2014 Hobbies Exhibition

Hi there!

This is a quick 'head's up' for those who don't already know, or are new to following our Society.

Each year we take part in the annual 'Hobbies Exhibition' which is held at the town's Leisure Centre, just down from the Clock Tower Roundabout in Goole, with this year's being on Saturday 8 March.

Being a then new member I went last year for the first time, and to say I was amazed at the size of it is one large understatement! Over two floors, which also includes the indoor sports hall, plus the outside sports area (which is used for archery) are packed with stand after stand of just about every hobby and pastime you could think of. Radio to motorbikes, art to astronomy, wargaming to hand made jewellery, model railways to gardening, woodturning, card making, crochet - it seemingly leaves nothing out.

We had a good stand on the end of a middle aisle which gave us three sides to display our work to an inquisitive public. Most of our members put in three works, arranged on John's cleverly hand made display stand so there was plenty to look at with most forms of art on show. We even held our own 'live' event as John himself proceeded to eat an apple whilst working on a pencil drawing of one of the Hobbits from Lord of the Rings! The public were in awe of him.

We would of course love to see anyone who lives within distance to come along, say hello and stop for a chat with us. It just may help set you off on an interesting, cheap (all you need to start is pencil and paper) hobby. We can offer advice, help and suggestions to help you get going or just to try and overcome any problems you may have. Crikey - we may even manage to sign you up as a member!

After this year's event we will have a selection of new photo's to show you along with, no doubt, a few stories to go along with.

Hope to see you there on 8 March!

G.A.S.