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I had never crossed the portals of a Flower Club
before moving to Billericay, but it’s been such a
bonus, for it opened the door even wider on the
joy of flowers and foliage and the best ways to
promote them to achieve a pleasing outcome.
A fanatic I am not, but how I look forward to
those Wednesday evenings – to relax, chill out,
and do it all in the good company of flowers and
the other devotees who love them too!
Billericay Folk Dance Club
Carl and I were encouraged to join in 1981
by friends who were already club
members. So off we went to the W.I. Hall
in St Edith’s Lane, Billericay – and are still there
28 years later.
It took us only a short while to learn basic steps
and movements. Other club dancers, being a
very friendly bunch, were very patient with us
while we were learning. The dances are all
walked through before we perform them, and
are then called while we dance. Different callers
visit our club, and all bring their own style. This
makes every evening different for us.
Twice a year we have a public dance in a large
hall, when members of other clubs, from far and
wide, join us for a very enjoyable evening of
dance. A live band usually plays on these
evenings, providing a great atmosphere, and a
well-known National caller also helps to create
that atmosphere.
Whenever we watch the Jane Austen films on
TV, we are frequently able to recognise the
dances being performed. Of course, we do not
look as elegant as the television dancers, because
we do not dance in costume.
We recently had some new members join us, and
we hope that we are still as friendly and
encouraging as we always try to be.
Why not come and join us on Tuesday evenings
and help to keep the traditional dances alive,
whilst enjoying the lovely music to which they
are danced
Billericay Miniatures Club
By Shirley White
March 2009 saw the Billericay
Miniatures Club celebrating their 10th
Anniversary – I personally have only
been a member since 2002.
When I retired from a busy school office in 2000
the children and staff gave me a cheque to
enable me to buy a Dolls House and the
governors bought me a subscription to a dolls
house magazine. I eventually bought a house,
read the magazines from cover to cover each
month, but had no idea where to start until one
day my friend suggested that I join Billericay
Miniatures Club. I was very apprehensive as I
knew they crafted everything themselves and I
had never made anything that small in my life.
I need not have worried as there are so many
talented people who come and show us how to
make furniture, flowers, food, figures and
everything else imaginable. We are provided
with a kit and helped each step of the way and I
would never have believed that I now have my
original 1/12th scale dolls house and a 1/24th
size cottage and house, made from scratch, by
me, with a very great deal of help - and
numerous other pieces, so much so that I have
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