June 2017 newsletter No 96

Rather a special one in March in that we had a talk and demonstration on a carving theme which doesn’t happen very often  and so it was good to see about twenty five members and  guests in the hall. The speaker was Tony Foy who is a regular…

March 2017 newsletter. No 95

We had one of our best - attended gatherings for a long time in December when approaching thirty people turned up for our festive last meeting of the year. After Roger’s introduction the floor was handed over to Allan Mechen for him to compere…

Dec 2016 Newsletter, No 94

SEPTEMBER MEETING If you’re like me you sometimes find yourself in a quandary when it comes to recycling – should it go in the black sack or the clear sack? Am I supposed to remove the labels? Do I wash it up first? These were the sort…

September Newsletter No.93

JUNE MEETING In common with the rest of June, the weather was a bit overcast and dull on the 18th when we had our all-day meeting. It certainly didn’t bring out the crowds as I think we had a grand total of three visitors to cast their…

June Newsletter No.92

MARCH MEETING Your editor was unfortunately absent at the April meeting last year when Dave Dibden first came along to give a talk on coppicing so I was looking forward to catching up and was not disappointed. This time Dave concentrated…

March Newsletter No.91

CHRISTMAS  MEETING The entries Before the judging of the competition, Roger handed over to Alan Frampton who entertained us with a game of “Pointless”. He had to explain the rules to those of us who don’t watch the TV show and it…