Many thanks to all those club members who attended the AGM this year. I think everyone was agreed that Oakham Treasures is a place that you can go back to time and time again.

It’s one of the few places that exceeds all expectations, and that’s no exaggeration. The exhibits are crammed into all manner of display styles, from glass cabinets to reproduction shops. The amount is truly staggering.

The only problem now is how to top that for next year. Any suggestions?

Do they have a suitable meeting room at Milestones?

One problem that I have run into in the past when trying to book up suitable venues is that a lot of them don’t open until Easter, and many of them use the winter period to restore exhibits and redecorate.

Just a thought that Ivan had a couple of years ago was to explore the possibility of us going to the Fred Dibnah house and garden in Bolton. We never seem to go north with the AGM and that would bring some of the other members into the ring as well.

Perhaps we should put the suggested locations to the members via The Cultivator asking for their views eg would they attend?

I’ll put that in as part of my report on Oakham Treasures….

ted20, can you let us have the names of these community farms and tell us if they have meeting rooms we can use eg seat approx 20-30 people.