There’s a lot of creative talent in our area as last night’s meeting proved. Lucy Kirkwood gave us an insight into the working life of a successful playwright and what it’s like to work with some of the hottest talent in British theatre. Plus, be sure to catch LGWI member, Pat Davis’s radio play, Someone,… Continue reading
Come and help us to make our Lee Green WI Banner!
Unleash your inner creativity and join us at Donna’s house for our banner workshop. We are currently in the early stages of design so it is a good time to join us and make your mark! We are inspired by this short film about the creation of the suffrage banners from the last century. The… Continue reading
March Meeting – Morris Dancing – Dacre Morris
Last Thursday we were joined by the awesome Dacre Morris Dancers who taught us a few Morris moves. A good time was had by all. Many thanks! Continue reading
Dress to Boogie
Some of the committee are getting a bit over excited about this! Looks like fun -especially as we like dressing up, what’s not to like? 70s and 80s Disco at St Michael’s Church Hall 1 Pond Road Blackheath SE3 9JL 7.30pm till 11pm on Saturday 3 March Tickets £10 in advance only from or… Continue reading
February Meeting – Gin Tasting – Charlotte Sell (Forest Hill Gin Club)
Thanks to everyone who came last night to our February meeting – it was also good to welcome so many new members! The weather outside was cold but the gin was warming and Charlotte gave us a tasting of 3 different types with tips for the best garnish and tonic to use. My personal favourite… Continue reading
Quiz Night with Graham Hooper!
Many thanks to all of you who came along to the quiz night on Friday and congratulations to the TGI Friday team, who won with an impressive 74 points. The scores for the rest of the teams were as follows: 2nd Spectre vs Rector (73 – won in tie-break) 3rd Bollocks to Brexit (73) 4th… Continue reading
Bake Off Jane Beedle
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
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