All photos from this month's activities are available to view on the front page of the website.
Roundup
For our May meeting we were visited by a Sheffield TV celebrity Howard Middleton,
a former contestant on ‘Bake Off’. Howard is a very humorous speaker, who told us
about his total experience of being a contestant.
Ladies of the Forge do Bake Off: We had an impressive number and variety of
bakes in our very own competition. Howard was kind enough to judge our entries,
taking time to look closely at each one and have a small taste.
1st Prize - Shelagh Harris
2nd Prize - Gillian Wagner
3rd Prize - Penny Bradbury
Congratulations to our winners and all those who took part!
Cake Rota
June - Pat Roebuck, Carolyn Jenkinson, Gill Ware
July - Sue Coldwell, Gillians Wagner, Sue Hudson, Linda Barnes
Craft Corner
D-Day landings 80th Anniversary on Thursday 6 July. Hopefully our knitted poppies are somewhere out there with the Stand by Heroes displays.
We will continue to work on our own projects and start to make items for sale our summer
and Christmas table top sales. Zig Zag scarves are well underway for the Christmas markets!
For future Craft and Natter dates see 'What's on'
Book Group
Our monthly book group is always lovely and entertaining. This month's book was Charlotte
Gray by Sebastian Faulks. Whilst we all appreciated that the author is a clever writer, it was a
long hard book to get into with too much detail. The main character- Charlotte was not a likeable character. The ending was weak and predictable. The book sparked some discussions of our families and their recounts of WW1 and WW2 and made us wonder how many future generations will remember the importance of the wars. The book scored 5.5/10
June - Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
July - The Defence by Steve Cavanagh
August - A three dog problem by S J Bennett
For future Book Group dates see 'What's On'
Outings
In May we had some great walks. Our first was a walk round Sheffield General Cemetery where Steve told us of people buried there and their connections with Sheffield. We found the Grave of the Cole brothers and the grave of the man who invented Liquorice Allsorts.
The second was a fabulous walk in the sunshine along the 5 weirs learning about the
industrial heritage of Sheffield. Who knew that there was such a peaceful walk in a
busy city and a sighting of a Kingfisher!
Future Outings
Porter Plod - Monday 3 June 18.00 - 21.00. Meet at Hunters Bar roundabout for a walk and
history talk up the Porter Valley/ Approximately 4 miles.
Prisoner of War Camp - Thursday 13th June 6pm
This is a short walk and visit to the site of the prisoner of war camp in Sheffield. Steve will be
our guide for the evening. The cost is £5 per person which goes to Weston Park Hospital.
There may be the option of a walk round Redmires reservoir for some more history of the area.
Wentworth Woodhouse Visit - Sunday 16th June
We have a group visit to Wentworth to look round the house and gardens. We’ll also get
some lunch there. This is a reduced price of £10.50 per person. Numbers for this will have
been confirmed but if you would like to go, please contact Gill and we can see if we can add
you on.
We plan to meet at the entrance from the car park at 10am. This will give us time for a
wander and a coffee before our tour at 11:30. This may change so a WhatsApp group will be
set up for this outing where we can share details and link up for car shares.
New Outings
Bishops House Tour - Monday 15th July 7pm
This is a guided tour of the house, the tour will last about an hour. We plan to go to the Cross Scythes pub after for a drink and a natter, The cost for this outing is £3 per person payable on the night.
Cutlers Hall Tour - Monday 23rd September
We have the option of a basic tour (£10), tour with tea and biscuits (£15) and tour with
afternoon tea (£25) . Please state your preference when booking.
Yorkshire Chocolate Festival - Saturday 19th October 10am at the Double Tree Meadow
head/Norton.
We get two hours to look round stalls all about chocolate. You will need to buy your own
ticket for this. (Approx £6) then book the event on the website so we can all meet up.
Leeds Library Visit - Saturday 9th November
We plan a day trip to Leeds to visit the library, maybe do some shopping and have lunch. We can have up to 12 people to visit the library. The cost for the library visit is £120 split between however many people go. You will need to buy your own train ticket when we confirm details nearer the time.
All outings can be booked online or with Nik and Gill at the Outings Table at our next
meeting. Friends and family are welcome to join us on any outing.
Monthly Coffee Morning's
Following the creation of the Social Whats App group we had our first coffee morning meet up organised by Carolyn Kirby, on Monday 13 May at Martha’s on Terminus Rd, Millhouses. We had coffee and some people treated themselves to a lovely scone, whilst chatting.
Our next meet up will be Monday 10 June at 10am. We have a table
booked at The Brook Abbeydale Rd, Millhouses. Why not join our WhatsApp group to be kept in the loop.
Charity
Thank you ladies for the food bank collection at our May meeting. This was delivered to Grace Food Bank, Jackie the Manager was very appreciative.
Things needed regularly - Tinned Food (tinned meat, fish, vegetables, soups and puddings),
Pasta, Jars of Pasta Sauce, Instant mashed potato, Rice, Breakfast Cereal , UHT Milk, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Biscuits, Snacks.
Currently shortest of as of 9 May - Breakfast Cereal, Instant Mashed potato, Microwave rice, Tinned fish, Pasta Sauce, Fruit Squash/Fruit Juice, UHT Milk, Laundry Powder/Capsules, Toilet Roll, Biscuits
Summer Fair Fundraising
Tombola Prizes & gift bags needed
We are particularly short of things for men
We also need more gift bags, particularly bottle bags please The committee and some fundraising volunteers will be collating all the bags Saturday 29 June prior to Woodseats festival and Laycocks Day, so please get any donations to a member of the committee before then please
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