Welcome to our web page
We are a friendly and active group and we meet on the third Monday of each month (except August) in Houghton Village Hall (SO20 6LP) at 7.30pm. Visitors are made very welcome, and we pride ourselves on our refreshments! We celebrated our Centenary in 2018 and are now proud to be 101!
We take part in the County Skittles and Darts competitions and Quiz, and we also have outings to theatres, gardens or other places of interest to our members. Our Programme for the scond half of 2019 includes an outing to Wilton House and Garden in June, a “Behind the Scenes” tour of Salisbury Theatre (plus a play) in September, and a trip to Avebury Manor in October. In the first half of 2020 we are planning a tour of a vast distribution centre in Solstice Park, Amesbury. For dates of meetings and upcoming speakers, please see below.
We run a Lunch Club and Book Club which both meet monthly – the first to sample local eating-places and the second to provide an informal forum for discussing a wide variety of books, suggested by the members. We also run an occasional Walking Club, usually involving a circular walk with a visit to an eatery along the way!
For further information, please contact the current President, Jane Anderton, on 01264 810 928
Programme
17 June 2019
- Summer Garden Meeting (in place of usual monthly meeting) – Visit to Wilton House and Garden
15 July 2019
- Talk – Windsor Castle
- Speaker – Jake Simpkin
16 September 2019
- Talk – Bollywood Dance (with audience participation!)
- Speaker – Hannah Murphy
21 October 2019
- Speaker – Sarah Williams
Outing – 26 October 2019
- Visit to Avebury Manor, Wiltshire
18 November 2019
- Talk – English Civil War in Hampshire
- Speaker – Alistair Dougall
9 December 2019
- Christmas Open Meeting
- A Murder Mystery Evening!
20 January 2020
- Talk – Introduction to Silk Painting (everyone will have time to create two small paintings)
- Speaker – Deborah Wheeler
17 February 2020
- Talk – Life in the Courts as a Barrister and Judge
- Speaker – Guy Boney
16 March 2020
- Talk – Beyond the Veil – A British woman in 1970’s Iran
- Speaker – Sandra Simmonds
20 April 2020
- Talk – Beatrix Potter – Dispelling myths and preconceptions
- Speaker – David Stocks
20 May 2020
- AGM and Resolutions
- Plus “Show & Tell” – 3 min presentations by members