About fifty members came together for a delightful New Year lunch at the Concorde Club (on Stoneham Lane) on January 17th.

This was a delightful meal in a pleasant room, and with good company. Terry had organised it all, and although Roy had had to give his apologies, due to a bad case of something that might be flu and might or might not be infectious, he was still there in spirit, and along with a set of questions to amuse us and test our knowledge. No brainwork involved, just a good knowledge about the Group: the questions were along the lines of ‘how many demonstrations are held each year?’ I don’t think anyone was spot on with the date of the club’s fiftieth anniversary, though. (2019 – I wasn’t even in Hampshire then!)

For many of us, it was just an opportunity to get to know people we had or hadn’t met before, at events or workshops, and we had a lovely time.

Thank you to Terry, Bev, and all the committee, for their hard work in organising this and all the other amazing things we do during the year.

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