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Rosemary and John Schofield hosted our last meeting, way back in November, and a very eventful meeting it was! The theme was “Children at Play” and again a great variety of interesting themed puzzles were in evidence, both being assembled

I’m pleased to report that the Gallery of photographs of puzzles shown at recent meeting is now back . There are a wide variety of puzzles to see there now and more will be added in the coming months, so

A great picture of Holtzapffel’s wonderful “Chicken Licken” puzzle featured on the front cover of Issue 134 and the magazine duly contained quite a lot of content about the September bird-themed Alton meeting (see previous post for more details of

Thanks to Peter and Margaret Bell for hosting a successful September meeting in Alton, where the theme was “Birds”. Over 30 attendees enjoyed the opportunity to indulge in a day’s puzzling among like-minded friends, old and new. The day was

The first half of this 20 page issue included the usual Chairman’s Chatter and note from the Editor and several articles about the previous Tintern meeting  (see previous post), while the second half covered quite a diverse range of jigsaw-related

“Rivers, canals and lakes” was the fitting theme for the June meeting, taking place as it did in Tintern on the river Wye in full flow after the huge amount of rain that had fallen in the previous week. Nearby

The Spring newsletter was a real treat, featuring a lovely full colour cover of a Sara White puzzle, “Waterworld”, assembled at the Peterborough House Party, colour photographs on nearly every one of its 24 pages and a superior quality paper

Perhaps because it came so soon after the very successful House Party at Peterborough, but not helped by the weather either, attendance at the Spring meeting and AGM was much lower than usual with only about 20 members making their

Ten members contributed articles to February’s newsletter. Several related accounts of the previous quarterly meeting – see News post below – but others covered a diverse range of jigsaw-related topics. Coincidentally, Dave, John and Helen all wrote about their early

A good turnout of around 30 members enjoyed a lovely bright hall and a steady supply of tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits to accompany an interesting day’s puzzling and enjoy “The Poppy (1918) and Wild Flowers” themed Show and Tell