From 1976 to 2015, Alan Chambers served on Wimbledon's Centre Court as the steward with responsibility for overseeing the seating arrangements and security of the competitors and their guests. With his staff of six Service Stewards, they managed four changeovers a day, maintaining a tight control on access to that area of seats, always much in demand.

They also hosted a large number of A grade celebrities who came as player guests. Amongst those were Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Peter Ustinov, David Beckham, Lewis Hamilton, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman and Kate Middleton's family. In Alan Chambers' time on Centre Court he was present for more than 2200 matches!

The talk starts with a description of how the All England Club organises itself and the Championships, followed by a large number of anecdotes organised on a decade by decade basis starting with the 1970s.

Monthly talk and refreshments: doors open 2:00 pm; refreshments served until 2.20pm; talk starts at 2.30pm