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Meeting dates for 2026

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The dates for our 2026 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 15 January – Bollywood workshop

Thursday 12 February – History of the Hither Green Corbett estate

Thursday 19 March – Digital Forensics … who’s watching you?

Thursday 16 April – Women of the 50s who defied convention … and also wrote a cookbook

Thursday 21 May – Our AGM with the R’Markable choir

Thursday 18 June – Modern Architecture on Blackheath’s Cator Estate

Thursday 16 July – Influential women in Lewisham

Thursday 17 September – Watch this space!

Thursday 15 October – Watch this space!

Thursday 19 November – London’s lost department stores

Thursday 10 December – Watch this space!

The baby boomer nostalgia show with Alan Haines – Our October 2025 meeting

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The Baby Boomer Nostalgia Show celebrated being born sometime between 1946 and 1964. Alan Haines shared memories of the 1950s, 60s and 70s reminiscing about the joys of travel and slow communication, film and television, food and music way back when! Continue reading

Ed (the) Baker – Our September 2025 Meeting

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Local bread and pastry maker Ed Baker (sadly not his real name) came to talk to us about his fascinating journey from Lebanon to Lewisham, via many glamourous points along the way, and his transformation from city slicker to artisan baker, with the opening of his Ladywell bakery in 2022.  He gave us some wonderful… Continue reading

Green Lewisham – Our July 2025 meeting

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We welcomed Candy Blackham to our July meeting.   Candy shared her enjoyment of some of the many green spaces in this part of London, some ideas from her walks around parks in Lewisham, Greenwich and Southwark and also some suggestions for some local walks. Continue reading

The Memory Keeper – Our June 2025 meeting

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Writer Jackie Kohnstamm came to talk to us on a very hot & sticky evening in June about her book The Memory Keeper, which details her search for the truth about her grandparents’ deaths in the Holocaust.  On a whim, Jackie had googled their names only to discover two commemorative stones had recently been placed… Continue reading

Meeting our MP – Our May 2025 meeting

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We welcomed our MP Janet Daby to our May meeting.  It was really interesting and moving to hear about Janet’s life and how she came to be an MP. It’s was good to know that someone with her experiences of social work and work on behalf of children, as well as of motherhood, is in… Continue reading

A stunt filled evening – Our April 2025 meeting

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We enjoyed an insight into the world of stunts at our April meeting with a talk by professional stunt woman Lucy Allen. After a dramatic opening compilation of some of her work, Lucy shared her personal journey into the world of stunts drawing on her experience as an exotic dancer, circus performer and actor before… Continue reading

Getting to know your local waterways – Our February 2025 Meeting

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Did you know there are eels in the river Quaggy, or that some of the stones in the Quaggy are 50 million years old?  We certainly didn’t, but after an excellent talk by Paul de Zylva from the award-winning community group Quaggy Waterways Action Group (QWAG) we were superbly well informed.  We heard about our… Continue reading

The ABC of Annabel Dott – Our January 2025 Meeting

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Lynne Dixon kindly joined us in January to tell us about Annabel Dott who has been described as a Tiresome Lady Architect. Annabel was born in 1868 and went to South Africa to marry a man of the clergy, Patrick Dott.  While she was there, she redesigned the vicarage they lived in and was probably influenced… Continue reading

Bobbles and fizz – Our December 2024 Meeting

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              We had a lovely evening tasting bubbles while winding wool for a bobble hat shaped Christmas tree decoration and of course enjoying the opportunity for a good old chat.  The room was pretty evenly split between those who enjoyed the ‘proper stuff’ (champagne) or the sparkling wine more. … Continue reading

A school at war – Our November 2024 meeting

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We welcomed Mary Smith to our November meeting to tell us about school life during WW2, arising from two fascinating recent discoveries made while she was headteacher of Maidstone Girls Grammar School in Kent. The first was the uncovering of an extensive set of tunnels used as underground classrooms, and the second was the discovery… Continue reading

We shimmied the night away! – Our October 2024 meeting

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Well, what a night to remember!  Lee Green WI was visited by Miss Cherry Bombe (also known as Lindsey Barrell), all the way from Chelmsford in Essex.  Lindsey Barrell aka Miss Cherry Bombe came to share her very entertaining story about how she set out to find new friends and after a number of false… Continue reading