Mid summer – lovely weather but don’t forget your membership renewal for BDFAS and another year of great lectures and visits. For membership send your form and cheque to Jennifer – if you haven’t had a form, you can download one here. And the first visit -to Snape Maltings and Alfred Munnings Museum is on Oct 19th. Click here for the application form

In Flanders fields the Poppies Blow. At this time of rememberance of the Somme, Essex Area has a study day by Caroline Holmes looking at aspects of WW1 from art, gardens and memorials.Click here for more details and the application form