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Christmas Tree Festival 2022 Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
The Tree & Nativity Festival at St Margaret’s Church, St Margaret’s at Cliffe in late November turned out to be a beautiful event. Diane and Louise did a great job putting up the tree and supplying the purple heart decorations which were the theme to our exhibit this year. So, many thanks go to Diane […]
Read more....Smart Art Meeting! Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
At our July monthly meeting the Dover Smart Project got us all arty and creative. Club members were ‘painting’ using only blue and yellow, wrapping cloth around stones to transfer the yellow colour to make a sun (with added marker pen for any smiley faces that people wanted to create ? ? ? ). Then the blue […]
Read more....Wingham Wildlife Park visit Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
In July we had a fabulous trip to Wingham Wildlife Park, on one of those very sunny days. I’m sure you’ll agree that it looks like everyone had a great time. Even the penguins lined up to have their photograph taken!
Read more....June 2022 – Diamond Jubilee and ‘Oklahoma!’ – with photos Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022
June was a busy month. First was our big ‘streetparty’ meeting to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The food was amazing, what a fabulous centrepiece cake! The themed activities included a quiz, wordsearch, guess the royal baby and a raffle with jubilee themed prizes. Everyone had a wonderful time. Many, many thanks to […]
Read more....Lunch at Kingsdown Golf Club – with photos Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022
Our club members recently enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Kingsdown Golf Club. Sadly the weather wasn’t the greatest, but the food and the company was. We enjoyed a plentiful three course meal which included a delicious roast dinner, and your reporter can personally vouch for the crème brûlée (yum!) Judging by the laughter and the […]
Read more....Meetings are taking place again Published: Friday, September 24th, 2021
Our monthly meetings have restarted, from 1st October 2021. The meetings are 2pm – 4pm on the first Friday of every month, at the Golf Road centre in Deal. We look forward to seeing you again soon. The Pier Walks have also restarted – we are meeting in line with any Government guidance – for […]
Read more....March 2020 newsletter + All Meetings Cancelled Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
Here is the March 2020 newsletter. Please note the newsletter was written before the Government’s new guidelines about restricting social contact etc were issued on 16th March. The club has announced that, for the time being, ALL MEETINGS (i.e. outings, exercise classes, Mid Month Munches and pier walks) WILL BE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. […]
Read more....January – June 2020 Programme Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Here is our programme for January to June 2020: DDS Programme January ’20
Read more....Annual General Meeting Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2019
The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Club meeting on the 6th September. Please put forward any nominations for new Committee members at the 2nd of August Meeting. Thank you.
Read more....Recent outings Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2019
We have recently enjoyed meals at The Courtyard in Deal, and Salentino’s Italian Restaurant on Deal seafront, and an afternoon tea at the Elham Valley Vineyard. We have also had trips to the Dover Transport Museum (very interesting, so much to see), and to the Mudpie Ceramic Studio in Cheriton, where we painted pre-made ceramic […]
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