MEMBERS EVENING

Bridget welcomed new members and visitors to our March meeting. A pleasant & informative evening was organised by the Society members. There was a display of the various ways in which to portray a family tree from long scrolls, books, embroidered pictures & family bibles. There were many wonderful & obviously treasured photographs showing not only family but also the costume of the era. Shown also were the products & linen of the Monday washday of years ago, and a talk was given by Barbara on the history of ironing with examples of old flat irons on display. Anita told of schooldays & gave examples of school reports of famous people which without fail told of the school boy or girl not doing well but who in fact went on to become usually rich & famous. Again wonderful old school photos & artefacts supported this display. A table, which showed examples of scrap booking, caused a lot of interest & Wendy was able to encourage people to start up their own family history scrap – book by advising & possibly joining a workshop, which she organises. Following this there was a general discussion from all members about their memories & this continued during refreshments. There was a competition to see how many shortened name derivatives there are made from first names e.g. Edward –Ted, Margaret –Peggy etc. & a quiz. Our next meeting welcomes Andrew Ingram who will talk about fenland railways. [Barbara Holmes]