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As we have come to expect, club members started puzzling on flickr, and posting photos, well before the weekend officially began. Perhaps the short daylight hours encouraged us to puzzle early, puzzle often?  Snow featured heavily, with puzzles of ice

There was a nostalgic flavour to this issue of Jigsaw Pieces, from the front cover to Kerstin’s touching fairy tale at the end. There were reports on two meetings, in Glenfield and Market Harborough, and two Show and Tells, on

Meeting friends to puzzle together and share information about puzzles is a key part of what the BCD is about. So it’s encouraging that attendance is gradually increasing again after the pandemic. It was good to welcome back one of

Two Show and Tells (Jigsaws which Tell a Story and Dance, Music and Performance) made for an especially colourful autumn issue. One mystery puzzle inspired some interesting puzzle research by Martin, Frances and Jackie. Members with an interest in vintage

Numbers at meetings are gradually going up again – it was a pleasure to welcome back old friends and to enjoy the company of several members who hadn’t attended one of our meetings before. Covid hasn’t gone away, of course;

As usual, participants were making up puzzles and discussing them on flickr from the beginning of the weekend, and somewhat before! The Show and Tell theme was very well chosen;  eight members presented some beautiful and varied puzzles on the

A small group of members met in the pretty village of Down Hatherley, Gloucestershire. There were puzzles galore – puzzles being made, puzzles for sale, puzzles for loan, and completed puzzles on display. The theme of the Show and Tell

The summer edition was larger than usual, and packed with interest, including articles about commissioning personal puzzles (Jackie), the Zig Zag puzzle company (Nicki), Terence Cuneo (Mollie) , laser cutters from Ukraine and hand cutters Adam Ferner and Peter Bollinger.

Our latest event, two short presentations, took place on Zoom, and attracted almost 40 members. Wout has been researching how we can be sure that many of the wooden jigsaw puzzles sold in the 1910s and 20s by department stores