Activity Groups' Reports from AGM 2018-19
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The first
group opened last year at Sheila Plant’s home and later another group met in
Gill Rutter’s. Both groups are
flourishing and a third group has started in Sanderstead led by Jean Dobbs and
Joan Farmer. A new group is always
welcomed. It is great fun and good for
our little grey cells.
Literary
Group
May: Eventually, after much dithering by me, the literary
group got together, albeit over two separate days. We agreed that to begin with
we would select a fairly ‘light’ read just to see how everything went. So the
first choice of book, ‘And Then There Were None’ by Agatha Christie, was
distributed along with the comments form. July: This month’s book was ‘Pompeii’ by Robert
Harris and was well received by the majority of the group. August: This month’s book was ‘Tales of the
City’ by Armistead Maupin which was generally not well received. September:
Everyone very pleased with this month’s choice, ‘The Island’ by Victoria
Hislop. October: This
month’s book which was ‘Whistling for the Elephants’ by Sandi Toksvig. was
disappointing as we all expected something better from her. November This month’s book was ‘Rivers of
London’ by Ben Aaronovitch, and the group
expressed interest in a trip up to Covent Garden as the book is based in
and around that area. December: No
meeting but this month’s book was ‘The Return’ by Victoria Hislop which was
enjoyed. January: We had a nice trip up to Covent Garden and
visited St Paul’s Church, otherwise known as the Actor’s Church. We then had a
lovely lunch before returning home, a good day had by all. February: We discussed ‘Mary Barton’ by Elizabeth Gaskell which some people found hard going, and one member
wrote a precis of it. March: The book to be discussed at our next meeting is ‘What a Carve Up’ by Jonathon Coe. New members are always welcome.
Drama
In the
last two or three years the drama group has increased in numbers to 12 or 13
and the commitment to the group has been very good. Although working hard at our rehearsals we
also have much merriment which makes our rehearsals very enjoyable. We thank Heather who for many years has run
this group and given many memorable performances, especially of Joyce Grenfell,
and provides us with her home and tea and biscuits. Last Autumn the group presented a selection
of Pam Ayres’ poems directed by Sheila and the audience showed their
appreciation of the well-loved collection.
Today our play is called ‘Bus Stop’ and I hope you will all enjoy
it.
Lunch Club
This is, and has been,
one of our Guild’s success stories. It
was suggested by Yvonne Smith about ten years ago, and although I was the first
organiser, Jean Dobbs took over the reins and had the enthusiasm to make it a
very popular part of our monthly activities.
During the past 12 months she organised visits to nine restaurants, many
being favourites, and the occasional new or not recently visited location. Any member is welcome to join the ladies who
lunch and the numbers taking advantage of these occasions have remained fairly
constant over the past 12 months. I
would like to thank Jean on behalf of everyone who has participated in and
enjoyed these outings, and also thank members who have given lifts to those who
would have found the journeys difficult.
I know that these small kindnesses have been very much appreciated. A new organiser is no doubt waiting in the
wings.
Quilting
We are a new group. At present our group consists of six
people. Recently we have been making a
banner showing things to do with Selsdon, and are also making bunting to use at
events. This shows things we do at the Guild. Sheila added
that the group had made a quilt which was to be sold at the handicraft stall. Every member of the group made a square and
Maureen Stagg put them all together.
Knit
and Natter
We are a
small group with between four and eight members who meet on the second Monday
in the month at 10.15. I have one or
two more chairs if anyone would like to join us. We have continued to knit for the shoe boxes
and other charities, also for our craft stall.
The Natter part is also important.
The click of needles accompanying the exchange of news, lots of tips and
many a laugh. The contributions needed
for the shoe boxes this year may change as I understand there is to be a change
of charity which Pam will explain when
all is finalised. In the
meantime she asks us to keep knitting long, warm scarves and, if you are good
with large size gloves (oh those fingers!) these would also be welcome. Scarves are easy: no tricky patters and it is surprising how
quickly they grow. So, ladies, keep
knitting.
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