When I arrived at the Tea Rooms for a little meeting with representatives of the Garden Society, who were eager to help feature their group in the diary, Emma Harrison ushered me into the side dining room with a table…
Category: Organisation
The film club . . .
Liz Sandison sends me a few notes about the Allendale Village Hall Film Club, to which I’ve added some reminiscences of my own . . . The film club has been in existence for nearly fifteen years. It was started…
Easter break: what to do?
I’m afraid that I remember school breaks mostly as another series of normal work days, personally, but the other family members of course were ensconced at home, wondering what on earth to do? By the time we were both working…
Allendale Cricket Club
Although the Cricket Club is thriving once again, apparently it was in dire straits some four years ago, according to their recent promotional video tweeted and presented just at the moment on their official website. It’s certainly true that the…
The Challenge is on!
On this the 30th anniversary of the Allendale Challenge, staging and preparative work will have begun at Allendale Village Hall on Friday afternoon, and registration for the fell runners/walkers/participants will be taking place from 7:00 early morning today. I’d bet…
Knit & Crochet, or Natter if you like
Allen Valleys Knit & Crochet Group Meetings: Every Friday 10:00am to 12:30pm at Catton Village Hall Christine Downie, Secretary, writes to chat about this friendly group: ‘It’s hard to define what makes a good social group, but I hope the…
Allendale Sports Club
Nestled into the fields at Allen Mill, just on the boundary with Catton, the Sports Ground looks as if it’s always been there, but in fact it’s only a little ways off its fifteenth birthday. I remember some of the…
First Quarter Thoughts
So that’s the first 90 days gone now — maybe it’s time for a bit of reflection on where we’ve come from, and where we’re going with this effort. Well, a bit of statistics first I guess: 90 individual entries;…
The Drama Group AGM
I promised I’d get back to chat about the Drama Group in time for their AGM, and I’ve kept the lovely Sleeping Beauty programme from this year’s show close to hand for this past month and a half, all ready…
Allen Valley Velo
I was young once, and cycling was my passion. But it was a solitary endeavour, on the back streets of Philadelphia, through the extensive park system, and on into the university. How I would have loved to have been able…