Congratulations to Jane Beedle for winning GBBO Christmas Special – we were rooting for her! She has very kindly sent us her recipe for the Hazelnut Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Nutella Buttercream she made for us to try at our November Meeting (click link below). We hope she will have time to join us… Continue reading
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December Meeting – making Christmas decorations with Lucy Anne Bishop
We wish all our members a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We all had a great time making our Christmas decs with Lucy Anne and enjoyed Carolyn’s Poinsettia cocktail. Here is Carolyn’s recipe as promised. Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing you in January when we will be learning to… Continue reading
In a Spin – end plastic soup!
Our 2018 WI resolution is to combat plastic pollution, especially ‘plastic soup’ from man-made microfibres which enter the sewage system from our laundry. For further info and to download our action pack please visit https://www.thewi.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/233843/PLASTIC_SOUP_WEB_V2.pdf Please also bring any ideas to one of our Lee Green WI meetings. Continue reading
November Meeting – Jane Beedle – Bake off!
2016 GBBO runner up Jane Beedle was our speaker for November. She gave us the low down on what it’s like in the tent and how she got there in the first place. She did all this whilst decorating a cake with hazelnut ganache, which we got to share afterwards. Multi tasking indeed! One of… Continue reading
Change of venue for November meeting
With many apologies for the late notice, please note the change of venue for this Thursday’s WI meeting – we will now be gathering at ICTHUS CHURCH HALL, 23 LAMPMEAD ROAD, LONDON SE12 8QJ (and not Trinity School, as previously advised). Please bring your own mugs. The hall is around 5 minutes walk from Trinity… Continue reading
Trip to Victoria and Albert Museum – November 2018
Another successful trip led by tour guide Hilary Gaster. This time through the Modern European Galleries at the V&A. We were transported through time from seventeenth to early 19th century taking in the baroque and rococo eras. We are hoping for another tour of the English Galleries next year. Continue reading
Lee Green Open Studios – November 2018
We are delighted to be part of LGOS again this year! We will be running our refreshment stall over the two weekends of Open Studios (10th & 11th and 17th & 18th November) to raise funds for our WI but we really need your help please! If you are able to spare a couple of… Continue reading
Last chance to sign up for our V&A trip! – Saturday 3rd November
Tonight’s October meeting is the last chance to sign up for our guided tour through the ‘new’ European Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, which opened in February 2016, after four years creative effort. The tour is on Saturday 3rd November and our guide will be Hilary Gaster, who was our guide for the… Continue reading
Painted Hall – September 2018
Many thanks to Kay for organising our trip to the Painted Hall at The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. We were lucky to sneak in just before the tours end and the scaffolding comes down. We were also lucky to be guided by fellow Lee Greener Neil Amos whose last group tour it was. The… Continue reading
Royal Hospital Chelsea Trip – July 2018
It looks like Caroline just made a new friend! Around thirty of us braved the heatwave to be shown around around the Royal Hospital Chelsea by a real Chelsea Pensioner called Brian. We learned about the history of the Wren designed hospital and who is eligible to retire there – aged over 65, unencumbered by… Continue reading
July Meeting
Our speaker for July was Andy Cole, Confidence Expert. Through some interactive exercises, we were given an insight into how to find out who we are and where we want to be in our lives – and what’s stopping us from getting there. We all agreed it was an interesting and thought provoking subject. We… Continue reading
June Meeting
For our June meeting, paramedic John Donaghy came to speak to us about his career in the ambulance service and pass on some essential life saving skills for us all to learn. He gave us an interesting personal biography of how he how he started his career up to present day, where he’s doing a PhD in… Continue reading