What a great night we had with a visit from England's Glory Ladies Morris. We had an interesting talk on the history of Morris Dancing, the regional differences and the varied dances they performed. They kindly performed some of their dances and afterwards they encouraged us to join in with some of their dances. I’m glad to report no injuries were sustained from the clapping of our sticks despite some near misses. We thank England’s Glory Ladies for their patience in teaching us their dances; I think I can say on behalf of all members on the night we had a lot of fun. Please check out their website at : www.englandsglory.org.uk or their Facebook page, they’re very keen for new members.
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Amelia gave us a fascinating talk on how to go about researching your family history, using her own experience of discovering her own family history. Amelia has traced her family back to the 17th century, and she has been researching her family history for over 24 years.
She also explained how DNA tests have helped her to solve some of her genealogical questions. She also pointed out the potential risks of using DNA tests in researching your family history can throw up some unexpected findings. Amelia is about to launch her family history business Family Tree Café, www.familytreecafe.co.uk, we wish her every success for her new business. At March's meeting David Bailey, a world class wildlife photographer gave us a captivating talk on the stories behind some of his stunning wildlife photos. David gave us plenty of personal anecdotes about getting the perfect shot as well as lots of interesting facts about the wildlife he photographed.
HH's second outing was a walk up May Hill on a beautiful sunny day, they were rewarded with some awesome views.
At February's meeting Dr Jane Monckton-Smith, a Senior Lecturer at Gloucestershire University gave us an excellent, down to earth talk on coercive control and homicide, explaining the 8 stages of domestic homicide, citing briefly some of her case studies of coercive and controlling partners who had killed their partners. Unfortunately we ran out of time to hear about some of her case studies in more detail. We enjoyed her talk so much we're hoping Jane will return to speak to us again.
At September's meeting, we had an interesting talk from the Neighbourhood Watch lead and a local coordinator. Along with some helpful crime prevention tips, we learned how Neighbourhood Watch is organised and found out more about how to join and get involved.
For our August meeting, we had a choice of a lovely evening walk up Nut Hill or playing some garden games at our Garden Party. A great time had by all, enjoying the sunshine before the rain arrived!
This month the Craft Clubbers have been busy making beautiful paper flowers - our Craft Clubbers are a very creative bunch and always interested in finding new crafts to try and always willing to help if you're new to crafts...Take a look at the Clubs page to find out what they're trying next...
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February 2021
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