Sharon King

Our speaker this month, Heather Wylde, shared her family’s story of Love, Honour, Tragedy and Bravery.  Heather had been intrigued that little mention was made of her uncle who went missing in World War II, but neither of her parents talked much about their experiences during that time.  However, when she and her …

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Lots to talk about when we gathered back in the Village Hall this month: subscriptions, fete teas, resolution selection, coffee mornings, summer meetings and all the dates to be put on the calendar for the reading, walking, supper, lunch and breakfast clubs. Helen Jankowski bade us a fond farewell as she embarks on …

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Not quite so much on our calendars for this month, but there was still time for fun, festivities, food, fairies and farewells – all with a capital F! Our meeting this month was very informal and full of fairies – yes you did read that correctly.  As part of the evening’s fun we …

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There are so many opportunities for our members to meet up throughout the month, be it for walking, reading or eating, but we are still keen to get together at the end of the month and there was a large turn-out for this month’s meeting.  Kate Bennett began the meeting by revealing the …

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The last celebratory event on our Centenary Calendar was lunch at Esseborne Manor on 7th October.  This was a chance for our members to sit back and relax and enjoy a delicious three course meal.  Lynne Lucas, a member of the Centenary sub-Committee, had taken on the planning of the event and President …

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We started the month serving tea and cake at the fete, plenty of customers meant a lot of hard work which was well rewarded.  We also enjoyed talking to those who took an interest in our Centenary Exhibition, and were especially grateful to several visitors who helped us identify faces of past members. …

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Flushed with the success of our Centenary Tea Party we gathered back in the Village Hall later in July for our monthly meeting.  Our President gave us all a pat on the back for such a successful event and read extracts from the congratulatory thank you letters received from attendees.  Kate also reflected …

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How to celebrate our Centenary, this was the dilemma facing Aileen Catterson, Cecilia Cotton, Sue George & Sharon King (also known rather grandly as the Centenary Sub-Committee) as we met for the first time during the summer of 2016. It didn’t take long for one of the various ideas bandied around to settle …

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Thanks to the hard work of the Programme Sub-Committee we have much to look forward to in the coming year.  Kate Bennett has been busy with her paint brushes and produced a very colourful Programme for us to get all those dates marked off on the Calendar.   The topics range from the historical …

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