2025 MEETING REVIEWS

JULY ......

For our Birthday meeting our speaker/entertainer for the evening was Robin Maddy, Magician, who entertained us with a variety of impressive magic tricks, on occasion with audience participation. He also gave us his background on how he became a magician with his fascination of magic starting from a very young age and continuing throughout his life even whilst having an army career.

JUNE ......

Our speakers for June were Karen and Jo from Lily and Myrtle flowers based at the Mayford Centre. They treated us to a masterclass in arranging flowers readily available in supermarkets is a variety of containers including a vintage glass bowl. After the beak, Ellen gave a brief talk on national Big Green Week celebrating community action to tackle climate change and project nature.

MAY ......

A wide variety of topics were covered at our May meeting. Jill gave an update on the resolution being put forward for this year 'Bystanders can be Lifesavers" and after grup discussions, Helen took feedback from the groups. Members voted unanimously to support this years resolution. Sheila gave a short talk on coming back from Australia with her two young daughters as a follow up to her previous talk on going to Australia as a £50 Pom. This was followed by our annual Eileen Service Memorial Plate competition and members were asked to bring a home-made Courgette cake. Jill and Jan congratulated the six members who took part and announced Helena as the winner. An enjoyable evening was had by all.

APRIL ......

For our April meeting we invited Malcolm Wells MBE, to come along and give us a talk entitled"So Far So Good". He spoke about his 24 years experience in the Army as a musician playing the cello on state occasions and banquets at Kensington and Buckingham Palace and entertained us with some very amusing stories.

MARCH .......

Julie led a fun craft activity evening creating Easter chicks using wool and other materials with the added bonus of a creme egg to put in them. A chatty and enjoyable evening was had by all.

FEBRUARY .......

Our speaker for February was Sarah Slater who gave an interesting and hilarious talk on Secrets, Scandal and Salacious Gossip of the Royal Court 1660-1830.

JANUARY .......

We began our first meeting of 2025 with three short quizes just for fun. This was followed by Committee members outlining details of the shortlist of this years' resolutions to be put forward to the Federation's Annual Meeting. This was followed by further discussions and Members were asked to complete their own resolution form which will be sent to Federation. Jill then highlighted an invitation from Surrey Federation to a 'Let's Dance' event taking place on Sunday 2nd March at Woking Leisure Centre in support of a national event founded by Angela Rippon.