Club news

Our December meeting was ‘just us’ with a brief business meeting and social time to catch up on news and buy gifts from our talented craft group – from home-made-Christmas cards and handbags to  lavender-scented wheat bags that ease those … Continued

  Our club looks after the plants in the garden of the Nicol Unit in Stratford Hospital.  The garden was  recently completely re-landscaped thanks to the generous donations from the Friends of Stratford Hospital.   This meant  much hard labour by club members … Continued

  Four Club members attended the Soroptimist International Convention in Montreal.  They brought back news of international developments directly to the Club which strengthened our association with the global outlook of the organisation.  They said that hearing about the positive actions … Continued

Once again we provided a team of helpers to man a drinks stand at the Shakespeare Marathon.   This year there were more runners than ever.  By the time they reached us they still had seven miles to go to … Continued

   Dr Kathleen Greenway MB CHB was made an honorary member of the Stratford Club in August. The presentation coincided with her 90th birthday and was given in affectionate appreciation of her long and loyal support of the club since … Continued

The garden of Hall’s Croft, the Jacobean Home of Shakespeare’s daughter, was the venue for our ‘Pimms and Strings’ evening in aid of the Shakespeare Hospice. We served Pimms and canapés. The ‘strings’ were provided by the always-generous Orchestra of … Continued

Family and friends joined with us to celebrate our annual charter event, which this year was an informal summer tea party in a member’s garden. The sun shone, the food was irresistible and the conversation buzzed – outdoing the bees … Continued

Several club members are keen walkers, actively supporting the local Ramblers Association with one member clocking up well over 1,000 miles a year. The rest of us just enjoy ambling about in the fresh air. The two came together in … Continued

President Penny hosted a coffee morning in May for funds for the Stratford-upon-Avon branch of Amnesty International. A healthy £290 was raised. Some of this will go towards balloons to be launched in celebration of Amnesty’s 50th anniversary. This happily … Continued

Once again we manned a drinks station at the annual Shakespeare Marathon.  This year there were more runners than ever.  By the time they reached us they still had 7 miles to go to complete the full marathon, and we … Continued