At our Summer meeting we greeted Stephen Poulter, ex BBC producer turned
bookseller and author. He began by telling us about the problems of being an
independent book seller these days and of the numbers of bookshops closing.
Consequrently he had to look for alternative ways of selling books and so began
to contribute to books on local history, originally town based and then for
Befordshire and Hertfordshire. We were treated to an alphabetical tour of the
county of Hertfordshire through photos and enjoyed a guess where this is quiz
and were then told about the town itself.
Village events mentioned during
our tell us what's happening session were from Jean Handley who talked about her
latest book now on sale all proceeeds going to the British School Museum in
Hitchin and the recent trip to Belgium to lay a wreath for "Our
boys."
Chris Hoefkens informed us of the forthcoming Sandon event of life
in the villages 100 years ago with poetry readoings, music provided by the
Taylor family and an Act of Remembrance.
Our Autumn meeting will be on
Thursday 2nd October ( please note change of date) at 8pm at Rushden Village
Hall. As our speaker has been taken ill we are looking for an alternative.
