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Forthcoming events
 

Visitors and members are very welcome to any of our meetings.

See here for a report on the 2008 Annual General Meeting held on 29th March in London.


National events

The Autumn Social Meeting will take place at The London Welsh Centre, Grays Inn Road, London WC1 on Saturday 25 October 2008. Buttons on sale from 11.30 am.

Branch meetings

Birmingham

Meetings begin at 1.00 pm in Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham (behind Marks & Spencers) as follows.

October 4th 2008
Speaker to be announced.

2009 dates
February 21st 2009: AGM, buttons with letters N and O

May 16th 2009 no details as yet

October 3rd 2009 no details as yet.

Bristol

Meetings held at different venues throughout Bristol and Somerset.

Details from

Anne Blight, Trevaylor, The Common, Patchway, Bristol BS34 6AL
Tel: 01454 613875
Email: annebuttons@blueyonder.co.uk

Visitors welcome to call and see Anne's Button Gallery (half a mile from junction 16 on the M5)

London

Meetings take place at The Lucas Arms, Gray's Inn Road, London commencing at 1.30 pm:

15 November - Theatre, any material and the letter Q.

Programme for 2009 - SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION
22 February - Button Shanks and the letter R
16 May - Natural Materials and the letter S
14 November - Transportation and the letter T

All welcome.

North Derbyshire/Manchester

Meetings are held three times each year.

GLOSSOP: Details of branch meetings from Sue Edwards on 01457 855 227 or edwards@dg7.demon.co.uk

Solent

The Solent Club meetings are held from 2 - 4 pm at the home of

Susan Symes, Martins, 7 Stanley Road, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 3SJ Tel: 01590 675066

All are welcome on the following 2008 dates.

28th July 2008 - Collation of buttons for display on Open Day

13th September 2008 - Open Day at Everton Church Hall, near Lymington, the Speaker will be Solent member and well-known collector Joan Roberts on "Needlework Tools", with button display by all members of the Solent Club

29th September 2008 - People on buttons
24th November 2008 - A Christmas Arrangement

Scotland

Details from

Martha Brown, 21 Birch Avenue, Westhill, Aberdeenshire, AB32 6RG
Tel: 01224 742224
E mail: Martnmisty@btopenworld.com

E-mail us for more details of any of the above.

         
 
 
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