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
Category Archives: Meetings
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
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