Report from Susan Willats - click here to see photos of the group >

Despite some murky Monday evenings, our 32 members have enjoyed our monthly meetings which always provide a welcome opportunity to catch up with one another over a cup of tea or coffee (and, hush hush, the odd chocolate biscuit, thanks to Jan!) 

At our February meeting, Lawrence Flatman had only a short way to come to visit us and share his delightful reminiscences, including some of the characters he has met along the way and his happy years spent at Blooms.  We heard about   all the preparation that went on  behind the scenes in order to achieve the ultimate accolade - winning a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Our next meeting will be this Monday, 19th  March when  we are looking forward to a visit from Tom Tyler who will be giving a talk with the intriguing title “One for the Pot” about his missionary work in the Solomon Islands.  On 16th April the AGM comes round once again (can it really be a year?) when we look forward to some new faces  joining our committee to bring with them some fresh ideas.  Our committee during this past year, as ever, have worked hard and enjoyed themselves too.

Looking all the way forward to 21st May, our speaker will be David Eddershaw who will tell us about “The Real Larkrise”, so in the meantime we will hopefully have the chance to re-read  Flora Thompson's wonderful book about her country childhood.