The West Lancashire Flower Club
About us:
The Club began with a meeting in 1953 when Mrs Dorothy Tuffin was invited to demonstrate some Christmas Arrangements, as soon as the meeting was over names of those wishing to join were taken, numbers quickly reached 100. The first official meeting as a Club though was in January 1954, the membership increased over the years until it reached 250 and at that point it was decided that this should be the full membership and a waiting list was started. There is a full history of the beginnings of the club featuring familar names from the past founders of flower clubs in the UK.
Currently, The West Lancashire Flower Club has a membership of 223 members. We meet at St James' Memorial Hall, Lulworth Road, Birkdale, Southport at 2 p.m. every third Wednesday of the month, except for September when we move to the fourth Wednesday, no meetings are held in either August or December.
We have a committee of thirteen which is led by our current Chairman Aurea Russell. Our Vice Chairman is Pat Armstrong, whom many North West Area members will know well. Club Secretary is Margaret Fletcher and our Treasurer is Josephine Yates, a lady who needs no introduction!
We have a thriving Sales Table at each monthly meeting and our Publications section is also very well supported.
Our annual subscription is £21.00 and £3.50 per meeting for guests, who can only attend three meetings without full membership. No guests are permitted at the November meetings due to lack of space in our Hall.
2009 Highlights:
2009 was our Emerald Anniversary year and it was a busy one!
Our Flower Festival at St.John's Church Birkdale in October was wonderful. Watch this space for photographs of the spectacular designs created by our talented members, these will appear in the gallery soon.
Hot on the heels of the Festival was our Emerald Anniversary lunch at the Royal Clifton Hotel, Southport. In true West Lancs tradition there were lots of posh frocks and hats!! We were delighted to be joined by Area President, Gillian Platt and Area Chairman David Ryland. Tony Cleaver was our guest speaker.
Our chosen chairty for 2009 was The Alzheimer's Society and at our Christmas Demonstration in November, we were able to present them with a cheque for almost £5,000.
Grateful thanks from the Officers and Committee for all the amazing work our members produced at our Festival and also to everyone at St.John's who were so hospitable. In addition, thanks go to those members who supported all our events in 2009 and who gave so generously to the future of our club and to our chosen charity.
2010 - A new year and a new decade.
Our chosen Charity for this year is the Ronald McDonald House at Alderhey Hospital.
We have been joined by several new members and we welcome them to our club.
Have a look at our calander of club events to see who we have coming up to entertain us.
We are looking forward to the second part of the year and the Area event at St.George's Hall, Liverpool - Floral Pedamania. Many of our members are involved in this and planning is well underway.
Programme:
| Dates | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2010 | September meeting | |
| 20 Oct 2010 | October meeting | |
| 17 Nov 2010 | November meeting | |
| 24 Nov 2010 | Autumn event - light lunch and speaker | |
| 1 Dec 2010 | Annual General Meeting | |
| 19 Jan 2011 | January meeting | |
| 16 Feb 2011 | February meeting | |
| 16 Mar 2011 | March meeting | |
| 20 Apr 2011 | April meeting | |
| 18 May 2011 | April meeting |
| Global Event | |
| Regional Event | |
| Club Event Open to All | |
| Club Event Members Only |
Gallery:
Contact Us:
Contact name: Aurea Russell (Chairman)
Phone Number: 01704 579195
e-mail: aurearussell@talktalk.net