June 2023 newsletter

Hello again,
here comes summer!  About 30 members had a very jovial May meeting when John Crowley, one of Abingdon’s Town Criers came to talk to us.  Who knew that Oh Yey comes from Oreilles the French word for ‘ears’? So much interesting history about Abingdon and the Town Criers.
A big thank you to Judy who made royal cupcakes and of course to Liz for the poem about the three Kings named Charles. Five verses of ‘God Save the King’ was a revelation.
While we are on singing it seems there is a majority who want to sing Jerusalem at the start of our meetings so it’s here to stay it seems.
We welcomed Doreen as a visitor who would like to join us.
How about a book group? Would anyone like to help set one up?
Programme 2023/24: copies are available.
Sunday 4 June –  Coffee club meeting at Café Aroma 2pm onwards.
Friday 30 June  at 2pm – Craft Group meeting at Northcourt Centre – Felting continued.
Art Group –  continues to meet every 2nd and 4th Monday morning in the Morgan room at the Northcourt Centre
Interested? Contact Viv Lowe.
Thursday 22 June  –  Lunch Club at 12.30pm at The Spread Eagle, Northcourt Road. Contact Pauline Claridge.

Our next monthly meeting is on Tuesday 13 June at 1.30 pm. Highly recommended speaker Richard Kirby will be telling us all about Joan of Arc. Please bring plants and cutting for our sales table.

July meeting – There has been a change of speaker due to a family bereavement in France. Instead Stuart Cummings will tell us about ‘’Ingenuity in the Victorian household’’

Garden party  – Tuesday 25 July. We will have tickets on sale at the June and July meetings.
August Outing  – Tuesday 8 August. This will be a trip to Greys Court near Henley. Lifts are available. Please add your names to the list at the meetings if you would like to go.

Take care and all the best, Trine