Thanks for starting this, Dick- I have great memories of the Groombridge club when I lived in Kent from 1970- still quite a long way from Folkestone, where I lived, but worth the trip.
I think I owe my long history and affinity with Elsie's club at Cowden to Isobel- Dave Watts told me he asked Isobel about likely guests & I did Elsie's annually for many years- still haven't given up on a return one day! So thanks Isobel & Joby for that as well.
It was a special delight when Isobel & Joby joined us for on our wedding day in our Cobham (Kent) oast house in 1982 - good friends, much missed....