We are delighted to announce we have just confirmed Great British Bake Off 2016 finalist, Jane Beedle as our guest speaker for November. She will tell us about how she came to appear on GBBO and life before and since. We are hoping there will be time for a quick icing demo and perhaps she… Continue reading
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Dulwich Picture Gallery Trip – January 2018
An interesting and full day out to Dulwich and the Picture Gallery. We started with a guided tour of the gallery looking at the most notable paintings in the permanent collection and learning about the history of how it all come to be. We then visited the Tove Jannson exhibition which showed her to be… Continue reading
January Meeting – Nicky Lowe – Beginner’s Iyengar Yoga Workshop
A very busy evening for us. Enrolment started for 2018 membership, tickets to be sold for our quiz on 2 Feb and taking names and payment for our gin tasting session next meeting. An efficient evening, rounded off nicely with a workshop taster of Iyengar yoga with local teacher, Nicky Lowe. Iyengar yoga makes use… Continue reading
Happy New Year!
We hope all our members had fantastic break. We will be back on Thursday 18th January (please don’t be confused by date on image!) with a beginners session of Iyengar Yoga with senior teacher Wendy McGuire . In the meantime, we have almost completed our programme for 2018 meetings, please see our website events page for… Continue reading
More Christmas wreaths
Thanks to everyone who sent in a picture of their wreath. Follow the below link to our Flickr page to see them. Merry Christmas! https://flic.kr/s/aHsmb8j6U1 Continue reading
December meeting – Wreaths with Donna and Annie (plus drinks with Carolyn)
We all had a great time last night at our busiest meeting the year. Donna and Annie talked us through making a wreath to adorn our door this festive season and Carolyn, with Jane’s help, kept the glasses topped up (see recipes on previous post). Each wreath was different and all were pleased with what… Continue reading
Carolyn’s Christmas Fizz
1. Bellini Cocktail The Bellini was invented sometime between 1934 and 1948 by Giuseppe Cipriani, founder of Harry’s Bar in Venice, Italy. He named the drink the Bellini because its unique pink colour reminded him of the toga of a saint in a painting by 15th-century Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini. The classic recipe is 2 parts Prosecco – or any… Continue reading
Prepping the wreaths!
Busy preparing the rings ahead of our wreath making workshop at our December meeting this Thursday. Our committee meeting became a moss party- we also sampled the Bellini cocktail we will be serving to make sure everything is just so! Please remember to bring your pinny, secateurs (or scissors), gloves plus any foliage to personalise… Continue reading
Fan Museum Trip – December 2017
We bumped into artist Butch Attai on our trip to the fan Museum in Greenwich. He chatted to us about his designs and let us take a picture. Mrs Hooper was taken with the fan hat in the shop but decided not to buy (can’t take her anywhere 😉) Continue reading
Didn’t we do well (at Lee Green Open Studios)?!!!
Jan and Diane look very pleased with themselves after selling out of cakes on the last day of Open Studios. Many thanks to every one who made a cake, helped on the stall, enjoyed our cakes and beverages and took part over the past two weekends. We made a total of £307.12p, all of which… Continue reading
November meeting – a message from John Symons to our members
Dear members of Lee W.I., Thank you for your kind and warm welcome on Thursday evening. I did enjoy everything, and came away feeling that it is sad that there is not a Men’s Institute, which I would certainly join. Thank you, too, for the flowers for Judy, who made it possible for me to… Continue reading
Lee Green Open Studios
Behold the splendid view from The Baring Room, first floor Manor House Library! Come and see us there for homemade cakes and refreshments as part of LGOS. 12-5 today and tomorrow! Continue reading