Apr 3rd 2024
What a great evening we had last Thursday, supported by 45 members who came to see Emma Cook aka The Tiny Turner. The Chairman welcomed the return of Emma who over the years has never ceased to treat us to fantastic demonstrations and really explains the technique...
Feb 24th 2024
Everyone must have been keen to see our demonstrator for tonight, Nathanael Griffiths, as the room was filling up early….or maybe it was also because our subscriptions for the year are due. In the end, 45 members attended. Nathanael comes from near Chester so had not...
Jan 28th 2024
The start of a new year for the club and a first in having both the AGM and our first I.R.D, (Interactive Remote Demonstration) This was the first time we had tried an IRD and special thanks have to go to Chris Parker well known Lancashire turner help us get it off...
May 9th 2022
Colin has been turning in the region of 40 years. For many years he was the AWGB South Eastern Rep and has recently moved “North” nearer his daughter. Moving was a fairly traumatic experience, not because of the house, etc. but many of his tools were disposed of...
May 4th 2022
Chris was originally booked for the March 2020 but, as we are all well aware, COVID 19 suspended our activities, – we are just beginning to catch up. Not that we ever will because the 2 years of Demos, shows, etc have been deleted from our history. The theme...
Mar 11th 2022
Before starting the demonstration, Les gave a brief outline of the past couple of years. Before COVID took a grip, Les had decided to retire. However, he soon missed doing demonstrations and the tuition side of life so decided to return to former...
Oct 31st 2021
The second meeting of 2021 was slightly better attended than the first one with more familiar faces and a couple of new ones. We have a new member, Aubery Lawson, so welcome Aubery and look forward to seeing you at future meetings Steve began by saying he has been...
Sep 27th 2021
Our last meeting was on 27th Feb 2020, with Les Symonds as demonstrator. Before the next meeting, coronavirus struck and we were in some form of lockdown or restrictions until recently. Tonight’s demonstrator (23rd Sept 2021) was Emma Cook (“The Tiny Turner”) and her...
Jun 16th 2020
I have been turning olive wood recently- it’s got a lovely smell when turning and produces a beautiful grain result. During a holiday in Helsinki we saw a local woodturning with a central insert and Lyn said to me why don’t you do that? As Lyn is a potter she offered...
Jun 1st 2020
During lock-down I have done nothing as benevolent as Vish and Tony. All credit to you, now I feel guilty! One problem is I have never liked doing the same thing twice. I’ll try... 
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