4th April 2025: Upcycling with Scrappies
Speaker: Lesley McKnight
A talk about Scrappies and upcycling/recycling different types of material and discarded scraps to help avoid waste and landfill.
https://scrappies.org/
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7th May 2025: Pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago
Speaker: Steve Worrall
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What an achievement! - Janis
I thoroughly enjoyed it - Pauline
4th June 2025: Underground Shrewsbury
Speaker: Nigel Baker
An archaeologist’s experience of searching for lost town walls and tunnels under the shops of Shrewsbury town centre.
Event Comments
What a fascinating talk - I never knew there was so much hidden history in our town - Cathy
2nd July 2025: Outing to The National Memorial Arboretum
A coach will be arranged
https://www.thenma.org.uk/
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What a lovely day out to such a poignant and beautiful place - Penny
6th August 2025: Garden Meeting
Bring-and-share garden meeting at the village hall field
Our annual bring-and-share garden meeting - this year on the field behind the village hall (inside if wet!)
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3rd September 2025: Street Pastors
Speaker: Steve Jones
Their work is adapts to reflect the changing needs of the people they deal with, so every talk should be different.
https://streetpastors.org/locations/shrewsbury/
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1st October 2025: Annual Meeting
A round-up of this year's activities and achievements
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5th November 2025: "Strange meetings" - the words of Wilfred Owen, First World War poet
Speaker: Sean Higgins
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A brilliant evening and very moving - Sue
27th November 2025: Annual Dinner
Time for a slap-up meal and some serious dressing up
Our venue this year is the Corbet Arms, Uffington
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3rd December 2025: Serious Name-dropping from Ken Dodd to the Queen - 50 years of broadcasting
Speaker: Chris Eldon-Lee
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