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Stratton Lunch Club

2008 dates:-

12 November
10 December

Held in
Stratton Village Hall

To book a place please ring Ann Newton on
01305 265895 at least a
week before the lunch date.

Stratton Lunch Club is a relatively new venture to the village having the services of a professional chef and supported by
a team of volunteers. There is a choice of both main and pudding courses followed by tea or coffee. All the food is prepared and cooked in the kitchen of the village hall and
we aim to provide fresh produce according to the seasons.

Diners arrive at 12.30pm for a glass of apple or orange juice and we aim to sit down at 1.0 pm at tables laid with fresh flowers. All diners who wish to register pay a £1 fee and the cost of the meal is £4.00 for residents and £5.00 for their family/friends if space allows. We meet usually on the second Wednesday of each month except for a break during August.

This facility for the parish aims at providing a friendly and sociable environment for both diners especially those living on their own and volunteers (who also dine). We do not stipulate only the older residents as it is intended that we have a mix of adult ages to stimulate conversation. It is very satisfying at the end of the day for those usually eating alone to have had a companionable lunch time and who walk away looking forward to the next lunch.

Please contact Anne Newton on 01305 265895 if you are a resident of Stratton and interested in joining as a diner or if interested in helping as a volunteer you are most welcome.

Bradford Peverell & Stratton W.I.

The President welcomed 22 members to the meeting held on the 16th November. Apologies were recorded and birthday cards given to members. The minutes of the September meeting were read and signed.Members were then informed that the Institute had been allocated a ticket for one delegate to attend the AGM of the NFWI's on the 3rd of June 2009 at the Albert Hall. Anyone interested should contact Chris Bartels. The President then introduced Mrs Shelia Bird who had come to speak to us about buttons. She had very kindly replaced the planned speaker who had cancelled at short notice.She told us that her interest in buttons had started during her work as a librarian in 1960,when she had noticed a book "Buttons for a collector" by Primrose Peacock, after which she started her own collection. She informed us that buttons were first made from flint in 3000 BC and buttons made in gold in around 600 BC had also been discovered. She then gave a brief history of how buttons had evolved up until the 18th century when a factory had opened in Birmingham which became world renowned for it's buttons. She added that villagers in Dorset had invented thread buttons in 1642 which were exported all over the world. But unfortunately it came to an end after 1851 when the process
became mechanised. She then showed us her wonderfull collection of buttons, made from many different materials, which members very much enjoyed.A vote of thanks was given, followed by refreshments. The next meeting will held on November 20th when Mrs Adams will speak about Traidcraft.

New members always welcome.
Please contact Mrs. Pat Burns on 01305 263129.