In September Christine Gregory gave a very interesting talk about how remembrance Sunday came into being and how it is marked in different countries around the world. The first Remebrance Day was held in this country on the 11th November 1919 to commemorate the servicemen who lost their lives in World War 1. In France it is a national holiday (Jour du Souvenir) and in America it is referred to as Veterans Day. In Poland it is known as National Independance Day and is also a National holiday.

The speaker at our August core meeting was Wendy Westley who told us the story of early poetry, how it has developed and different styles of poetry. She described how she started writing poetry and her journey through to being published, both on-line and with her own book of poetry and short stories. It was a journey of many setbacks and pitfalls but was eventually very rewarding. She gave advice on how to handle the process to any would be authors in the audience. All of this was interspersed with readings of her poetry.