http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/ Stroud News and Journal /news/communitynews/ en-gb Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:34:51 +0000 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:34:51 +0000 http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/resources/images/999889/?type=rsslogo http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/ http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/5058372.Stroud_Camera_Club/?ref=rss ONE of the benefits of belonging to a club – and I'm sure I've said this before – is that it has a certain amount of pulling power, dependent of course upon the charms, persuasiveness, inspiration and tenacity of the programme secretary. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:10:00 +0000 2e685dd55a7a9f13dc8610a55c82971f http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/5058363.Stroud_Valleys_Cycling_Club__CTC_/?ref=rss APART from a couple of rides which had to be cancelled during the snowy period members of Stroud Valleys Cycling Club have managed to keep the wheels turning. December saw a flurry of activity with the organisation of the annual carol service at Cam which was attended by approx 80 riders from around the district. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:10:00 +0000 d9c5cce1046b85dd1fe1e895020480b0 http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/5058336.Gardening__with_Stephen_Harley_Sloman/?ref=rss I AM BLOWING on my hands as I sit here in my study but I shall be outside later once it has warmed up a little. There has been some beautiful weather over the last few days with crisp blue skies and even crisper frosty nights. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000 aba479b3b88a3aad1fae8411f7a109d1 http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/5058320.ALICE_IN_WONDERLAND__PG____Review_by_Clare_Shepherd/?ref=rss TIM Burton is nothing if not loyal: he has collaborated with composer Danny Elfman since Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985), and actor Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands (1990). Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:03:48 +0000 55cf9613ad10a183551d60cc1aea2666 http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/5010380.Probus/?ref=rss BILL Mortimore, a member, was the speaker at the latest Probus meeting, and his humorous talk was like an episode out of the old television programme, All Creatures Great and Small. Having just retired and considering what to do next, his wife persuaded him to accept a kid which had been born to a friend's goat. He agreed, but in no time at all the kid became fully grown, and was now too big for the garden. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000 de706cec52ac957b58d3a8ca887ce48e http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/5010387.Rodborough_Tabernacle_United_Reformed_Church__Burns_Night_quiz/?ref=rss ON FRIDAY, January 22, 2010 in the Lower School Room at Rodborough Tabernacle United Reformed Church a Burns Night quiz took place. The fundraising committee had been very busy and Brian and Carole Oosthuysen had set the questions with rounds of General Knowledge, Popular Entertainment, History of the 20th Century, Sports and Pastimes and Science and Nature with two table quizzes to set everyone thinking. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000 5e8f53da3cbdd6d2f1ad8acd7e134f78 http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/5010386.Rodborough_Friendly_Circle/?ref=rss AFTER our Christmas break and the snowy weather, we had nearly a full complement of members for our February meeting. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000 3d2ada91804db015f1f5e15004ea42c9 http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/5010384.Randwick_WI/?ref=rss THE speaker for the evening was David Lemon with his subject Never Too Old for Adventures. On the back of the three books he has written, David described himself as an Author, Journalist, Public speaker and Adventurer and the first part of his talk was taken up with exploring the definition of the words adventures and adventurers. A dictionary definition of adventure is an occasion ‘unusual and exciting’, or ‘a risky undertaking’. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000 7039635a170f2497f6b1a4da8ef13dc3 http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/5010374.Nailsworth_Flower_Club/?ref=rss THE chairman welcomed members and visitors to the first meeting of 2010. Unfortunately national demonstrator Patricia Dibden was unable to be with us and was replaced by NAFAS national speaker Charmaine GraceWoodham, from Oxfordshire. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000 49cd91196b62e6c7ebfe3e707b0c793a http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/communitynews/5010366.Leonard_Stanley_WI/?ref=rss THE programme promised a talk entitled My Life Inside, and members might have been pardoned for expecting a tattooed old lag to reminisce about his life of crime. Not a bit of it – instead Helen told us about her work as a volunteer tutor in Bristol prison. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:50:00 +0000 c51d3dd3ed2657b39d721f3a51986686