What Clubs do you belong to/have you belonged to?

Callistemon: Part of the inspiration for Red Hat Groups is this poem:-

When I Am Old by Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me,
And I shall spend my pension
on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals,
and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired,
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells,
And run my stick along the public railings,
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens,
And learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat,
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go,
Or only bread and pickle for a week,
And hoard pens and pencils and beer mats
and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry,
And pay our rent and not swear in the street,
And set a good example for the children.
We will have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me
are not too shocked and surprised,
When suddenly I am old
and start to wear purple!

Thank you for the kind comments about my photo.
FannyCornforth: I do like to act but only in an amateur capacity!
Tangerine: the outfit was originally bought in 2002 for the wedding of DD1. Yes, thanks, our marriage is working well, despite currently being marooned in different countries!
Sorry, nanna8, I’m intruding too much on your thread! The Riviera Royal chapter, local to me, has had to limit its membership to 60!

I'm in the Quilters' Guild of the British Isles. When I joined in I think the 1980s the annual fee was £12 which seemed a lot at the time. It's gone up quite a bit since then.

I was in the pudding club 3 times ...does that count ?

Local 50+
U3A
Coffee Club

I don't know the Red Hatters
Our chapter are they something like the Hell's Angels, nanna8?

NotAGran55

The Brownies was the last and only club I have ever belonged to .

That made me laugh

And Bellasnana and kittylester

TWG, a couple of U3A groups and I did go to Weightwatchers with friends but none of us belong to it now although maybe we should.

Perhaps I join because I think I ought to but it's not compulsory, is it!

Nice pic of your red hatters, Ashcombe. Our chapter has been going for about 17 years and I joined when I retired, about 14 years ago. There are only 17 in our group so it is quite small. We have some good times, alternating between meeting in each other’s houses and going out on day trips. Covid has meant we have had almost a year not meeting but now we are getting together again ( airports closed to international travellers so we are safe for now)

In reply to the original question, I belong to two book groups.

Your purple dress, next to their red outfits, looks fabulous.

You look happy on the photo and I hope things are working well.

It's nice to see what fellow Gransnetters look like although I do understand why we don't generally show photos of ourselves.

Ashcombe what a fabulous photo!
You look like an actress (if you know what I mean! )

The Osmonds fan club in the 70`s/80`s.
Iv`e grown up since then,lol.

Details of The Red Hat Society may be found here:-

www.redhatsociety.com/

When I married my second husband my Red Hat sisters provided a guard of honour as we left the ceremony and proved to be a talking point at the reception.

Since retirement, mainly arts and crafts.

Blinko - a bridge-playing friend plays online with friends from the local bridge club. But I don't know how they set it up, sorry.

The Girls Life Brigade when I was a youngster. Pilates for awhile. If art classes count I went to those for a few years. Stopped when parking became difficult and the cost went up. Was intending to join another group locally but then I realised. by the time I had packed up things to take to paint as they are not lessons I could be painting away again in my little painting room. However, would be worth thinking again after Covid.

Not really a club person, although when I think back I have belonged to various things, mostly keep fit of one sort and another, - Yoga, trampolining, music and movement, a gym, etc.
And I joined U3A for a while and liked it although it was a bit 'clicky' .

Girl Guides, until I got chucked out. Slimming World, but I just used to go, get weighed and get out. The only one I belong to know is the local Allotment Society.

I too belong to the U3A and could be doing something different all day and every day. It’s brilliant if you like clubs
I belong to Chimes, Bridge, bowls, art, ramblers, book club and playreading.

DH is not a joiner inner so only plays golf and tennis. Consequently we don’t see much of each other ?.

Having moved some 150 miles from where I lived previously, I joined the local U3A in order to get to know people in my new locality. Was going well, v.large U3A here, lots of different interest groups. I was starting to try different ones out when the first Lockdown started.

Rather threw out my idea of getting to know people, and I found it very hard - but as last year wore on, several of the groups started Zoom meetings, and I joined these. Now attend two or three each week. Have been wonderful.

Forgot that I spent a year in a choir, realised after starting I just can’t keep in tune but I am
Nothing if not a tryer.
. In the end conceded defeat and slunk away.

Not quite as many as Scentia. I love to be part of a group. So, Brownies, Guides, many slimming clubs, flower arranging, breast-feeding support group, book club, National Housewives Register in 1972. Re-joined a few years ago now it is called National Women’s Register, keep fit, country dancing, badminton, social club. And more in the future probably.

Young Farmers , Scouts and Guides was Akela and Brown Owl,
Police Wives, Young Wives, Jazz , Poetry Reading, Beacons Rambling, Flower Guild, Photography,

Slimming clubs most of my adult life which don’t really count as social events.
Joined U3A last March, paid my fee and that was my first and last meeting as lockdown was imposed the following week.

I was a Brownie and 'flew up' to Guides but as soon as that happened the Guide leader left the district and Guides finished. Next was a primary school Young Farmers club started by a lovely teacher. My DM was a keen WI member so as soon as I was married and settled I joined. I'm also in a book group, choir, currently not meeting, and involved with our church social committee.