Following on from the March AGM/Spring meeting, the May issue of the BCD magazine contained quite a lot of content focused on the subject of jigsaw puzzle boxes. As well as the usual write-ups of the meeting in general and
A.G.M & Spring Meeting – March 2018 at Hemel Hempstead
Despite the wintry snow almost 30 people, including a couple all the way from Boston, MA, managed to find their way to the Spring/AGM meeting at Hemel Hempstead where they enjoyed the day in a warm, pleasant hall with good
Issue 127 – Spring 2018
Once again, the Spring BCD magazine issue provided a thorough overview of the recent quarterly meeting (see previous post) as well as a nice variety of other interesting articles. Nicki Barker asked the question “Colour-Line Cutting – When did it
Winter Meeting – Ullesthorpe, November 2017
Over 30 members turned out on a cold bright day in November for the Winter meeting, joining friends, old and new, for a great day’s puzzling in Ullesthorpe Village Hall, near Lutterworth in Leicestershire. The meeting was hosted by Michael
Issue 126 – Winter 2017
As well as the usual articles summarising the previous quarterly meeting and detailing the show and tell session that always form an integral part of our meetings, Issue 126 contained several pages of interesting articles including Part 7 of chairman
Ipswich Meeting – September 2017
A great day was had by all at the Autumn meeting hosted by Tom and Tricia Tyler. A good member turnout enjoyed the “Countryside and Country Crafts” theme which yielded an interesting and challenging variety of puzzles. It was particularly
Issue 125 – August 2017
The Summer edition of the magazine covered an interesting variety of puzzling-related topics ranging from the recent sale of an original Spilsbury puzzle to an offer of a large, if just a little incomplete, Victory Gold box puzzle free to
Clevedon Meeting – June 2017
The summer meeting was held in the lovely seaside town of Clevedon on the Bristol Channel. The sun shone, the puzzles were varied and plentiful and a good time was had by all. The theme for the meeting was “Maps”
Issue 124 – May 2017
May 2017 saw the publication of a bumper Special 24 Page Edition of the newsletter featuring 10 pages of quality photos of puzzles shown at the BCD House Party weekend held in Bournemouth in February and the March meeting at
AGM & Meeting – March 17 at Normandy
Hearty thanks to Bernard & Colleen Shambrook who hosted the Spring meeeting and AGM in a light spacious hall in Normandy, near Guildford in Surrey. Around 30 members attended, including some not so regulars, so a good time had by