October Newsletter
- Sep 25
- 3 min read
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Meeting Roundup
Our visiting speaker at the September meeting was Matt from Don Valley River Trust who told us a little of the history of the river Don and other significant rivers of Sheffield. He explained all about the conservation work they do to maintain the habitat of plants and animals along the Don , which has been so successful that Salmon are starting to come back after 200yrs! He explained the measures they have put in place to enable the Salmon to successfully navigate upstream to the spawning area.
Next meeting: Wednesday 1 October - The big Puzzle. We have a slight change of plan and we will be exploring new board and card games instead of trying to do jigsaws.
NB: If you have a favourite game that you would be willing to bring along and teach a small group. Please contact Gill or Jan as soon as possible.
Cake Rota
Penny Bradbury
Anne Betts
Alison Fawcett.
NB: If you are unable to attend this month please let Jan know asap by text, Phone or Email.
Next Committee Meeting: Tuesday 13 January 2026
We would welcome anyone who wishes to attend the committee meeting to listen to our ideas and make useful comments.
Next Fundraiser
Saturday 22 November Terminus road 10. 30 - 3.30 set up from 8.30 onwards. We shall be selling cakes, biscuits etc and crafts. There will be a sign up sheet available at the October meeting.
Craft Corner
We now continue with ongoing projects making baby blankets for Sheffield BLISS appeal, trauma bears or Jan’s characters for Sheffield family court and making things to sell at the Christmas market.
Jan has the wool stash should you require wool or patterns.
NB: A request from Louise - Does any one have any fabric suitable to make bonding type squares approximately 11” X11” or could make some double thickness squares please?
They are for families in Gynaecology, who have miscarried as wool blankets are not suitable. They would appreciate anything as their stocks are running low.
If you have fabric but are unable to sew the square, or are willing to make squares please contact Jan asap.
You do not have to come to knit and natter meetings to join in with our charity knitting, contact Jan for patterns etc for our WIPs.
Next meetings:
Friday 26 September - 1.30 Heather
Monday 29 September - 7.30 Robin Hood Pub Millhouses.
Friday 10 October - 1.30 - Carolyn
Monday 15 October - 7.30 Robin Hood Pub Millhouses
Friday 24 October - 1.30 pm - Jan
NB: If anyone needs to know the location of a meeting please contact Jan either by text or
email.
All Craft and Natter dates for 2025 are now published on the Events Calendar on the front page of The Forge website
If you enjoy crafting of any type you are most welcome to join us, or if you don't want to craft just come for a relaxing afternoon/evening chat!.
Book Group
This month’s book was The Cleaner of Chartres by Sally Vickers. On the whole most people enjoyed the book, and said that it was a gentle read. The characters were well described and developed throughout the book. There was some confusion about the time setting of the story which initially felt it could have been in the early 1900s, which was disproved with
references later in the book to mobile phones!! Some people also thought that the ending was was rather truncated and abrupt. Overall the book scored 7.3
Book Group meetings - 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm at Laycocks Sports Club. For full details see Upcoming Books
Social Events
As Social Events have grown we have decided to give them their own space rather than overload the general monthly news roundup. These updates will be emailed as necessary.
In the meantime, be prepared and complete the online Social Events Declaration form that must be filled in by anyone wishing to take part in an event. The Declaration can be completed online (you'll find it on the members page), or alternatively it can be completed during a monthly meeting.
For future events see Upcoming Social Events book online or at the Social Events Desk
Charity
Heeley City Farm’s next event is a food and beer festival on September 27th.
We will not be having a stall at this event, but encourage you to go along
Have your say
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