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
Bat Walk – Tuesday 3rd July
Don’t forget the Bat Walk on Tuesday, conveniently scheduled for after the football. We are meeting from 9.15pm for a 9.30pm start, outside Manor House Gardens at the Taunton Road gate. The walk is being led by Dr Iain Boulton and will last about 45 minutes. Please bring a torch to light your way out… Continue reading
Thank you!
A massive & heartfelt thank you to everyone who made our stall at Manor House Gardens Festival yesterday such a huge success. We are very grateful to everyone – long standing members, new members, absent members who sent donations, non-members and even non-ladies! – who: – arrived in the morning to help set up the… Continue reading
Guess the collective weight of the committee and win a bottle of fizz!
All you have to do is come to our stall at the Manor House Gardens Festival this Saturday, 23 June. Make a guess (for a small contribution) and if it’s correct, the prize is yours! We will have plenty of homemade cakes, jams, chutneys, plants and more for sale on our stall (any donations are… Continue reading
Antiques Roadshow at Eltham Palace
Presidents Caroline and Alison with members Sue and June being volunteer stewards for Antiques Roadshow at Eltham Palace today. Not sure when it will be broadcast but we will be fixed to our screens hoping for a glimpse! Continue reading
May Meeting – Singing with Richard Gregg and Mark Andrew and AGM
An earlier start than usual for our May meeting in order to fit in all the business of our Annual General Meeting. I am pleased to report that the existing committee were allowed to continue (phew!) and our lovely Presidents, Caroline and Alison, were awarded with these exquisite personalised, presidential pinnies! We then had a… Continue reading
Trip to Courtauld Gallery – May 2018
On Saturday May 12, a group of 27 Lee Green WI members enjoyed a trip to The Courtauld Gallery in London’s Somerset House. We were joined by tour guide Hilary Gaster (who we met at the Dulwich trip in January) who gave us a tour of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist galleries, including this painting by… Continue reading