The Club produces a quarterly (usually in December, March, June, September) Newsletter which is compiled and edited by John Fletcher. The latest Newsletter is for December 2024 and can be viewed by clicking on the following link:march 2025 newsletter; the next Newsletter is due in June.
The club’s regular activities continue apace with our weekly game’s afternoons on Tuesdays and Thursday morning coffee sessions. Our monthly films are proving popular and now that we are running the film shows ourselves it means we are gradually building up a library of DVDs which members can borrow. We also have a collection of jigsaw puzzles and of books which are available for members to borrow.
Throughout 2025 we will continue with monthly bingo sessions and monthly meals for singles whether or not you are a member of the club. Afternoon teas at roughly quarterly intervals also continue – because of our membership numbers attendance at these is limited to members only; we are also in the process of altering the way that names are taken for attendance – speak to a committee member for more information.
Following the craft sessions that we put on to prepare the Christmas tree decorations it has been decided to arrange craft sessions on a trial basis as quite a few members were interested. The first two held in January and February were successful and it has been decided to arrange these on a monthly basis throughout the year.
Look out for one-off events throughout the year such as the Pancake Day lunch, Spring Fayre, boat trips and visit to Ulverscroft Grange.
At the time of writing, we have not made any firm plans for coach outings this coming year. We are looking into whether we can continue to arrange such outings and ideally would like someone to step forward to take on organising these but in the mean time we are considering possible arranging one-off trips. In fact we have now planned the first coach outing for the year on Monday 31 March and this will be to Bridgemere Nursery near Nantwich. See the poster on the events page for details but the spring flowers should be at their peak around this time so it should be a great time to visit.
Coming up in April we have our annual Spring Tea on Wednesday 9 April and then at the end of the month on Saturday 26 April we are putting on another themed evening and this one will have a Mexican theme.
This year we hope to be able to arrange at least one boat trip again – watch out for details.
Also this year sees the 80th anniversary of VE Day – it doesn’t seem long since we were celebrating the 75th anniversary! However, this time round the club is not planning anything particularly elaborate but we hope to make the coffee morning on Thursday 8 April something special.
We also have a full programme of talks throughout the year; we are very grateful to Joyce for continuing to organise these. Please do support these, they will generally be held on the 4th or 5th Wednesday of the month.