Following the formal business of our Annual General Meeting our retiring President Hazel Kent, talked about her recent travels to Alaska and Canada. Her partner, Dave Goss, assisted her by projecting a wonderful array of photographs of their journey via cruise liner and motor caravan., We saw amazing scenes of mountains, lakes, rivers, glaciers, waterfalls, […]
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The February meeting was a very happy one. Mary Sibley demonstrated various ways to decorate circular willow wreaths: in this case a ‘lookalike’ version made from Virginia Creeper when it is cut back. This provides a very environmentally friendly source for what would have been garden waste. Mary had taken all the hard work out
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Our first meeting of the New Year aimed to banish the ‘January Blues’ with a very enjoyable quiz, set jointly by Wendy England and Christine Scott.
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At our November meeting Marion Scott Baker gave us an insight into the amount of packaging waste that is generated. She then told us about the Japanese Art of Furoshiki – wrapping parcels, making bags out of fabric, which she demonstrated, then we all had a go. It was a fun evening and many members
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At our September meeting on the 21st, member Sue Norman taught us how to make lavender wands using long stems of lavender and lengths of coloured raffia. A very relaxing evening enjoyed by all with a welcome glass of wine and delicious refreshments. A minutes silence was held in honour of our late Queen Elizabeth
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At our August meeting we were taken on a journey into space and back to eart and Stonehenge by Dr Stuart Eves, who is an Astrophysicist with a particular interest in Archeoastronomy. Alison, Stuart’s wife operated the excellent visual aids that supported Stuart’s talk. He began with a basic introduction to the relationship of the
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