A little bit of magic is always part of Christmas and we have Steve the Magician returning to us next week to add a little magical sparkle to our day. Guests welcome, £2, but no under 18s please. Mince pies, tea coffee and bucks fizz!

If you are planning your cash flow may I remind you that subs are due in the new year. Chris has informed me they will be £40 for 2018, or £20 if you are a dual member and pay you main subs to another branch. You can pay next week or at our January Quiz Night, or online in the usual way. Thank you.

Hello, a great start to the Christmas season was had last night at Merits – crackers, jokes, hats and a Christmas tree got us in the mood. I have posted a few photographs in our website gallery.

I’d like to say thank you to all of you who helped on Sunday. Our Jam Jar tombola was a huge success – thank you to everyone who donated full and empty jars throughout the year – at meetings and via my ‘black box’. We had a whopping 200 jars. I’ve added a few photographs to the gallery.

Hello Christmas Elves,  I hope you all have your travel plans sorted. A few people have contacted me offering lifts and asking for lifts please try and make contact before I go to work at 15:00 if you need me to hook you up with someone. The meal is booked for 18:30, so if you have to use a pay and display bay it’s not going to cost much and I believe if you have a Richmond Card you can get 30 minutes free, not sure about the Ts and Cs  but worth checking out.

See you later

Kit