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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

The 16 page Winter BCD Newsletter as usual included a collection of interesting articles, some accompanied by colour photos, on top of the usual notes from our chairman and editor and summaries of the last quarterly meeting in Harborne. Our

September saw us meeting at a rather special location, Harborne, just 500 yards from where, having started as a stationers in the 19th century, Chad Valley started producing toys, games and puzzles in the early 1900’s and continued successfully for

20 page issue 129 featured a full colour front page of Chad Valley’s “Yachting”, brought along to the June meeting by one of the members for the Natural Beauty Show and Tell. The magazine’s colour pages contained many more images

This first meeting to be held at Bourton-on-the-Water, hosted by Emma Jenkinson was a great success.  Almost 40 members gathered in a spacious hall in the picturesque village location on a fine day, to enjoy both wooden and cardboard jigsaw