Recent events

Here’s a list of what we’ve been up to. Further details can be found by clicking on the bold and underlined text.

  • to be confirmed, 23 April 2024: twinning committee meeting
  • 3 April 2024: twinning committee meeting
  • 7 March 2024: twinning committee meeting
  • 10 February 2024: quiz evening
  • 25 January 2024: twinning committee meeting
  • 13 December 2024: twinning committee meeting
  • 23 November 2023: Annual General Meeting – further information here. Reports of the meeting, and the minutes, are in the ‘Recent reports’ section under ‘News’.
  • 11 October 2023: twinning committee meeting
  • 13 August 2023: barbeque
  • 24 June 2023: Twinning Association bottle stall at the Stapleford Weekend.
  • 8 June 2023: twinning committee meeting
  • 26-29 May 2023: Exchange Visit. For the first time in four years a group from Villedômer was welcomed to Stapleford.
  • 22 April 2023: London walk.
  • 18 April 2023: twinning committee meeting
  • 30 March 2023: twinning committee meeting.
  • 18 March 2023: film evening.
  • 17 January 2023: twinning committee meeting.
  • 10 December 2022: Christmas Social – Mince Pies and Madeleines.
  • 17 November 2022: Annual General Meeting – the Chair’s report can be found here and there’s a summary of the proceedings here.
  • 20 October 2022: twinning committee meeting.
  • 23 August 2022: twinning committee meeting.
  • 21 August 2022: barbeque.
  • 12 June 2022: walking quiz.
  • 10 June 2022: twinning committee meeting.
  • 4 June 2022: Twinning Association bottle stall at the Stapleford Weekend.
  • 13 January, 3 March and 5 April 2022: twinning committee meetings.
  • Social event: pre-Christmas twinning bring and share supper, Friday 3 December 2021, 19:30, at Jackie and Chris Bow’s; please bring a plate of savoury or sweet food, and a drink.
  • 25 November 2021: AGM, at 19:30, by Zoom.
  • 18 November 2021: twinning committee meeting.
  • Social event: 22 August 2021: twinning barbeque at Tony Smith’s.
  • 17 November 2020: AGM, at 19:30, by Zoom.
  • 5 July 2020: post French visit barbecue, at Tony Smith’s, details to be confirmed – subject to lifting of Covid-19 restrictions.
  • 1 to 4 May 2020: proposed visit by our friends in Villedômer – sadly, and for the first time since Villedômer and Stapleford were twinned, the annual visit has been cancelled.
  • 3 March 2020: twinning committee meeting.
  • 7 March 2020: Film Evening at Mary and Chris Cooper’s, 19:00, with a ‘Bring and Share Supper’.
  • 24 January 2020: Travellers’ Tales from France, at the Community Room in Cox’s Close, 19:00 to 21:30, with a ‘Bring and Share Supper’.
  • 13 January 2020: twinning committee meeting.

Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, it was not possible to hold our usual annual exchange visits in 2020, 2021 or 2022. Our social events during these years were also very limited.

Information and reports on older past social events and exchange visits can be found in the ‘Archive’ section.