Our new look Ukulele Group is proving to be a success. The majority of us are now downloading the song books from the internet, saving time and money.
The formula of a playlist followed by “Group Members Choice” is proving successful.
If you feel you would like to become a member why not come and listen sometime, you might enjoy it!
Contact the group leader for details –
Phil Attenborough
Whenever possible members of the litter picking group have been active during March.
One such member collected half a bag full of beer bottles and cans but couldn’t carry it any further so he deposited it in a litter bin in Linby. He also found a car jack, a car tyre and ¼ of a car bumper and is now looking for the rest of it so he can build a new car for himself. Oh and he also found an empty Viagra packet – someone must have been pretty desperate!
If you are inspired by these findings (!) please feel free to join the group.
Val (Gant)
March again had a good number attending and we all enjoyed tasting two savoury recipes. As it was near to Easter we also had mini egg cookies, very sweet and indulgent!
In April the meeting is on 22nd at 10.30 to 12.00 in the church hall for St Peter and St Paul’s on Ruffs Drive. We have just 3 spaces left in the group, so if anyone wants to join us, you are very welcome, please contact me.
Anne Wilkinson
Last month’s meeting was a talk from the NGS online about Kiftsgate, a garden in the Cotswolds that has been nurtured and looked after by three generations of ladies from the same family. Each generation has respected the ideas and plans of the previous incumbents but have also developed and added their own ideas and interests. It looks well worth a visit if you are in that part of the country and can be found quite close to Hidcote gardens.
This month’s meeting will be a talk entitled “A Blue Garden”, and surprisingly there are a large number of blue flowers to be found. There will also be a plant swap at this meeting, so if you have any you want to share or are interested in adding to your own plot, please come along at the usual time and place, all are welcome.
We will also be taking names and monies for our next trip, in May, to Packwood House in Warwickshire.
Anne
In March we enjoyed two, well attended, Broomhill meals arranged to celebrate the birthdays of Kay, Margaret (Whilde), Pam and Eunice.
The Easter weekend saw us at Keycraft sorting out seasonal plants for the garden while the York Designer shopping outlet proved very tempting on the 6th of April.
A group of us were intrigued by a talk offered at the Djanogly, Lakeside Arts Centre on the 9th of April, this related to the lives of women during the miners’ strikes of the 1980s. The stories were collected as part of the research being carried out by the speaker, Dr Lisa McKenzie.
Lindsay Smith