstairs 		  F. van Oorschot
G. Bomans
Organisation: M. Beek
65 15-Feb-69 Zomerzorg,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens and the Americans   W. van Konijnenburg
66 19-Apr-69 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Some misunderstandings concerning Dickens   G. Bomans
67 14-Jun-69 Het Jeugdhuis,
Bloemendaal		 Film: “Dickens walked here”
Text read by John Greaves		   Organisation: the Branch Officers
68 25-Oct-69

Kraantje Lek,

Overveen

 The fairy that hiccoughed and a group of noble dames
A group of noble dames; Sairey Gamp and friends		   M. Slater (GB)
69 13-Dec-69 Taverne Hoornwijck,
Rijswijk		 The other Dickens   E. Sachs
70 21-Feb-70 Jan Tabak,
Bussum		 A triple memorial   W. Brandt
71 09-May-70 Jan Tabak,
Bussum		 Here’s richness   J. Greaves (GB)
72 31-Oct-70 Figi,
Zeist
The inimitable Pickwick   Mrs. A.Nisbet (USA)
73 12-Dec-70 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Presentation about the TV programme of Bomans and his siblings   G. Bomans
74 20-Feb-71 Beeckestijn,
Velsen-Zuid		 The conjuncture of Dickens’ fame
Ballad of the lovesick Lord Bateman 		  G. Bomans
song by: J.H.A. Lokin
75 12-Jun-71 Beeckestijn,
Velsen-Zuid
The chair on which Dickens never sat   H.L. Prenen
76 09-Oct-71 Beeckestijn,
Velsen-Zuid		 Five minute quotation readings by members X Various speakers
77 11-Dec-71 Beeckestijn,
Velsen-Zuid		 Recital
3rd Lustrum		 X J. Greaves (GB)
78 19-Feb-72 Groeneveld,
Baarn		 Comparing Charles Dickens with Godfried Bomans
Commemoration on the death of Godfried Bomans		   J.H.A. Lokin
79 15-Apr-72 Groeneveld,
Baarn		 All The Year Round   R. Mathews (GB)
80 21-Oct-72 Beeckestijn,
Velsen-Zuid		 Victoria's hayday   H.L. Prenen
81 09-Dec-72 Beeckestijn,
Velsen-Zuid		 Dickens and caricature in A Chistmas Carol and The Pickwick Papers   H.L. Prenen
82 17-Feb-73 Beeckestijn,
Velsen-Zuid		 Losing searching and finding - notes on Martin Chuzzlewit   W. van Konijnenburg
83 28-Apr-73 In den Vergulde Turk,
Leiden		 The Mystery of Kate Dickens   F. van Oorschot
84 20-Oct-73 Beeckestijn,
Velsen-Zuid
Charles Dickens and some paranormal phenomena   M. Beek
85 08-Dec-73 De Lantaarn,
Haarlem		 About Sinterklaas, the Christmas Carol of Wardle, Laurens Coster and a New Year’s eve clock
Performance of “A Christmas Carol” by puppettheatre “Myco” 		  H.L. Prenen
Puppeteer: Mrs. M. Kots
86 09-Mar-74 Hamdorff,
Laren		 Rome as seen by Charles Dickens and H.V. Morton   Mrs. C. van der Schriek-Vroom
87 27-Apr-74 De Lantaarn,
Haarlem		 Little Dorrit’s Church - it’s history and connection with Charles Dickens   Canon C.E.V. Bowkett (GB)
88 12-Oct-74 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal
The broad and narrow road in The Old Curiosity Shop   Mrs. L. Overbeek-Breij
89 14-Dec-74 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 The Great Expectations Country   L.C. Staples (GB)
90 22-Feb-75 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 James Steerforth - some remarks about Dickens’ protrait of the romantic era X J.C.C. Kabel
91 18-Oct-75 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Charles Dickens and traditional upbringing X J.H.A. Lokin
92 13-Dec-75 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Recital X J. Greaves (GB)
93 06-Mar-76 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens and melodrama X A. Easson
94 09-Oct-76 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 George Gissing - a critical Dickensian X W. van Maanen
95 11-Dec-76 Parkhotel,
Amsterdam		 4th Lustrum   Various speakers and performers
96 05-Mar-77 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens the satirist   M. Slater (GB)
97 22-Oct-77 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens’ humour, poetry and philosophy - as seen by AndrĂ© Maurois
Dutch translations of Dickens - especially the Pickwick Papers		 X M. Beek
J. Beek
98 10-Dec-77 Maitre Pierre,
Bussum		 The women in Great Expectations - reality and fantasy   Miss E.A. Davids
99 04-Mar-78 Maitre Pierre,
Bussum		 The essence of comicality - Dickens in America   M. Slater (GB)
100 14-Oct-78 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Comparisons of Gothic horror in Walpole, Ann Radcliffe and Dickens   J.C.C. Kabel
101 16-Dec-78 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Ode to the month of December   H.L. Prenen
102 17-Mar-79 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens’ taste   D. Parker (GB)
103 13-Oct-79 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Bees in Dickens’ bonnet   A.S. Watts (GB)
104 08-Dec-79 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Drinking with Dickens   C. Dickens (GB)
105 29-Mar-80 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Illustrations and illustrators in Dickens’ work X H.L. Prenen
106 11-Oct-80 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 The physical condition of Pickwick   J.H.A. Lokin
107 06-Dec-80 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 The women in David Copperfield   M. Slater (GB)
108 28-Feb-81 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 The law and Dickens - Dickens and the law   J.A. Ebbinge Wubben
109 24-Oct-81 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal
Dickens’ last novels   A. Sanders (GB)
110 12-Dec-81 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 The Haarlem Branch 25 years on
Dinnerspeech		   Various speakers and performers
M. Slater (GB)
111 27-Mar-82 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Wilhelm Bush   H.L. Prenen
112 23-Oct-82 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Inaugural lecture of the new President   J.H.A. Lokin
113 11-Dec-82 Roozendaal,
Overveen		 Dickens and the value of riches   A.S. Watts (GB)
114 14-May-83 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens and the Haarlem Branch   J.C. van Kessel
115 01-Oct-83 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Performance of “The Frozen Deep”   The Haarlem Reading Circle
116 17-Dec-83 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens and the medical profession   M. Slater (GB)
117 07-Apr-84 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Innocence and experience in the work of Dickens   R.M. Wilkinson
118 20-Oct-84 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Doctors in Dickens   E. E. van der Wall
119 14-Dec-84 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen
 Tradional English songs and readings
Dinnerspeech		   Various performers
J.H.A. Lokin
120 23-Mar-85 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens and the Dutch   C. van Steijnen
121 21-Sep-85 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Which Dickens - the diversity of literature   Mrs. C. van Boheemen
122 14-Dec-85 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Drinking with Dickens   C. Dickens (GB)
123 15-Feb-86 Rusthoek'
Bloemendaal		 Lunacy in Dickens’ England   Mrs. M. Drost
124 26-Apr-86 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 150 years of Pickwick
Seven contributions		   L. Jacobs, J.H.A. Lokin, J.J.C. Kabel, Mrs. C. Boschma, Mrs. N. Wiener, Mrs. M. Andriessen and Mrs. Jacobs
125 14-Jun-86 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The quest of Bill Stumps his mark
On the Elswout estate		   Organisation: J.J.C. Kabel and J.C. van Kessel
126 15-Nov-86 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens and poetry
Three short lectures
Declamations		   J.C. van Kessel, C. van Steijnen and C. Barfoot
Mrs. A. Peereboom
127 13-Dec-86 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Great Expectations - from novel to stage   G. Pieters
128 14-Mar-87 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Oliver Twist   M. Slater (GB)
129 02-May-87 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens and music   J.H.A. Lokin
130 24-Oct-87 Roozendaal,
Overveen		 Dickens and the law   M. Slater (GB)
131 12-Dec-87 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Cold and winter in Dickens   Various speakers
132 13-Feb-88 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Henry Mayhew - the reality of Dickens’ Londen   L. Brunt
133 18-Jun-88 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dutch voices on Dickens in the 19th century   B. Luger
134 05-Nov-88 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dutch translations of Dickens - a comparison   Mrs. A. Zwanenveld
135 10-Dec-88 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Dickens and Tennyson   P. Collins (GB)
136 08-Apr-89 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Dickens and his biographers   Various speakers
137 27-May-89 Dickens Museum,
Bronkhorst		 Visit to the Dickens Museum in Bronkhorst
Dinner in Het Wapen van Bronkhorst		   Organisation: the Branch Officers
138 14-Oct-89 Hotel Bellevue,
Dordrecht		 Dickens and Thomas Hardy   C.A. Klok
139 16-Dec-89 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Compassion, excess and indulgence in Dickens   Mrs. M. Reynolds (GB)
140 19-May-90 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 The part nature plays in Dickens   J.H.A. Lokin
141 03-Nov-90 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen
The captive of many years - a study of Dickens psychological insight   Mrs. J.M. Wilkinson-Dekhuijzen
142 08-Dec-90 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Dickens and Italy   M. Slater (GB)
143 09-Mar-91 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Tumult around Dickens   C. van Steijnen
144 01-Jun-91 De Kruisweg,
Damwoude		 Daughters in Dickens
Visit to the former house of Notary Keuning
Dinner in De Posthoorn (Dokkum) 		  Various speakers
145 21-Sep-91 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens and drama   J.J. Peereboom
146 14-Dec-91 Roozendaal,
Overveen		 Sons and heirs in Dickens   Various speakers
147 21-Mar-92 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Nonsense in Dickens   W. Tigges
148 11-Jun-92 Teylers Museum,
Haarlem		 Annual Conference in Haarlem AC Organisation: the Committee
Various speakers and performers
149 31-Oct-92 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen
Dickens and De Tocqville
Europe versus America
American Notes		   J.J.C. Kabel
J.C van Kessel
J.A.H. Lokin
Moderator: P. Ferdinandusse
150 12-Dec-92 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Dickens and Verdi   L. Brunt
151 20-Mar-93 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Bomans and the 19th century   P. van Zonneveld
152 19-Jun-93 Het Kasteel van Amerongen Dickens and money
Visit to Kasteel Amerongen
Dinner in Veenendaal		   J. Kymmel
153 16-Oct-93 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Love stories in Dickens   P. Ferdinandusse
154 18-Dec-93 Brinkmann,
Haarlem		 Fathers in Dickens   Various speakers
155 05-Mar-94 Brinkmann,
Haarlem		 Dickens and his women   Mrs. M. McGowan (GB)
156 18-Jun-94 De Verdraagzaamheid,
Zaltbommel		 What is the influence of the Bible in Dickens’ work?   Various speakers
157 29-Oct-94 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Dickens and Francois Haverschmidt   D. van Wijnen
158 10-Dec-94 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 The Christmas Carols   M. Andrews (GB)
159 08-Apr-95 Brinkmann,
Haarlem		 Performance of “The Rise and Fall of Uriah Heep”
A play in nine parts		   The Haarlem Reading Circle
Adaption: Bruun Kuijt
160 01-Jul-95 Het Veerhuis,
Dordrecht		 Dickens on the River Festival – Steamboat trip
Dinner in De Hellebaard		 BD Organisation: the Branch Officers and C.A. Klok
161 21-Oct-95 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Dickens and Stephen Leacock   B. Luger
162 09-Dec-95 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Dickens and Vincent van Gogh   D. Parker (GB)
163 23-Mar-96 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens’ mysterious father   J.A. Ebbinge Wubben
164 06-Jul-96 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 The Pickwick Controversy
Visit to the Elswout estate		   Various speakers
165 19-Oct-96 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Barnaby Rudge   Various speakers
166 07-Dec-96 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 The Haarlem Branch 40 years on - film with the Branch’ founding fathers 
Songs and music
Dinnerspeech		   Organisation: the Branch Officers
L. Spanjaard, Mrs. M. Spanjaard and P. Cornelius
D. Dickens (GB)
167 22-Mar-97 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 The melody of Dickens’ prose   Mrs. M. Adolfs
168 07-Jun-97 Dickens Museum,
Bronkhorst		 Visit to the Dickens Museum in Bronkhorst
Dinner in Het Wapen van Bronkhorst		   Organisation: the Branch Officers
169 04-Oct-97 Het Filmtheater,
Hiversum		 Film: “Tempos Difficeis” – Portuguese filmversion of Hard Times
Dinner in Theatercomplex Gooiland		   Organisation: J.C. van Kessel
170 13-Dec-97 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 “Een Kerstmis in den Vreemde”; a poem by Hendrik de Veer
Dinnerspeech		   N. Maas and J. Jaspers
E. Preston (GB)
171 21-Mar-98 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens’ children
Clones in Dickens’ work
Illegitimate children in Dickens’ work		   D. Kooiman
P. de Groot
C. van Steijnen
172 06-Jun-98 Mignon,
Dordrecht		 Visit to the Ary Scheffer Museum
Visit to the Dordrecht steam festival
Dinner in Het Groothoofd		   Introduction and guided tour: J.Deuss
173 24-Oct-98 Rusthoek,
Bloemendaal		 A Tale of Two Cities   Various speakers
174 12-Dec-98 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Celebrating Dickens and Christmas
Music		   Ph. Collins (GB)
Mrs. R. Gonda, Mrs. B. Sitters and Mrs. T. Ferdinandusse
175 17-Apr-99 Brinkmann,
Haarlem		 Dickens and the soap opera   Mrs. C. Bordewijk
176 26-Jun-99 Dickens Room,
Haren		 Visit to the Dickens Room in the library of Haren
Guided tour of the Martini Kerk in Groningen
Dinner in Cambridge (Groningen)
  Organisation: J.H.A. Lokin
177 23-Oct-99 Roozendaal,
Overveen		 Great Expectations
Film by David Lean		   Organisation: J.C van Kessel
178 11-Dec-99 Brinkmann,
Haarlem		 Readings from divers novels of Dickens   G. Woolf (GB)
179 25-Mar-00 Roozendaal,
Overveen		 Away from Dickens’ England
Four short lectures		   P. Ferdinandusse, J.C. van Kessel, J.J.C. Kabel and P. de Groot
180 10-Jun-00 Vreeburg,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens and Tom Wolfe - the City   J. Lynn
181 30-Sep-00 Roozendaal,
Overveen		 Dombey and Son
Three short lectures		   P. Ferdinandusse, J.C. van Kessel and D. Kooiman
182 09-Dec-00 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Dickens’ journalism   A. Sanders (GB)
183 24-Mar-01 Vreeburg,
Bloemendaal		 Dickens and educational reform   C.A. Klok and A.A. de Landtsheer
184 16-Jun-01 Wallstreet Tea Rose,
Deventer		 Organising the annual Dickens festival in Deventer
Walking tour of Deventer		   Mrs. E. Strik
185 06-Oct-01 Vreeburg,
Bloemendaal		 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Five short lectures		   J.C van Kessel, A.A. de Landtsheer, D. Kooiman, P. Ferdinandusse andJ. Lynn 
186 08-Dec-01 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Dickens and democracy   A.D. Taylor (GB)
187 23-Mar-02 Vreeburg,
Bloemendaal		 De 19th century Engelish novel - readers, writers, publishers   O. Dekkers
188 22-Jun-02 Letterkundig Museum,
Den Haag		 Visit to the exhibition: “Godfried Bomans, the velvet devil”
Dinner in Hotel Corona (Den Haag)		   Guided tour: Mrs. R. Keijzer
189 05-Oct-02 Vreeburg,
Bloemendaal		 Nickleby and educational paradoxes   T. Pointon (GB) and Mrs S. Healy (GB)
190 14-Dec-02 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Why Dickens Matters   A.R. Williams (GB)
191 22-Mar-03 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Copyright and Dickens   J.J.C. Kabel
192 21-Jun-03 Tearoom Gumbleton,
Enkhuizen		 Visit to the Enkhuizen Town Hall and the Snouck van Looze House
Dinner in Die Drie Haringhe		   Organisation: the Branch Officers and Mrs. P. de Munnik
193 04-Oct-03 Roozendaal,
Overveen		 Oliver Twist
Film by David Lean		   Organisation: M. David
194 13-Dec-03 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Delightful, splendid and surprising - the theatre Dickens knew   P. Schlicke (GB)
195 06-Mar-04 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The power of literary vignettes in the novels of Charles Dickens   Mrs. J. Vonkeman
196 08-May-04 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Bleak House,
Four short lectures		   Mrs. N. Bouwens, Mrs. L. van Aalst, D. Kooiman and G. Terpstra
197 26-Jun-04 Du Gallard,
Delft
Visit to the Paul Tetar van Elven museum and the Nieuwe Kerk
Dinner in The Dirty Nelly		   Organisation: the Branch Officers and Mrs. L. van Aalst
198 09-Oct-04 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Improvisation
Speaker did not appear		   P. Ferdinandusse
199 11-Dec-04 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 The relation between Dickens and his daughter Kate Perugini
Presentation of a graphic novel: “A Chrismas Carol”
Songs and music		   Mrs. L. Dickens Hawksley (GB)
D. Matena
J.H.A. Lokin, S. Lokin, E. E. van der Wall and W.S. Louridtz
200 05-Mar-05 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Healthy morals - popular Victorian novels in Holland in the XIX century   Mrs. R. Supheert
201 23-Apr-05 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The character of Charles Dickens and Dickens’ characters   J. den Breejen
202 18-Jun-05 Wientjes,
Zwolle		 City tour and visits to locations of the former Zwolle Branch
Dinner in De Keuken van Neeltje		   Organisation: the Branch Officers
203 08-Oct-05 Roozendaal,
Overveen		 David Copperfield
Film of the thirties		   Organisation: P. Ferdinandusse
204 10-Dec-05 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem
Reading of The Christmas Carol   B.G. Hornback (USA)
205 04-Mar-06 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Prison, paradigm for society? - Little Dorrit   A. Vroom
206 13-May-06 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Preview of the Annual Conference in Amsterdam   Various speakers
207 29-Jul-06 Hotel Casa,
Amsterdam		 Annual Conference in Amsterdam AC Organisation: the Committee
Various speakers and performers
208 21-Oct-06 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Little Dorrit
Three short lectures		   B.G. Hornback (USA), P. de Groot and P. Ferdinandusse
209 08-Dec-06 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The Haarlem Branch 50 years on   Various speakers
210 16-Dec-06 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 A Christmas Tree: a reading and his own view on Christmas   G. Dickens (GB)
211 17-Mar-07 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Little Dorrit 
Two short lectures		   Mrs. M. Adolfs and J. den Breejen
212 02-Jun-07 Flehite Museum,
Amersfoort		 Visit to “oude mannenzaal” and city tour of Amersfoort
Dinner in Het Moment		   Organisation: D. Kooiman and P. de Groot
213 20-Oct-07 Roozendaal,
Overveen		 Our Mutual Friend
Film of snippets of Our Mutual Friend		   A. Vroom
Presentation: J. den Breejen
214 15-Dec-07 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Victorian Seamstresses   Mrs. L. Ault (GB)
215 08-Mar-08 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen
Art, love and imagination in Our Mutual Friend
Being in love in Our Mutual Friend		   B. Heaman (USA)
B.G. Hornbach (USA)
216 07-Jun-08 Noord-Hollands Archief,
Haarlem		 The history of the Haarlem Branch
The Noord-Holland archives – explanation and guided tour		   J.C. van Kessel
L. Zoodsma
217 25-Oct-08 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Martin Chuzzlewit
Four short lectures		   W.S. Louridtz, P. Ferdinandusse, M. David and D. Kooiman
218 13-Dec-08 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem
 Dickens as reader and as public reader   M. Andrews (GB)
219 28-Mar-09 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Disparities in translations - Great Expectations through the centuries   Mrs. S. Degreef (Bel)
220 20-Jun-09 Gevangenis,
Veenhuizen		 Visit to a former paupers prison   Organisation: A. Vroom
221 24-Oct-09 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 When found make a note of - Dickens in detail   W. Tigges
222 12-Dec-09 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 On writing Dickens’ biography   M. Slater (GB)
223 13-Mar-10 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens and his illustrators   A. Vroom
224 12-Jun-10 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The Pickwick Papers
Four short lectures		   A.A. de Landtsheer, Mrs. K. Boschma, C.A. Klok and D. Kooiman
225 23-Oct-10 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Pickwick’s youth   J.H.A. Lokin
226 18-Dec-10 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Youth and age in The Old Curiosity Shop - Little Nell as an abused child   G. Smith (GB)
227 19-Mar-11 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Bleak House on the Victorian stage   C.J.J. Louttit (USA)
228 18-Jun-11 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The class structure of English society in Our Mutual Friend   A.A. de Landtsheer
229 22-Oct-11

Kraantje Lek,
Overveen

 Edwin Drood - developing insights and views along some external and internal auxiliary lines   L. Jacobs
230 17-Dec-11 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Charles Dickens - a life   Mrs. C. Tomalin (GB)
231 04-Feb-12 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Presentation of the book “Dickens in de Lage Landen”   Organisation: the Branch Officers
232 09-Jun-12 Dickens Museum,
Bronkhorst		 Visit to the Dickens Museum in Bronkhorst
Dinner in Het Wapen van Bronkhorst		   Organisation: the Branch Officers
233 27-Oct-12 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens and the autobiografic memory   D. Kooiman
234 15-Dec-12 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Dickens at 200 years   A.R. Williams (GB)
235 16-Mar-13 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens in Dutch translations - with special attention to the Nijmegen publicers, the Cohen brothers   Mrs. E.F.M. Peters
236 08-Jun-13 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Sketches by Boz
Four short lectures		   Mrs. M. Drost, Mrs N. Bouwens, J.C van Kessel and P. Ferdinandusse
237 26-Oct-13 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen
Dickens reception in Holland - from first translations to popular merchandise   O. Dekkers
238 14-Dec-13 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 How Dickens celebrated Christmas
Songs and music		   M. Slater (GB)
J.H.A. Lokin and E.E. van der Wall
239 15-Mar-14 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The book “Vergeten Avontuur”- an example of a fully illustrated Dutch language Dickens bibliography   F. Roest
240 07-Jun-14 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Facts about Hard Times
Street sweepers
Hard Times; a society that destroys itself
The dark side of rationality		   Mrs. R. Burden-van EgmondMrs. C. WillemsenMrs. A.E. de Groot-MayC.A. Klok
241 27-Sep-14 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens and humour   D. Kooiman
242 13-Dec-14 De Ripper,
Haarlem		 Charles Dickens and the house of fallen women   Mrs. J. Hartley (GB)
243 16-Mar-15 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens and the railways
A look at Dombey and Son		   A.C.G. Dorrestein
H.B. Muda
244 06-Jun-15 Dickens Room,
Haren		 Visit to the Dickens Room in the library of Haren
Dinner in Paviljoen Sassenhein		   Organisation:
H.B. Muda and P. de Groot
245 12-Sep-15 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 A showing of the film: “The Invisible Woman”   Organisation: M. David
Introduction: D. Kooiman
246 12-Dec-15 De Ripper,
Haarlem		 Dickens and Collins - collaborators and friends   A. Lycett (GB)
247 12-Mar-16 Dickens Theater,
Laren		 Dickens in the light of the magic lantern
Dinner in Het Bonte Paard		   Organisation: P. de Groot
Performed by: Mrs. E. Flim and A. Kok
248 28-May-16 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Tableaux-vivants - scenes from the works of Dickens   Performed by: Mrs. Drost, Mrs. Hesp and Mrs. Burden-van Egmond
249 10-Sep-16 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The last word about Dickens will never be said   A. Roes
250 10-Dec-16 Brinkmann,
Haarlem		 Dickens and Shakespeare   A.R. Williams (GB)
251 11-Mar-17 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The fortunes of “Klaasje Zevenster”
Was Jacob van Lennep inspired by Dickens’ Oliver Twist?		   F. van Wanroij
252 10-Jun-17 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens in Africa
Drooping buds
Dogs in the works of Dickens		   P. Ferdinandusse
Mrs. M. Drost
M. David
253 09-Sep-17 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Charles Dickens and his circle   Mrs. L. Dickens Hawksley (GB)
254 16-Dec-17 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem
Dickens and magic
Songs and music		   J. Bowen (GB)
J.H.A. Lokin, S. Lokin, C. Lokin and E.E. van der Wall
255 10-Mar-18 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 Dickens at the heart of medicine   E.E. van der Wall
256 09-Jun-18 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 19th century writers and their illegitimate offspring
Where there's a will, there's a relative
Lady Dedlock's character against the backdrop of Chesney Wold		   C.A. Klok
Mrs. A.E. de Groot-May
Mrs. C. Willemsen
257 15-Sep-18 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 The magic lantern in Dickens’ work
As performed by the Dickens Theater in Laren		   Mrs. E. Flim and A. Kok
258 15-Dec-18 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
Songs and music		   D. Kooiman
Organisation: Mrs. Flim and A. Kok
259 16-Mar-19 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 British child migrantion in the time of Dickens   P. Ferdinandusse
260 08-Jun-19 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Overveen		 Dickens and architecture   B.P. Moore (USA)
261 14-Sep-19 Kraantje Lek,
Overveen		 De mission of Little Nell and the peace of the grave
Little Nell - a tough cookie
How The Old Curiosity Shop brought me to Dickens
  Mrs. E. van Daalen
Mrs. M. Drost 
H. Westerhof
262 14-Dec-19 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem
Judicial rituals in the Pickwick Papers   J.H.A. Lokin
263 19-Sep-20 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Haarlem		 Short Contributions on the Book of Study: Barnaby Rudge and other subjects   Various speakers
264 07-Feb-21 Zoom meeting Birthday meeting; Immortal Memory   M. David
265 03-Apr-21 Zoom meeting Great Expectations vs “Grote Verwachtingen”
Dickens vs Geert Mak		   Mrs. A.Hesp
266 05-Jun-21 Zoom meeting Various subjects   Various speakers
267 18-Sep-21 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,

 Keeping up Appearances; the Wititterleys, the Kenwigses and Mantalini’s
Newman Noggs; the Power of the PowerlessYorkshire Schools; Reformism or Exploitation		   T. Dorrestein
Mrs. M. Drost
D. Kooiman
268 07-Feb-22 Zoom meeting Birthday meeting; Immortal Memory   Mrs. K. Boschma
269 12-Mar-22 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Haarlem		 Dickens and his Contemporaires; early 19th century   R. van Milligen
270 11-Jun-22 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Haarlem		 The Sea in the works of Charles Dickens   R. Brand
271 17-Sep-22 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Haarlem
Fred Barnard, Dickens’ most neglected Illustrator   C.J.J. Louttit (USA)
272 17-Dec-22 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 The Christmas Carol
Andante Espressivo (from a celloconcert by Arthur Sullivan)		   P. Ferdinandusse
L. Spanjaard and Mrs. M. Spanjaard
273 07-Feb-23 Zoom meeting Birthday meeting; Immortal Memory   L. Jacobs
274 11-Mar-23 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Haarlem
 Dickens and the Crimean War   J.C. van Kessel
275 17-Jun-23 Kunstkerk,
Dordrecht		 Stories by Godfried Bomans   Mrs. P. Westelaar
Organisation: C.A. Klok
276 16-Sep-23 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Haarlem
Book of Study: Little Dorrit Various speakers
Organisation: the Branch Officers
277 16-Dec-23 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Dickens’ arrival in The Netherlands   D. Kooiman
278 07-Feb-24 Zoom meeting Birthday meeting; Immortal Memory H. Muda
279 16-Mar-24 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Haarlem		 Screening of “Dickens en Dickens; Mens en Auteur”
A Dutch documentary from 1961 with Godfried Bomans and John Greaves		   Organisation: V. van Koningsbruggen and the Branch Officers
280 08-Jun-24 Het Wapen van
Kennemerland,
Haarlem		 Dickens and Dostojevski   H. Bouman
281 14-Sep-24 Het Wapen van Kennemerland,
Haarlem		 Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and the Stage   P.L. Tissot van Patot
282 14-Dec-24 Trou Moet Blijcken,
Haarlem		 Hard Times in the USSR
How a student of Slavic languages graduated in Dickens		   E. Hartman
283 07-Feb-25 Online meeting Birthday meeting; Immortal Memory   Mw. A. Hesp
284 15-Mrt-25 Dickenstheater,
Laren		 Lunch at Het Bonte Paars
Performance in het Dickenstheater 		  Organisation: Branch Officers

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