by Susan Kidd | Oct 18, 2022 | News
Matthew Tagney explained that a ‘Liberty’ was a mediaeval term for an area that fell outside both parish and county boundaries and was owned by a local lord of the manor. (This offered him the enormous advantage of paying no tax on its income.) ...
by Susan Kidd | Sep 27, 2022 | News
Our very own Linda Farrand, member of the Club, was our speaker on 14th September 2022. She is, with her husband, the founder of the Guild of Fine Food which organises, amongst many other things, the World Cheese Awards. We opened our meeting with a few words from our...
by Susan Kidd | Aug 16, 2022 | News
On a lovely sunny day in mid-July more than twenty of us in our summer frocks, sunhats andsunglasses met at Keyneston Mill, a 50-acre estate in the Tarrant Valley to explore thebotanical gardens, find out a little about the world of fragrance and discover another...
by Susan Kidd | Jul 18, 2022 | News
What could be more welcoming on a warm sunny day but to be met by a smile, hand made canapes and a glass of cool prosecco on the decking of this elegant tennis club? The draped, hand crafted, bunting gave the surroundings a relaxed festive vibe to the proceedings....
by Susan Kidd | Jun 23, 2022 | News
About 30 members gathered at The Stapleton Arms in May for a delicious lunch and a fascinating talk by Denise Ryan Edwards. Our appetites had been whetted by an interview Denise gave to Kerry of “This is Alfred” a couple of weeks beforehand, and which resulted in two...