Visit to Garden Museum on Friday 12th April at 11am. Next to Lambeth Palace, on Lambeth Palace Road. 10 mins walk from Waterloo, Victoria. As a group, we will have an introductory talk to kick off our visit. Prices: Adult £8, Senior £6.80, Art Fund Member £5. Lots more info at gardenmuseum.org.uk Caroline will take bookings… Continue reading
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2 Temple Place
Many thanks again to Kay for organising our trip to 2 Temple Place, a late Victorian mansion built by William Waldorf Astor on the Embankment. It truly lived up to its reputation as one of London’s extraordinary architectural gems. Continue reading
January Meeting – Banner Reveal!
Also at our January meeting, Donna and other members of the banner sub-committee revealed the banner they have been working on since last March. We all agreed that it was was worth the wait and the finished product was indeed splendid! We hope to process with our banner proudly aloft soon. Watch out world –… Continue reading
January meeting – Ukulele with Maxine Haffner
We all very much enjoyed last Thursday’s meeting when Maxine Haffner, ably assisted by her daughter Oleta, introduced us to the ukulele. We have since heard from Maxine who has said how much she and Oleta enjoyed working with us too – ‘Such a musically talented group of women!’ she said. Some of the members asked about her YouTube… Continue reading
The Great Banner Reveal!
We are very pleased (and not a little excited!) to announce that at this month’s (January) meeting the Banner Sub-committee will be unveiling the result of all their hard work over the past year. Along with you, most of the WI Committee have been kept in the dark about what the banner looks like (they’re a… Continue reading
Happy New Year to all our members!
We had a fantastic year in 2018! We organised trips to amongst others, The Courtauld Gallery, Royal Hospital Chelsea, The Painted Hall. Community events included Manor House Gardens Festival and Lee Green Open Studios. Speakers covered subjects from writing plays, being on Great British Bake Off and how to improve confidence. We tried Morris Dancing,… Continue reading
Jane Beedle’s cake recipe from November Meeting
Congratulations to Jane Beedle for winning GBBO Christmas Special – we were rooting for her! She has very kindly sent us her recipe for the Hazelnut Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Nutella Buttercream she made for us to try at our November Meeting (click link below). We hope she will have time to join us… Continue reading
December Meeting – making Christmas decorations with Lucy Anne Bishop
We wish all our members a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We all had a great time making our Christmas decs with Lucy Anne and enjoyed Carolyn’s Poinsettia cocktail. Here is Carolyn’s recipe as promised. Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing you in January when we will be learning to… Continue reading
In a Spin – end plastic soup!
Our 2018 WI resolution is to combat plastic pollution, especially ‘plastic soup’ from man-made microfibres which enter the sewage system from our laundry. For further info and to download our action pack please visit https://www.thewi.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/233843/PLASTIC_SOUP_WEB_V2.pdf Please also bring any ideas to one of our Lee Green WI meetings. Continue reading
November Meeting – Jane Beedle – Bake off!
2016 GBBO runner up Jane Beedle was our speaker for November. She gave us the low down on what it’s like in the tent and how she got there in the first place. She did all this whilst decorating a cake with hazelnut ganache, which we got to share afterwards. Multi tasking indeed! One of… Continue reading
Change of venue for November meeting
With many apologies for the late notice, please note the change of venue for this Thursday’s WI meeting – we will now be gathering at ICTHUS CHURCH HALL, 23 LAMPMEAD ROAD, LONDON SE12 8QJ (and not Trinity School, as previously advised). Please bring your own mugs. The hall is around 5 minutes walk from Trinity… Continue reading
Trip to Victoria and Albert Museum – November 2018
Another successful trip led by tour guide Hilary Gaster. This time through the Modern European Galleries at the V&A. We were transported through time from seventeenth to early 19th century taking in the baroque and rococo eras. We are hoping for another tour of the English Galleries next year. Continue reading