A fairly brief session of
business matters in October which included taking deposits for the Christmas
meal at the Mendip Inn on Mon 2nd Dec and reminders about the Wells
Carol service and the shoe box appeal. There was information about the county
meeting in Taunton on the 23rd Nov which would include an autumn
wreath competition, a Denman Dip and the issuing of sheets for the annual Christmas
quiz.
Members had brought a lot of
items for the “bring and buy” and we were encouraged to buy what we could,
although Mary would take anything left to a charity shop.
We then got on to the main
theme of the evening which was “Back to School” Several tables had been set out
with school related activities on such as colouring in, indoor games and even
an exam. We went round in groups of 4 or 5 taking a turn with everything. Many
of us found things like balancing a book on our head or answering mathematical
problems pretty tricky. Thankfully it was all just for fun! When everyone had
tried them all there was a “show and tell” session where many members had
brought photos of their school days and some old items of uniform and
entertained us with the memories they triggered..
