Metheringham Over 60's Club Update Winter 2009

Our Autumn programme of events and activities has been well received by members, including a Christmas shopping trip to Peterborough on Wednesday 11 November. By the time this edition is published, club members and invited guests will have enjoyed their annual Christmas Dinner in the village hall on Wednesday 2 December.

We inform members about our activities in various ways, including the monthly Church Magazine and this excellent magazine produced by Peter Ford. Also, via posters kindly displayed by the following:

a. Andrew's Butchers on the High Street.
b. The Frame Shop on the High Street.
c. Karen's Kuts on the High Street.
d. D. K. News on the High Street.
e. The Great Barrier Reef , fish & chip shop on Princess Margaret Avenue .
f. The Metheringham D.I.Y. Shop on Caroline Road .
g. Jenny Honisett for the Parish Council on their notice board outside the Post Office.

On behalf of the committee and members, thank you all for your help and support.

Our diary of events during the Winter months, don't hibernate, get out with a mate, as follows:

Wed 6 Jan - Ray Jones Slide Show on bee keeping. Hopefully, this will give us a bit of a buzz and stir us to provide the right kind of flowers for bees in the Spring. Just like us, they have had a bit of a recession recently and there has been a huge decrease in bee populations. In our rural economy we, more than others, are keenly aware of how important they are to pollinate crops.

Wed 13 Jan - A trip to the pantomime "Jack and the Beanstalk" at Nottingham . We will commence with a shopping trip first followed by attending the matinee performance and return home during the early evening. Take-up has been rapid, there is now a waiting list but if sufficient members and guests are interested we may be able to arrange a bigger bus.

Wed 3 Feb - Rock & Jive - a band playing lively old favourites at a reasonable volume.

Wed 3 Mar - Annual General Meeting (AGM) with a Fish & Chips supper.

Sat 6 Mar - A Coffee Morning will be held in the village hall between 1000-1130 a.m. Open to all, we have a raffle, a bric-a-brac stall including books and a cake stall. Any items for donation kindly accepted.

Current club members re-sign during April and new members are accepted during May, further details of these events will be published in the Spring Edition of this magazine. There is a waiting list for membership but you are welcome to join the list by contacting the Chairman Margaret Amos on Tel: 01526 321049

Dave Williams - Secretary