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 Colneis Flower Club celebrated it's 25 year anniversary in November 2009.  But how did it all start?

 In 1984 there was an afternoon flower club in Felixstowe called Felixstowe Flower Club.

Kay White who belonged to that club felt that in order to accommodate young working women at the time it might be beneficial to discuss forming an evening club.

 Initially Kay White, Ivy Grindrod, Julia Wiggins & Joan Clarke got together to discuss the viability of forming an evening club.  

And so Felixstowe Evening Flower Club was formed.  It was decided to hold club meetings at The Old Felixstowe Community Centre on the third Thursday of each month at 7.30pm.

The first elected committee was Julia Wiggins, Joan Clarke, Kay White, Pauline Chadwell, Pat Barr, Val Benns, Pat Ranson, Margaret Price & Giovanna Roberts.

The club became affiliated to NAFAS in April 1985 & Alan Smith was the 1^st demonstrator on the15th November 1985

In December 1987 it was decided to change the name to Colneis Flower Club to avoid confusion with the Felixstowe Flower Club, which met in the afternoon.

And here we are today, 25 years on with a thriving membership of 70 members.

To celebrate our anniversary we held an open meeting on November 19th 2009 at the Spa Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe.  The Bloomesbury Boys entertained an audience of 560 people & a selection of photos can be seen below.

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At the AGM in January 2010 members celebrated our Anniversary with a wonderful birthday cake which was made by one of our Founder members Doris & beautifully iced by Jean.  Naturally we had a few glasses of bubbly to wash it all down.