Wokingham 1

Local Organiser
Local Organiser
Christine Artus
Local Organiser
Local Organiser
Rosemary Gurney
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  • Monopoly cakes for our evening meeting

  • visit to Nuffield place, but not got permission to share faces, sorry!

  • Visit to Danesfield whiich was the home of the RAF's Photographic Reconnaissance unit in World War . It included an hour's tour of the riverside gardens and a 45min talk on it's famous history

  • one of our joint LOs and some guest non group members who filled in at the last minute enjoying the sunshine and an interesting trip to Danesfield

Hello from Wokingham 1! We meet fortnightly, Monday to Thursday (mainly) evenings on a rolling system. We are a very large, active and friendly group which has been in existence for over fifty years. We have lots of discussions, research evenings, some foody meetings and the occasional speaker. There is a thriving book group, poetry group and diners’ club.  There are also daytime events and outings (which we call NWR Plus) for our retired and semi-retired members, including lunches, coffee meets and visits to exhibitions and gardens. We have a mixture of face to face meetings and “hybrids” for those who cannot join in person, based on a number of factors, but to try to be as inclusive as possible, while not putting pressure on members who are willing to host. Most of our meetings are in member’s homes, but some are in local venues when we think the turnout will be too big for a domestic room. Our “main meeting” and book group programmes are listed as a series of events on the website. The subgroups plan at shorter notice, so are not always included. 

Upcoming events at Wokingham 1

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Air Museum, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Visit to Woodley Air Museum

5 Feb 2025

Partners welcome to join us on this little excursion.

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Member's hom, WOKINGHAM 1 group

The Channel Islands

5 Feb 2025

Explore the National “Country” with us, whether you have been there or not, it’s worth finding out more!

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member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Book Group

10 Feb 2025

Long Island by Colm Toibin(set in mid 1970’s, follow up to ‘Brooklyn’)

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Member's Home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Scales

20 Feb 2025

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member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Music and Memories: Anhedonia

10 Mar 2025

Bring a short recording of a piece that stirs you on your phone to play (or negotiate in advance with…

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member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Book Group

18 Mar 2025

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout(continues the Lucy Boston story)

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Member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Why did Gandhi not like Iodine?

18 Mar 2025

tantalising title: will report back on Facebook planning page…..

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member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

75 years of “are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin”

9 Apr 2025

share your first memory of radio!

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Member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Book Group

16 Apr 2025

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray(shortlisted for Booker Prize 2023, Waterstone’s Book of the Month May 2024)

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Member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

A Design Classic or Two

24 Apr 2025

design, social history and useful gadget: what’s not to like… there may even be cake!

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local hall, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Annual Review Meeting

12 May 2025

We plan to test our tastebuds after the formal business

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Member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Book Group

22 May 2025

A Respectable Trade by Phillipa Gregory(set in Bristol 1787)

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Member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Philanthropists

27 May 2025

we have done some research, to share our favourites

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Member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

“My second best bed”

18 Jun 2025

Share an item or trait that you have inherited

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Member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Book Group

23 Jun 2025

The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn(author’s first novel following a Dorset family from 1919 to 1945)

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Member's home, WOKINGHAM 1 group

Garden Buffet

29 Jun 2025

kindly hosted by one of our members, partners welcomed

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