Trefoil Talk June 2021 38 - News from the Trefoil Guilds - Girlguiding Shropshire
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Trefoil Talk
June 2021 38
News from the Trefoil
Guilds
Mid Shropshire Trefoil
Mid Shropshire
members have been very
artistic this year. In
March they had a zoom
meeting with a
demonstration on
The lifting of
making paper flowers.
Covid
Their results were
restrictions
pleasing.
meant we
could meet
April saw us decorating
outside in
either a blown or whole
May. The
egg using natural dyes.
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Some were more
energetic
intricate than others but
members took
very colourful all the
part in Morris
same.
dancing and
afterwards we
all toasted marshmallows on a fire pit. It was one of those glorious
evenings.
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Oswestry Trefoil
Since February we have still be meeting on Zoom once a month on our
normal meeting day and fortunately all members do Zoom which has
been great.
One of our newer members has produced a quiz which has kept us busy
over a few months (there were an awful lot of questions!). Sara joined
us after attending county Thinking Day celebrations in 2020 and has
now started us on a Memory Book for the guild which will include the
guilds history together with a little of each members guiding
history/memories. Should be fun and interesting especially when we
can all sit and look at it together.
When allowed we have had ‘rule of six’ outdoor meetings which have
proved quite popular and on the first Thursday of June we all met for a
social distance outdoor meeting in our local park. Nine of our eleven
members were able to attend and Muriel was able to join us too.
We are now looking forward to the time when we can all meet indoors
together using the Guildhall in Oswestry as our base. Until then we will
continue to meet outdoors where and whenever possible.
Newport Trefoil
We had a ‘cuppa’ gathering as friends at Mere Park early in June. There
were 3 tables between 14 of us plus Muriel. We were in the open sided
marquee on a really lovely Summer day and nearly 2 hours just zipped
by!
We all felt quite buoyed up to be seeing one another at last and are
hoping to meet again at the end of the month.
We didn’t take photos as we were all too busy catching up with each
others’ news!
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the glass and shaker! Other members of the group bought pre-mixed or
Shrewsbury Trefoil made do with their current home supply. We then all joined a zoom
We managed our first meeting in a call, to watch and giggle at each other making cocktails and have a
long time in April in the garden of good old chat!
one of our members, Yvonne. Only In March we hand a virtual cheese and wine night and this went down
6 and social distancing despite the very well! We all choose our favourite cheese and wine and had a great
shower earlier in the morning. catch up!
Coffee and cake! April and May - we met for a drink at the armoury in April and made
our plans for may - we played a giant game of Cluedo around Shrews-
Hoping to meet up regularly now bury town and went for some drinks after as Zoe our treasurer was get-
outside. ting married the weekend after so we had a mini ‘hen do’
All in all, it has been lovely trying to stay in contact but we will organ-
ise our programme for the rest of the year - paddle boarding has been
mentioned!
Shropshire East Trefoil
In March
we talked
about a
'Treasure'.
We all
choose
something
we valued
Shrewsbury Social Trefoil Guild and shared
Although we been unable to meet for events and activities. The Shrews- it with
bury Social Trefoil Guild decided that it was about time they started everyone
meetings back up even if it would only be virtual. Starting in January on Zoom.
with an online escape room. If you haven't tried one of these they are a
great team builder.
In April there was a quiz night on Zoom. We learned a new skill as we
Then in February, we had a virtual Cocktail Night! Most of the guild went into breakout rooms in our teams to answer the questions. Both
ordered their cocktail sets from Sipandco, who we can highly recom- teams did very well.
mend. They send you everything you need for making cocktails except
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An afternoon in June, Shropshire East Trefoil assisted one of our mem-
On an evening in May, we had our bers host a Garden Tea Party to raise money for the Macmillan nurses.
first meeting outside together. (This was to replace the September coffee morning which had to be
Some family and friends also cancelled.) It was a warm, sunny afternoon in a lovely setting.The tea
joined us. For two hours, we party and donations have so far raised £552!
followed the clues in a Treasure We then had our June meeting, outside in Joanne’s garden, in the
Trail which took us up and around evening. We started with admin and then tried out some outdoor activi-
Ironbridge. It was very similar to ties and games. Good weather again!
Cluedo and at the end, we found
who had done it and the weapon
they used. We would definitely
recommend anyone trying it. A
bonus was the warm, sunny
evening.
Whitchurch Trefoil
Whitchurch Trefoil Guild would like to register their thanks to county for
the 2020 set up funding - a great help to a new Guild with the constraints
of Covid etc.
I am happy to report that latterly members of Whitchurch Trefoil Guild
have informally gathered within the restrictions in members gardens /
local park or been for walks etc. We are all looking forward to a face to
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face meet up for ALL the members which will be a first since the first Ludlow Trefoil
Lockdown - this is planned for 17th / 18th June in our local park ( with In June, two Ladies from Ludlow Trefoil and three from South
the shelter of the bandstand if needed), we will aim to resurrect our 2020 Shropshire Trefoil visited Llandudno. Having booked our hotel in 2020,
programme which “hardly happened”. to attend the AGM in Llandudno, which was then cancelled, we decided
to keep our bookings and go to Llandudno in 2021.
Sadly, a couple of members are experiencing health issues, but the
guild members have rallied round in the true spirit of Girlguiding, It was a lovely 4 days
helping out with shopping / hospital taxis etc despite the challenging away. We watched the
times we have experienced - once a Guide always a Guide! virtual AGM in the
lounge of the hotel,
At the June meeting we looked at ideas for future meetings. Here our wearing our Trefoil
some of the ideas -: scarfs and took the open
Walk from Smallbrook Road to Grindley Brook, Qi Gong, top bus for a tour around
The Art Shack in Shrewsbury, The Shropshire Lady the area, stopping off at
from Lyneal Wharf, Gin Tasting, British Ironworks, Oswestry, Conway. We also visited
Northern Ballet. We shall look forward to seeing these meetings in The Smallest House in
future Trefoil Talks. Great Britain. On
Sunday morning
(Fathers Day) at breakfast we enjoyed a glass of Presecco, thanks
to Ruth's husband, Raymond.
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Other News
Singing Circle The singing circle’s first live outdoor meeting since
Covid.
Our June
meeting was
held at The
Food Centre,
Bromfield,
just outside
Ludlow. We The County Singing Circle has continued to meet during the year.
were joined Email Barbara Peart for zoom details. diheime72@gmail.com
by ladies
from South Trefoil chat happens every Thursday on zoom – you can dip in and out
Shropshire of this – it is very informal Meeting ID: 816 0792 9604 Passcode:
Guild. Again,
301430 or contact murielcrayner@aol.com
the weather
was kind to
us, so we
were able to sit outside to enjoy our lunch. We were joined by Muriel,
our County Commissioner, who is planning to visit all units.
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Thank you for all the photos and information about Shropshire Trefoil Guilds. It has been the best ever. It’s good to see we are meeting again in person. I have not put other news in as Muriel is sending that out in her newsletter and this Trefoil Talk is quite long!!!! PR Facebook page ; www.facebook.com/shropshiretrefoilguild Midlands Trefoil Facebook : www.facebook.com/trefoilguildmidlands Midlands region http://www.girlguiding-midlands.org.uk/ There is a Facebook page for the Stars challenge. Write in Trefoil Guild STARS. It is a closed group so you need your membership number. Please send any information and/or photos to Mandy McCartney m.m.mccartney@blueyonder.co.uk 7
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