Smooth Sailing for Probus Club
At last month’s evening meeting of the Probus Club of Basingstoke their guest speaker was Commodore Ian Gibb MBE whose talk was entitled “from Cadet to Commodore and Beyond” Having spent 43 years at...
Category: April 2013
Sheep cup cakes at the WI
Last year 22,600 women joined the WI, with overall membership for 2011/2012 peaking at 211,000 – the highest since the 1970s. Some have put this down to the Mary Berry effect, and the popularity...
Kempshott History Group
The Kempshott History Group March meeting was one of contrasts. One of our members talked about the history of Basingstoke Down Fair which was held in the area of Pack Lane/Winchester Road during the...
