A team from Lee Green WI’s First Friday Friends took part in a quiz held by the newly formed Falconwood branch of the WI.
“Well, we didn’t win but we didn’t come last either. We saved our talents for the raffle where we won all the best prizes, including the last one, Sheila, a cuddly kangaroo toy complete with her own Joey. She now resides in pride of place above the bar in the The Old Tigers Head where we meet on the first Friday of each month.”
For our Lee Green WI summer picnic this year, on Sunday 26th July, the forecast broke the trend as we didn’t have to worry about the possibility of it being rained off! We enjoyed glorious sunshine, with fizz and cakes provided by the committee, and members sharing their delightful array of picnic snacks. We even… Continue reading
Sporting pinnies, a wonderful new gazebo, jolly bunting and a bountiful supply of cakes we had a great afternoon supporting the annual Manor House Gardens festival. We had a lovely, not too hot day, and were kept busy all afternoon selling our cakes at this wonderful community event. A big shout out to all those… Continue reading
Our very own Secretary opened her house for a cuppa and scones on the May Bank Holiday to help her raise sponsorship for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. We had a lovely morning catching up over a cuppa and enjoying Kay’s finest homemade scones all in a good cause. The pictures say it… Continue reading
This was the third ‘Hunt’ organised by the members of the Catford WI and again two teams from Lee Green participated in this truly fascinating tour around City of London Churches. Starting at 10.30 from Blackfriars Station our route took us firstly to St Bride’s Church, then up Farringdon Street to the gated street of… Continue reading
Graham and Alison returned to host another triumphant quiz to raise sponsorship for Vicky Chapman who is running the London Marathon in aid of the Brain Tumour Trust. The fiendish questions seemed to present little difficulty for the winning team Communal Boilers who scored a full house, with the Hopefuls and Quizzy Rascals coming in… Continue reading
Amazing! In spite of the rain, lots of people came to the door to reward our efforts and donate to Crisis – we raised an amazing £340. Thank you to everyone who took part and all who made donations. A lovely festive occasion in spite of the rain! “An awesome group totally undeterred by the… Continue reading
A huge thank you to all our wonderful leafleteers, cake bakers, sellers and buyers at this year’s Open Studios event which took place over the weekends 15/16 and 22/23 November. As you can see, we had a huge array of cakes to sell which made us very popular with our customers. It’s a great… Continue reading
Around 30 of us met for our annual summer picnic in Manor House Gardens, under the shade of our ten year old oak tree, to celebrate another wonderful year of WI-ing in Lee Green. There was plenty of fizz, cake and chat throughout the afternoon and the sun shone on us (mostly) as we whiled… Continue reading
Another great day at the Manor House Gardens Festival this year! On a very warm and sunny afternoon, this wonderful community event was well attended, and in spite of the heat a lot of people bought and ate cake! The day started rather challengingly when our trusted gazebo, that hadn’t been used for a couple… Continue reading
A huge thank you to our quizmaster Graham and Alison Hooper for yet another excellent quiz. Great fun was had while we scratched our heads and taxed our brains. Many congratulations to worth winners Out of Towners and to second and third place teams Taunton Road… Continue reading
Wow! Thank you to all those who joined in the carol singing in Effingham and Taunton Roads. We had the biggest group of singers we’ve ever had and made a fabulous sound. Lots of money was stuffed into our collection pots and we were able to send a donation of over £400 to Crisis –… Continue reading