Thanks to Rachel-anne, Tori, Fliss and Hannah, we had an enjoyable and reasonably productive day's sewing last Saturday, but there's still much to be done.

We have another session this Sunday, starting around 11am at my house. Yes, you even get a lie-in! Everyone is welcome and you don't need to be a confident seamstress because there is a lot of cutting, sparkling, ironing and tea-making involved and you have the satisfaction of knowing that you have helped the team and saved me SEW much time (sorry!).

Travel details are in my original message, which I can't see at the moment, but Outlook is promising will be included with this message. Unfortunately the Overground will be closed for engineering, but there are replacement buses and the trains from London Bridge aren't affected. There is no Sunday service direct to Forest Hill from Victoria, but there's the normal service from Victoria to Penge East and you can probably travel via Norwood Junction, though I haven't had time to look that up.

Lunch will be provided, hopefully with something a little stronger than tea, if I remember this time.

So I look forward to seeing as many as possible on Sunday. Any questions - give me a shout.

From: Sue Connolly
Sent: 27 January 2019 21:57
To: Victoria Hair; Hannah Norman; Becky Such; Rachel-Anne Smith
Subject: Saturday sewing

Hi everyone

Hannah - could you please forward this to Fliss? I don't have her individual address.

Thank you so much for agreeing to help make some kit on Saturday. I'll try to get going some time after 10am and you are welcome to come along any time after that. We'll pack up by 4.30pm at the latest, but please don't feel you must stay until then.

I have 2 electric sewing machines and there will be a lot of cutting, hand-sewing and application of sparkles to be done, so if you have sharp scissors of any size, that will be helpful. No worries if not.

I'm at 25, Pearfield Road, London SE23 2LP. The nearest station is Forest Hill, with 2 trains an hour from Victoria (30 mins) and 4 an hour from London Bridge (13 mins). It is also served by 8 Overground trains an hour from Whitechapel, Canada Water, etc. Exit from Platform 2, turn right and walk along Perry Vale for half a mile or so. Pearfield Road will be on your right. The 356 bus goes along Perry Vale and stops at Siddons Road, but it only appears every 20 mins at best, so unless you're lucky, it's not worth waiting for. But if you phone me from the train, I'll pop along and pick you up in the car.

Alternatively there are 4 Orpington trains an hour from Victoria and Brixton to Penge East. The 75 bus stops very close to the exit from Platform 2 and takes you to Siddons Road in about 8 mins, which is 2 mins from my house.

Hope this link works. As you know, I'm rather technically challenged.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Penge+East/@51.4311234,-0.0615602,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4876017095bcab27:0xf11e968875d58616!8m2!3d51.4192821!4d-0.0542718

I'll probably organise some soup, bread and fruit for lunch, but feel free to bring any other snacks to keep you going.

Any questions - ask me tomorrow!

S x

PS My kitchen heating isn't working, so please bring plenty of layers