The monthly club report after each meet
For our first outdoor event of 2025 we pitched up at the Coombeswood Canal Trust Open Weekend in Halesowen. Despite the forecast for thunderstorms and rain, the weather wasn’t half as bad as expected and we were able to enjoy a weekend of demonstrating and talking to the public. This wasn’t the first time that…
Despite several changes to the evening we had planned, June’s club meeting offered up plenty of different ideas for enhancing and decorating members work. At the start of the meeting, Club Chairman, Mike Delves spoke about the sad passing of founding member, Pat Clarke, and of his contribution and generosity to the club. We then…
With local elections, the hottest day of the year so far, and May Day celebrations, it was good to see so many members make it to the Village Hall for our monthly meeting – thank you to everyone who turned up. We had the 3 club lathes up and running, with Tony, Trevor and Roger…
It was a pleasure to welcome Emma back to the club for our April meeting, and as usual her demonstration did not disappoint. With the Village Hall packed once more, Emma showed us how to turn a faux hollow form with a lid, and finished off by adding a coloured dragonfly to the finished piece….
It was yet another busy Thursday evening with plenty of things going on in the village hall. As usual we had the three club lathes in operation with plenty of members having a go at learning a new technique, or improving their own skills. Our experienced club members, along with our AWGB Approved Tutor, Tony…
Despite a later start than we had anticipated, due to being locked out of the hall, we had a well attended evening for our February meeting. Thankfully, when we did get into the hall the heating was on and everyone warmed up quickly. As a replacement for Wolfgang’s demonstration we had a Super Sized Hands…
2025 started with our club AGM. President John Smith welcomed everyone and explained that everything would be on screen for everyone to see. He encouraged everyone to ask questions as it was their club. Club Chairman, Mike Delves, said that 2024 had been a successful year for the club. We had excellent demonstrators visit us,…
Despite the inclement weather we had another excellent turnout of club members for our final meeting of 2024. It was a relaxed evening that gave everyone the chance to chat over a cuppa and a mince pie, followed by our now famous Christmas Raffle. Thanks to the generosity of members, there were plenty of prizes…
What better way to conclude our 2024 demonstrations, and premier our new demonstration equipment, than to have Steve Gordon demonstrate how he creates his thin stemmed laburnum flowers. Steve has recently displayed his flowers at the AWGB Seminar, and had a set purchased by the Daniels Collection, so we were privileged to have him show…
At our November meeting we proudly unveiled our new demonstration set up to club members. Mike Delves opened the meeting and explained to everyone that it had been a longstanding wish of the committee to replace our old equipment, which was no longer fit for purpose. Mike said that the club had received a donation…