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Roundup
At the November meeting ‘The New Forge Dance Troupe’ were put through their paces learning a routine from a Broadway production by the founder of Love to Dance.
4 December: Christmas Party - Everyone is welcome including prospective members. Please bring a savoury or sweet dish (shop bought or homemade), also a wrapped bauble or small gift to the value of £3. Christmas jumper, hat, earrings optional!
NB: Next meeting is Wednesday 8th January - Gill Cosford from Clay Creations.
Cake Rota
No cake rota as we will all be bringing sweet or savoury dishes as above
Craft Corner
We will continue to work on trauma bears or Little hats for the time being.
Craft Group meetings
Friday - 6 December - 1.30 Laycocks
Monday - 9 December- 7.30 The Robin Hood Pub
Friday - 20 December - 1.30 Laycocks
Monday 23 December-7.30 The Robin Hood Pub
Monday - 6 January 2025 - 7.30 The Robin Hood Pub
Book Group
This month's book group meeting was our Christmas meal at Kia’s Pastaria, where we all enjoyed a lovely Italian meal. We did discuss our book The Thread by Victoria Hissop for once we were all in agreement that we thoroughly enjoyed the book and scored it 9/10 our book of the year! We also exchanged wrapped books as Christmas gifts.
Next meeting - 18 December 7.30pm Laycocks when we will be discussing The Murder Game by Tom Hindle
Book Group meetings - 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm at Laycocks Sports Club. For full details see Upcoming Books
Outings Roundup
Chesterfield Observatory Visit-Monday 18th November 7pm.
Unfortunately, this had to be cancelled due to the bad weather. The Observatory is fully booked for this year and into early next year. I will try and put another visit to the observatory in the 2025 calendar. Everyone is welcome to visit the observatory on Friday evenings for a cost of £2 per person.
Please note - we did not have to pay for this visit so I will have full refunds available for everyone who booked at December meeting. Please pick up your bag with your name on it. Some members have suggested giving their fee to the observatory as they are a charity too. I’ll leave a pot on the outings table for anyone who wants to do this. Any money left on the table at the end of the December meeting will go to the observatory charity.
Haddon Hall Christmas market Friday 29th November - a group of us paid our annual visit to Haddon Christmas market on a cold but sunny day, giving us an opportunity to view the house and gardens at a much reduced price, There were a lot more stalls than previously, but some favourite stalls were not in attendance. Beer and gin tasting was once again a popular pursuit.
Future Outings
All members, friends and prospective members are invited onto any of the outings. The outings should be booked via
the website
or by sending Gill a WhatsApp message on 07905922905
Once you have booked an outing, if you need to cancel or change anything, please let Gill know via WhatsApp. If you get a thumbs up to your message, it means I have seen it.
When you have booked on an event via the website, you will get an email to confirm your booking. Save this email as it contains all the trip details, if you don’t receive an email, please contact Gill to confirm. Thank you.
For all outings that state “please book your own ticket”, you need to RSVP to the outing on the website as well as booking your own ticket so Gill knows you are going. This helps arrange car shares and ensure the outing can start on time.
Outings for 2025 are being put on the website as I book them. Where it states book your own ticket and RSVP on the website, it is important to do this. Some may be popular and will sell out due to limited number of places available, so keep an eye on the website. As the saying goes, if you snooze, you lose!
For the 2025 outings programme, Gill will organise
1 x day outing each month from March to October
1 x evening outing each month from March to November
1 x meal out to a different cuisine every other month
If there are any other outings you wish to organise yourselves, Nik and Gill will help you put them on the website.
If you have any questions, please talk to Gill or WhatsApp Gill on 07905922905
For future outings see Upcoming Outings, book online or at the Outings Desk
Charity
Our next food bank collection will be at the December meeting. If possible please include a festive treat such as nice biscuits, Christmas cake, christmas pudding, chocolates. Now that the weather is getting colder and winter fuel bills will bite more, the food bank has experienced a 33% rise in those needing help throughout the winter.
Christmas Fair Fundraising
Henleigh Hall Christmas fair Saturday 16 November - we held a book stall raising £40. 82 thanks to Carolyn, Sue, Jan & Jo (from Earl Shilton WI) for manning the stall and Pat for paying us a visit.
Terminus road Millhouses Christmas Market Saturday 23 November - what an awful day weather wise! Needless to say we went ahead not quite as planned, but braved the heavy rain and strong winds. Considering the poor turnout and having to pack up early for safety reasons we raised an amazing £232.50 plus a little more from items being sold during this last week. All the craft things left over and the tombola (which wasn't even put out) will be used at Lowedges School fair in December.
Holy Trinity Christmas Fair Saturday 30 November. We held a craft stall at Holy Trinity which was well attended during the morning selling handmade items. We raised £333 in total. Any items left will be on sale at Wednesday's Christmas party.
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