Tying in with British Sign Language week 18-24 March, we were delighted to welcome BSL translator Shahbana Aslam and her two colleagues Sandra and Charlotte for our meeting on 21st March. Shahbana talked with such passion and enthusiasm about the challenges and joys of her work with the deaf community for over 25 years. She… Continue reading
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Tidylicious with Hester van Tien – Our February 2024 Meeting
Following the chat on our Whats App group about sorting out our lofts, sherry glasses, bags, clothes and photos, a visit from professional organiser, Hester Van Hien from Tidylicious was obviously very timely! Hester had lots of tips about how to declutter and save space in our homes without being minimalist and while recognising that… Continue reading
Strictly we quizzed …, February 2024
We were delighted to welcome back Graham “Quizmaster” Hooper for the Strictly Come Quizzing quiz in February. Many congratulations to the worthy winners, the Out of Towners, Masters of Whine who came second and Quizee Rascals and Rowche Rumba who shared third place. A huge thank you to all who took part and helped… Continue reading
Visiting the Met Police Museum, February 2024
A group of 10 members went on a visit to the Police Museum which is found in Marlowe House in Sidcup. It is a very small museum housed in one room but we were given a guided tour by the very informative Edward Smith, the Met Police’s Curatorial Assistant. He told us about the start… Continue reading
A Visit to the Vagina Museum, January 2024
A small group went on a visit to the Vagina Museum in Bethnal Green. It was previously a pop-up museum and has recently moved into its permanent home under the railway arches. The museum is dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynaecological anatomy and the idea is to improve knowledge about the variations, conditions and… Continue reading
Qi gong with Drew Sinclair – Our January 2024 meeting
What a great start to our new WI year as Drew introduced us to qi gong, gently breathing, stretching and balancing our way to perfect calm! A wonderful way to start or end the day, to de-stress and take time for ourselves. We also learned that: Qi means ‘Life Force’ and Gong means ‘to cultivate… Continue reading
Our 2023 Christmas Card
The Committee really enjoyed putting together the photos for this year’s Christmas card which featured many of the meetings and events we enjoyed over the past year. The photos were taken from the many taken and shared by members on the Make Do and Meet Whats App group so a big thank you to all… Continue reading
An author among our midst!
Some of you will remember Liz Murphy was recently awarded Highly Commended for her article submitted to the Lady Denman Cup competition. That was just the start, now Liz is a published author – massive congratulations to you Liz from all of us at Lee Green WI. Such… Continue reading
2024 Meeting Dates
The dates for our 2024 meetings are listed below so you can add them to your new diary as soon as possible. We will be adding full details for each meeting in Upcoming Events. Thursday 18 January Thursday 22 February Thursday 21 March Thursday 18 April Thursday 16 May Thursday 20 June Thursday 18 July… Continue reading
Carol singing, December 2023
A very joyous and festive evening was had by all on Friday 22 December when about twenty of us including our friends and family sang together on local streets to raise money for Crisis. An amazing £282 was raised on the door and subsequent donations increased the total donation we made to a wonderful £450! … Continue reading
A golden evening – our December 2023 meeting
Thank you Lucy Anne for a gold themed evening of gilding! Our Christmas trees and decorations were even shinier this year with the addition of the gilded stars and snails we made at our December meeting. We glued and brushed our way to success learning new words (skewings*) and having a jolly good chat… Continue reading
Make Do & Mend Banner Repair, November 2023
Many of you will be familiar with our banner which was selected by the National Federation of WI to be displayed as part of a project with Anya Hindmarch to celebrate the rich history of the WI. Work on our banner began in 2018 and it features… Continue reading