Stevenage: an evening with Ann Bainbridge

Ann Bainbridge is back from her holidays, and she has brought the photographs with her.

Ann, Gordon and Ezekiel spent a fortnight in Stevenage in July, which nobody had on their card. Norfolk fell through, the kennels were full, and Ezekiel has made his position on kennels a matter of public record. Stevenage could take all three at a fortnight's notice, which Ann points out is one of its great advantages.

She will hear nothing said against the place. There is the Old Town high street, photographed from all four sides, and the museum, which she describes, after some thought, as compact. Asked for his highlight of the fortnight, Gordon considered the question carefully and said the drive home had been very straightforward.

The upshot of all this is a slideshow. Ann has four hundred and sixty photographs and has promised, after some negotiation with Gordon, to show a selection. There will be anecdotes, several of which involve the roundabouts, and at least one which Gordon has asked her to leave out and which she fully intends to include.

Everyone is welcome at the church hall at Privett Street on Friday 18 September at half past seven. Admission is free with a retiring collection for circuit funds, tea and cake are provided, and Ezekiel will be present in person to verify the more contested details. Ann asks only that nobody mentions the Norfolk coast.