On the17th October four members got together to make up the Remembrance Sunday wreath from the many handmade poppies either crocheted or knit by 10 members over the past few months. The wreath used up 100 of these which echo-ed the centenary of the end of the First World War. We are very pleased with the look of the finished article and our President will feel justly proud carrying it in the town parade and laying it at the memorial.
The October meeting of the Discussion Group chose the topic of “Are holiday cruises anti-social?” It was anticipated that the subject would ruffle a few feathers because many of our members are fond of cruise liner holidays and have travelled all over the world on them. This evening we were presented with a whole lot of uncomfortable facts about the pollution caused by these monsters on the deep. What sort of pollution were they not guilty of? If it wasn’t sewage and waste, it was fuel and crowded places of interest--- and then the damage to the ecosystem in areas such as Antarctica, the Arctic and the Easter Islands. Could the social benefits aboard and the economics of the travel industry justify all of this? Unfortunately, I don’t think the travel firms need to fear a drop in their sales after our discussion but we did try!