what we've been up to...
OUTINGS
Backstage tour of Bristol Hippodrome
Tour of Marshfield Ice Cream Farm
Tour of Marshfield Bakery
'Buddy' at The Bristol Hippodrome
Tour of BBC Bristol Studios
Day out at Bowood House and Gardens
Lunch at The Folly
Christmas Dinner at Grasmere Court Hotel
Mezze At The Green Dragon, Downend
Bristol Packet Boat & Train Ride
Tour of Marshfield Ice Cream Farm
Tour of Marshfield Bakery
'Buddy' at The Bristol Hippodrome
Tour of BBC Bristol Studios
Day out at Bowood House and Gardens
Lunch at The Folly
Christmas Dinner at Grasmere Court Hotel
Mezze At The Green Dragon, Downend
Bristol Packet Boat & Train Ride
ENTERTAINMENT
Mike Craske of Backwell - Songs from the 50s and 60s
Francis Burroughes - Seated One Day at the Organ
A Festive Christmas with Richard & Sarah - A dynamic musical duo
The Decade Dolls
Francis Burroughes - Seated One Day at the Organ
A Festive Christmas with Richard & Sarah - A dynamic musical duo
The Decade Dolls
WORKSHOPS/DEMO'S
Creating fabric pine cone decorations - Wendy Campbell
Bojan Indian Cookery Demonstration - Geeta
Crochet lesson
Origami Workshop - Judith Laing
Cupcake Demonstration - Sheila Pinney
Vegan Cookery Demonstration - Angela Morgan
Modern Jive lesson - Cloud 9 Jive
Homemade Chocolates Demonstration - Nicola Eaton, The Really Expensive Chocolate Company
Bojan Indian Cookery Demonstration - Geeta
Crochet lesson
Origami Workshop - Judith Laing
Cupcake Demonstration - Sheila Pinney
Vegan Cookery Demonstration - Angela Morgan
Modern Jive lesson - Cloud 9 Jive
Homemade Chocolates Demonstration - Nicola Eaton, The Really Expensive Chocolate Company
speakers
The Bells of Frenchay Church - Alan Freke Frenchay Village Museum
Blood Bikes - Freewheelers EVS Blood Bikes
My journey to the Weakest Link - Linda Dowsett
Who was Amelia Edwards? - Bristol Blue Plaques
Backpacking around NZ and the South Pacific - Mike & Linda Reeves
My life and work at the Royal School of Needlework - Clare Clensy of Vine Embroidery
Bristol Soup Run Trust - Martyn Poole
Love on the Nile - Linda Dowsett
Holidays Afloat - Susan Marshfield
Great Western Air Ambulance
Phil Collard - From wheelchair to Ironman and beyond - Honeybones Charity
Philip Unwin - The SS Great Britain, the Concorde of her Day
Alison Spurrell - St Peters Hospice Knutty Knitters
Karen Lowe - Effortless Personal Style
Sandy Bateman - The Bronte Sisters 'Dispelling Myths'
Project One25
Shaun McCormack - The Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
Barry Edwards - The Early History of Penguin Books
Emma Britton, BBC Radio Bristol presenter - The Radio Guest Who Never Went Home
Sarah Harris - The Marie Antoinette Guide to Farming
Kim Jackson - Climbing and Trekking, how did I get here?
Dudley Thomas - My Life in Crime
RNLI
Maggie Glastonbury - My Olympic Torchbearer Experience
Judi Wray-Bliss - 18th Century Bath, The Season
Richard Cornock - The Funky Farmer
Elaine Miles - An original story teller
Ian Caskie - The history of the SS Great Britain
Peter Chaplin - Police dog handler
Sarah Harris - The history of knitting
John Gingell - Chocolate making, from bean to bar
Nativities from around the World
Sarah Byfield - The Bake a Smile Project
Daphne Atkinson - Royal Wedding Dresses
Paul Incledon - Search & Rescue Assistance in Disasters (SARAID)
Alan Hale - The Musings of a Retired Policeman
Victoria Humphries - Expedition to the North Pole
Jane Duffus - Remarkable Bristol Women
Chris Westlake - Heavenly Hedgerows
Blood Bikes - Freewheelers EVS Blood Bikes
My journey to the Weakest Link - Linda Dowsett
Who was Amelia Edwards? - Bristol Blue Plaques
Backpacking around NZ and the South Pacific - Mike & Linda Reeves
My life and work at the Royal School of Needlework - Clare Clensy of Vine Embroidery
Bristol Soup Run Trust - Martyn Poole
Love on the Nile - Linda Dowsett
Holidays Afloat - Susan Marshfield
Great Western Air Ambulance
Phil Collard - From wheelchair to Ironman and beyond - Honeybones Charity
Philip Unwin - The SS Great Britain, the Concorde of her Day
Alison Spurrell - St Peters Hospice Knutty Knitters
Karen Lowe - Effortless Personal Style
Sandy Bateman - The Bronte Sisters 'Dispelling Myths'
Project One25
Shaun McCormack - The Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
Barry Edwards - The Early History of Penguin Books
Emma Britton, BBC Radio Bristol presenter - The Radio Guest Who Never Went Home
Sarah Harris - The Marie Antoinette Guide to Farming
Kim Jackson - Climbing and Trekking, how did I get here?
Dudley Thomas - My Life in Crime
RNLI
Maggie Glastonbury - My Olympic Torchbearer Experience
Judi Wray-Bliss - 18th Century Bath, The Season
Richard Cornock - The Funky Farmer
Elaine Miles - An original story teller
Ian Caskie - The history of the SS Great Britain
Peter Chaplin - Police dog handler
Sarah Harris - The history of knitting
John Gingell - Chocolate making, from bean to bar
Nativities from around the World
Sarah Byfield - The Bake a Smile Project
Daphne Atkinson - Royal Wedding Dresses
Paul Incledon - Search & Rescue Assistance in Disasters (SARAID)
Alan Hale - The Musings of a Retired Policeman
Victoria Humphries - Expedition to the North Pole
Jane Duffus - Remarkable Bristol Women
Chris Westlake - Heavenly Hedgerows
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