We had a lovely evening at City View restaurant at Shooters Hill Sixth Form College. The final year students treated us to their fine dining menu while first year students demonstrated their front of house skills. Good food and service and excellent company in a restaurant with a truly spectacular view. The Jerusalem artichoke veloute… Continue reading
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The ABC of Annabel Dott – Our January 2025 Meeting
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
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
Carols for Crisis – December 2024
Wow! Thank you to all those who joined in the carol singing in Effingham and Taunton Roads. We had the biggest group of singers we’ve ever had and made a fabulous sound. Lots of money was stuffed into our collection pots and we were able to send a donation of over £400 to Crisis –… Continue reading
A snifter of port at Carolyn’s! – December 2024
Our very own wine expert Carolyn hosted 18 members for a port tasting in December. We began the evening with a white port, tasted first on its own then with a bit of tonic to sample Port Tonic which is much loved in Portugal. We were really surprised by this: “nicer than Gin and Tonic”!… Continue reading
A school at war – Our November 2024 meeting
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
All’s Well That Ends Well – November 2024
We had a wonderful afternoon at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at the Globe Theatre, taking time out of busy December days to enjoy the atmosphere of a candlelit performance of All’s Well That Ends Well. We all enjoyed the production eventually getting our heads around the twists and turns of the plot as Helen contrives… Continue reading
Lee Green Open Studios – November 2024
A huge thank you to all our wonderful cake bakers, sellers and buyers at this year’s Open Studios event which took place over the weekends 9/10 and 16/17 November. As you can see from the smiles, it’s a great event to take part in – a great opportunity to meet other members and a great… Continue reading
Keeping fit with a champion!
Following Vicky Chapman’s popular talk at our July 2024 meeting, Vicky invited us to her regular fitness sessions held at Old Colfeians Rugby Club each week. Seven of us took part in Vicky’s first fitness session in October aimed at encouraging women to enjoy and improve our fitness. Vicky is so supportive and enthusiastic she… Continue reading
We shimmied the night away! – Our October 2024 meeting
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
Meeting Dates 2025
The dates for our 2025 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 16 January Thursday 13 February Thursday 20 March Thursday 24 April Thursday 15 May Thursday 19 June Thursday 17 July… Continue reading
Lunch with a view – October 2024
A group of 12 members of Lee Green WI and two friends visited City View Restaurant at Shooters Hill College. We had a wonderful meal prepared and served by the students who all doing their NVQ levels 2 or 3. The food was divine – a lovely lunch menu to choose from which included soup,… Continue reading