January 2026 New Year – Resolutions? It took a while to come down to earth for some after our Christmas party, especially our Secretary who has no idea what happened to her! What a great illusionist Katherine was. The whole meeting was memorable and demonstrated great teamwork from many of Read more
Hello again Once again your generous donations for the homeless have meant l can take another bag, now totalling six, to Kay in Abingdon who will make sure that it all goes to the right place. You are all wonderful. And didn’t we have fun with extraordinary magic? I would Read more
December 2025 Ho! Ho! Ho! My goodness, what a noisy November meeting, chatting, cutting and sticking. Amazing what can be done when given the chance and the idea of course. A big thank you to Judy whose idea it was and all the other help given in the kitchen, with Read more
November 2025 Golly – how time flies! What a fascinating story we heard from Christine at the last meeting about her experience with The Repair Shop. And all that food! Thank you so much. I do my best with the sound-system, but some members still have a problem hearing Read more
October 2025 Have you had your heating on yet? A big thank you to you all for a wonderful fruit and vegetable raffle selection at the September meeting. Quite a number of you went home with a large bag full. Two new members signed up – welcome to Sonja and Read more
September 2025 – soon be Christmas!!! The weather gods decided to be kind for our garden party. Twenty-seven members enjoyed a chat, tea and delicious cake. Maybe you are now even feeling cold? There will be a bit more news in early September. Some of us are busy putting a Read more
August 2025 Mix and Match! I did a rain dance and now we have a hosepipe ban. Sorry about that! We welcome Carol and Liz as new members – we are now 50. There is no meeting in August, but many will be able to meet and chat while enjoying Read more
Half way through 2025 – Gosh. Quite a lively June meeting with a lively speaker, We welcome Christine as a new member and Liz as a visitor. The summer months are always busy and several members might miss a meeting or two. Karen is busy collating ideas for our next Read more
Flaming June, now we need more rain! I am sorry quite a few of you missed our May meeting. Not only did we have enough tomato plants to start a shop, we welcomed Andrea as a new member and Carol, Betty and Jean are waiting in the wings. Nicola Pratley’s exquisite Read more
Enjoy the sunshine! Several of our members seemed to be elsewhere or too busy last month, but many of those who came to our April meeting went home to sort out STUFF after an inspirational talk by Jane Fletcher. We do hope to improve the quality of the sound-system. It Read more