18th March History

Our latest meeting was held on the morning of 18th March at Michael Pages- and the subject was "Old Hampshire" To start the meeting a friend of mine who runs the Copythorne Parish History Group came and showed us a sort film made in the early "50's , about the New Forest- and it was lovely to see all these lovely scenes about life when we were young. We then re arranged the chairs around the edge and had a good discussion about Old Hampshire. After refreshments the meeting finished by noon and all the members left having had once again an interesting and pleasant morning. The next meeting will be on Monday the 15th April - at Michael Pages - starting at 10 am and the topic for discussion will be "WW1. Causes, effects and the lost Generation"

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18th March wine meeting

Our latest meeting was held on the evening of the 18th March at Lesley Byewaters house in Bartley. As usual we had two bottles of excellent red wine to" sample our delights" As it turned out Lesley had been very clever in that both bottles were "Australian Chiraz" but of different verities- this really tested our skills in this very enjoyable hobby.
 The first wine was the lighter of the two with a slight blackberry(and cherry-Jean) flavours with a balanced acidity and not too intense. for this the average mark out of ten was 7. The second wine was thought to "cling to the glass"- with a bright, deep ruby flavour , with a strong sharp flavour. for this the average mark out of ten was again "7". Everyone enjoyed the evening and our thanks go to Lesley for hosting the evening. The next meeting will be on Monday the 15th April at Michael Pages, commencing at 7 pm. ====================== Michael Page =====================