Present: Dave, Mairead, Beryl, Jim, Dick, Steve, Mel, Jane, Richard, Cathy,
Apologies: Liliane, Carolyn, Gerry.
Business:
Felixstowe Book Festival – readers will be Beryl, Mairead, Liliane and Cathy. Cathy to notify Meg Reid, who requires this information to produce name badges for readers.
Readers will bring along work of their own choice; if anyone has done a piece with a Felixstowe theme that would be ideal, but not essential.
Display boards – Dave and Cathy had met for a short while before the meeting to discuss content. Established that we now have all we need. Beryl to send Dave a poem to add to the board as we need a short piece of work to display.
Meeting:
The excessive heat seemed to subdue everyone rather, but we still had an excellent meeting. It was good to welcome back all those who’d been away on holiday. Also good to see Mel again – clearly we didn’t’ put her off on her first visit!
Our best wishes go to Liliane, who wasn’t well enough to attend, but hopes to be with us next time.
Thanks as ever to Mairead for the delicious biscuits.
Reading out of work on the theme ‘Trains’. Not all of us had managed to do any new work, but everyone (apart from Cathy) had brought something relevant for us to listen to.
Dick: All because of a migraine
Steve: Trains to arrest
Jane: The love train
Richard: Telling the truth, telling lies on a train
Dave: Daily routines.
Remembering the days in the District Publicity Representative’s organisation on good old BR. Fixing literature racks, inspecting poster boards even at the end of Southend Pier! The arrest of the total staff at Leigh-on-Sea for theft. Nearly bumping into the Royal Family at Liverpool Street Station. Great memories, great job!
This wasn’t Dave’s homework piece – that was found once he got home, so he’s added it to the weblog for us all to read!
Mel: Nine trains – a very clever piece of work, which had us all laughing
Jim: Revenue protection
Revenue Protection was a record of an imaginary team meeting of the Abellio Greater Anglia Revenue Protection team. They used to be called ticket Inspectors.
At the meeting, a cow on the line, a possible Billy No Mates travelcard, and a sniffer dog looking for cheese and pickle sandwiches were discussed!
Mairead: The right train
Cathy: April 1807
Beryl: A visit to Birmingham
Next meeting: Our next meeting is on Tuesday 21 June, when we all need to bring in a single photo or postcard to use for a ‘flash fiction’ exercise on the night. For those of you who haven’t done this before, we place our cards face down in the middle of the table, shuffle them around, then each select one, and write a story in about 30 minutes, prompted by the image we have chosen. Always fun, even if it sounds a bit daunting!
Cathy
