Wednesday 23rd April 2025
King Arthur
David Slater
Today’s guest speaker was David Slater who came down from Whitley Bay and gave us a fascinating talk on King Arthur, Man of Mystery.
David’s passion and knowledge of history was evident as he reeled off names and dates dating back to Ad 350 when the Myths and legends first began.
Theories about who Arthur was, where he came from and what he did abound. Over the centuries his story became romanticised to include The Holy Grail, Avalon, Lady in the lake, The Sword in the stone etc. History can get distorted over the years and can be manipulated to suit some agendas . Does history really matter?
At the end of the talk there were many questions from the members who obviously enjoyed the talk.