The Lee Green WI Cake Stall is now a firm fixture at the annual Manor House Gardens Festival which took place this year on 24 June 2023. The stall was busier than ever but our fabulous volunteers managed amazingly not only with the queues of hungry customers, juggling cash and taking card payments but also… Continue reading
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Our June Meeting – The Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich and Some of its Forgotten Women
The Navy has links with Greenwich that go back centuries but it is usually only the retired and disabled sailors, The Greenwich Pensioners, and the officers who managed them that are remembered. Jacky presented a fascinating talk about some of the widows and children, the wives and sisters whose stories she has been discovering. Some… Continue reading
Chocolate and Jerusalem – our May meeting
For our AGM in May we invited Amarachi Clark from Lucocoa to come and tell us all about her company (the only ‘bean to bar’ chocolate maker in London). After graduating with a degree in computer science and a career in charity work (including Comic Relief), Ama then taught herself how to make chocolate… Continue reading
April meeting – Kate Eddowes
In May about 60 members turned out to hear Lynne Dixon’s fascinating talk about the life and times of Kate Eddowes – the fourth victim of Jack the Ripper. Lynne explained that she had read Hallie Rubenhold’s wonderful book ‘The Five: the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper. She was enthused… Continue reading
Visit to Camden Place, Chislehurst
Well, who knew we had such a treasure on our doorstep?! Thank you Jane for organising such a fascinating visit to Camden Place on Sunday 16 April. Following a lively talk on the personalities and history of the house, we were treated to a guided tour where we could look in more detail at… Continue reading
A walk around Bermondsey
Led by our lovely guide Elaine, we had a fascinating walk around Bermondsey on Thursday 4 May. Meeting at the Southwark Spike (more properly known as the Southwark Gateway Needle) on London Bridge we set off along Tooley Street, learning about King Olaf of Norway, James Braidwood and the… Continue reading
Manor House Gardens Planting Day
‘It was like preparing for the Chelsea Flower Show in just a day’ said Lucy Anne describing the fantastic effort by WI members Kay Dunham, Carolyn Bosworth Davies, Kath Taylor, Alison Streetly and Caroline Powell who proved to be a dab hand with a litter pick! The team were working with other local people… Continue reading
Not in my Name Competition 2023
NFWI-Wales has launched a new competition for members to enter as part of its Not in my Name campaign. Established in 2012, Not in my Name aims to raise awareness about violence against women and involves WIs recruiting male ambassadors from their communities to make the White Ribbon promise to never use, excuse or remain silent… Continue reading
NFWI Resolution 2022/23 – Clean Rivers for People and Wildlife
In the first round of Resolution voting, Clean Rivers for People and Wildlife was a clear winner nationally, not just in Lee Green drawing 36, 736 votes of the 93,271 votes cast. (The Online Gambling resolution came second with 25,164 votes.) The wording of the resolution which will now go forward to the National Federation… Continue reading
Visit to Blackheath’s Age Exchange
Following our Christmas raffle, the proceeds of which we donated to the Age Exchange, the committee felt a visit to its site in Blackheath (opposite the Station) was in order to find out more about its work. So early in February a group of us went along to the Bake House at the rear of… Continue reading
Our March meeting – drumming with Avril Crane
A really fun evening of tub thumping, otherwise known as bucket drumming, with Avril. Avril introduced us to the rhythms and different sounds we could produce by banging our buckets in different places and then swiftly had us making music, playing along to Princess Royal, a… Continue reading
Dining out with the WI at The Rosemary
We had a lovely evening at organic restaurant The Rosemary in New Cross on 24 March – great food, great company and a lot of laughter … what more could you ask for a night out? Thanks for organising Carolyn! Continue reading