Friendship Group Invites YOU to a great evening out

Maidenhead URC runs a very successful and vibrant friendship group and the question has arisen
  "What is a friendship group, and what do they do?"
Well. this particular group started out quite a few years ago as a young mothers group and over the years transformed itself as other people joined and husbands came along too, to meet and have a social evening that includes guest speakers, quizzes, short walks and rambles, visits to various stately homes and other places of interest, and attending theatre productions and shows.
currently we have an attendance of about forty people when we meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month.
The meetings generally take place in the church hall and begin at 8pm.
We have had some very interesting speakers over the past year who have entertained us with talks and slide shows, films and music, even aviation.

I apologise for the delay in releasing our 2012 programme, but I hope that by the time you read this you will already have made a firm note in your diary of at least some of the events!
Our first gathering of the year in January was for Geoff Roberts with “The building and restoration of Westminster Abbey”. We had a good audience, which included several visitors who we look forward to seeing again. Geoff had been involved in the last four years of the restoration project, and you can see his initials in the new stained glass window that commemorates the restoration. His close involvement really made the slides, talk and small exhibition come alive – it was excellent and fascinating. Next time you have the chance to visit Westminster Abbey – take your binoculars with you to look at the carved animals on the buttresses – there are many surprises. The faith, planning, fundraising, skills etc needed for such a huge project on the first build and the subsequent restoration was amazing. The task we have at West Street, by comparison, is just a walk in the park!
On Wednesday, 1 February at 8pm, we will learn about a different restoration project when Allan Machon will tell us about The Didcot Railway Centre. I think most of us have a nostalgic soft spot for steam trains, so hope to see a good audience for this evening and again some new faces – all welcome!
Wednesday, 15 February at 7.45pm, we will be joining the Grimm Players at the Desborough Suite, Town Hall for their production of Sweet Charity. Pam Breen has charge of the sign up list in the link, with last orders to join the party on Wednesday, 1 February. Again – all welcome!

Audrey Finch