Clive Bingley recruited talented actors Trevor Peacock and Tilly Tremayne as readers for his poetry evening entitled Going Going Going Gone!

Knights of Passion with John Burgess and John Darling - an evening of verse chosen by two of the most debonair gentlemen in East Coker, designed to charm, woo and conquer.

For our first meeting, Doreen Bates was the subject of "Desert Island Poems". She picked 10 favourite poems to take with her to the deserted beach. The poems were read by Helen Backhouse.