The beauty of the changing seasons was brought to us by Gordon Taylor as he once again delighted us with a most spectacular slide show; 40 minutes – not a word spoken, but accompanied by classical music underlining each of their characters – kept us all very close to God’s wonderful nature.
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One of last month’s highlights was unquestionably a very lively and varied presentation of poetry by Bethan Kain and Marie Hill, all helped by appropriate props and costumes. They held us spellbound throughout.
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Aidrian Shakeshaft made a very welcome return visit during December when he delighted us with a wide range of festive Christmas songs and carols – from “White Christmas” to “Hark, the Herald Angels” – who could resist not joining in?!
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Last month’s highlight was a fascinating presentation by Susanna Grunsell of the large variety of garden birds, with a challenging quiz on recorded bird songs.
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To keep memories of the past summer alive, Janet and Juergen shared with us their memories of their cruise on the Blue Danube.
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After the summer break we are looking forward to a new session with a varied programme arranged by our programme secretary, Ian Haines.
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Don Balkwill took us back to our younger years with the help of a fascinating display and quiz of gadgets that in some cases had been long forgotten. Perhaps you may be able to identify one or the other. Sorry, no prizes.
Nigel Warwick (Thanks for the photo, Nigel!) provided a definite highlight during May with his fascinating and most interesting talk on the life-saving service that Blood Bikes provide to help the NHS in times of a medical crisis. During the night and over weekends motorcycle dispatch riders deliver all sorts of vital commodities between hospitals throughout the country at no cost to the NHS.
The beauty of our county was brought to us last month in Gordon Taylor’s superb presentation A-Z Villages in Herefordshire. 40 minutes of stunning photographs accompanied by well-chosen music – and not a single word spoken. We were truly spell-bound.
Musical presentations are always very popular with our members, so it was no surprise that The Hop Pickers Feast had little trouble in getting our feet tapping and us joining in with a number of their folk songs.