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AUTUMN LEAVES
OVER 50’S CLUB
Did You Know That Autumn Leaves is Not
For Old People?
Were you under the impression that you had to be old and
wrinkly to come to the meetings?
Are you the sort of person who says “I’ll never join Autumn Leaves, I'm not old
enough”?
Well, age is only a state of mind, all the people who do come have very lively
minds and they know they will have an enjoyable social afternoon, with an
interesting and/or entertaining speaker, a pleasant afternoon tea and friendly
people.
During 2019 we had talks by the man
who trains the observers in the Police
Helicopter, a man who checks on
Animal Health for DEFRA, a Burlesque
D a n c e r , S t u n n i n g W i l d l i f e
Photography, two talks on various
oddities about Dorset, and a Round
BERE REGIS FLORAL GROUP the World Train Journey. Included in
the programme were talks by local
people on the Citizens Advice Bureau,
and Bere Regis in times gone by. We
also heard some really good music
The floral group’s AGM is on Tuesday14th January at 2pm in and singing, and we had a Quiz! All this for a modest £2.50 each afternoon!
Winterborne Kingston village hall. The meeting will be Next year’s programme is still under construction, but we will be starting in January
followed by tea and cakes. Everyone is welcome.
with another musical treat, and later on a talk about Red Rum by a professional
journalist-photographer, an afternoon exploring India and Burma (Myanmar as it is
now known) and a talk about the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
I hope I have whetted the appetites of some of you out there who have
wondered about coming and thought it might be boring. You certainly don’t
have to be old to come to Autumn Leaves, you just have to like people.
When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them you saw
Put aside your prejudices and come and see for yourselves at the Scout Hut every
their advert in this magazine - it helps them monitor the second Wednesday afternoon at 2.30. Phone 472697 for further information.
effectiveness of their advert and helps us generate more SDB
advertising revenue!!
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