We had a great year at LGWI last year – we made a summer bouquet (see picture), tried Krav Maga, found out about humanism, spring cleaned our bodies and minds, designed our gardens etc! Not to mention, starting up a new supper club, trips to the Garden Museum and 2 Temple Place. We’ve quizzed and… Continue reading
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December Meeting – Ballroom Dancing – Katie Durant
Our December meeting saw us taking to the dance floor again with dance teacher Katie Durant – this time it was ballroom with a Christmas theme. We tackled the social foxtrot, the jive and the cha-cha-cha to a variety of seasonal songs and really got into the festive spirit. Big thank you to Carolyn who… Continue reading
Visit to City View Restaurant – November 2019
24 members of Lee Green WI had a great meal in November at the City View restaurant which is part of Shooters Hill Sixth Form College. We enjoyed superb food, good service and of course great company. There was special praise for the clever tricoloured pepper soup and the fantastic black forest torte. We would… Continue reading
Lee Green Open Studios
2019 was our forth fundraising outing at LGOS. As last year, we ran a refreshment and cake stall at Manor House Library over the two weekends that Open Studios ran. We are only able to run the stall with the help of WI members and we are very grateful to all who volunteered for the… Continue reading
November Meeting – Osteoporosis – Dr Louise Dolan
At our November meeting we had a talk given to us on Osteoporosis and broken bones. A talk that explained what it is and explaining whether we may be at risk? This was a hugely helpful presentation presented by Dr Louise Dolan, who is a consultant rheumatologist at Queen Elizabeth , Lewisham and Blackheath hospitals. In addition… Continue reading
October Meeting – Garden Design – Jane Beedle
We were treated in our October meeting to a entertaining second visit by Bake-Off’s Jane Beedle, this time describing aspects of her career in Garden Design following her training at Hadlow College. She explained her methods of coming up with garden designs for clients using a combination of practical decisions and aesthetic inspiration. She showed… Continue reading
September meeting – Amber Khokhar – Islamic Art
This September meeting we were in the more intimate surroundings of the drama studio at Trinity. We were given a visual trip through the traditions and methods of Islamic art – geometry, calligraphy and floral forms. Amber who has received commissions from the royal family designed a carpet for the painting gallery at Buckingham Palace.… Continue reading
Trip to Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre – August 2019
The Behind the Scenes tour at the new Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre was a great hit on Friday 9th August. The tour gave us the chance to see fabulous hidden treasures that aren’t on display due to space limitations in the Maritime museum, and to watch the conservators at work in their state of… Continue reading
July meeting – Donna Read – Hand tied flower bouquet
We finished off our last meeting before the summer break with a demonstration and workshop with Donna Read with help from her trusty aide Annie Allen. Donna and Annie went up to New Covent Garden Market the day before and purchased a car load of lovely British grown blooms such cornflowers, delphiniums, peonies , hydrangeas,… Continue reading
June meeting – David Weekes (and Robin) – Life drawing
For our June meeting we had a go at life drawing, tutored by local artist David Weekes. Our model for the evening was a male – Robin who (whilst in his birthday suit) struck a number of theatrical poses with flamboyant abandon donning hats and a cutlass to get into character. We started with some… Continue reading
May meeting – Nevin Bayoumi-Stefanovic – Krav Maga
This Thursday for our May meeting we were joined by Nevin Bayoumi-Stefenovic, a teacher of the martial art of Krav Maga. Krav Maga is a tactical mixed-martial art/combative and self-defence system that combines boxing, judo, jujitsu, and aikido amongst other disciplines. We were shown how to avoid potentially threatening situations (run if poss), how to… Continue reading
WI Prize Draw – Nutrition Consultation & Masterclass Winners …
Ladies, what absolute fun we had on Thursday evening presenting the ‘(Maria) Kondo your mind & body’ idea. AN OFFER FOR YOU For the Lee WI Chapter, I am offering 5 free 20 min Nutrition consultations (via FaceTime, WhatsApp, Video). These will be allocated to the first 5 people who contact me on or… Continue reading