One of the highlights of the Lee Green WI calendar is the December meeting and this year will be no exception – on Thursday 14th December Donna Read will be showing us how to make a fabulously festive wreath for our front doors (you’ll be able to spot a WI household at fifty paces this Yuletide) and Carolyn… Continue reading
September meeting – Mary Kitson – The Greenwich Fan museum
This month, we were temporarily moved from usual home at Trinity Secondary School, and instead met at Trinity Primary. Mary Kitson from the Greenwich Fan Museum came to talk to us – the Fan Museum has been open for over 25 years and holds a world-renowned collection of fan and fan leaves from all over… Continue reading
July meeting – Steve Weller – Kent Chilli Farmer
Fab July meeting last Thursday when our speaker was Steve Weller AKA the Kent Chilli Farmer. We learnt a bit about different plant species and treated to many chilli related anecdotes. There was also plenty of chilli to try (for the brave amongst us!!). Hope to see you all in September when we resume after… Continue reading
June meeting – Mary Bright – Follies
Great June Meeting last Thursday! We all loved Mary Bright’s folly tales – especially the French postman. It is easy to find him online, French postman does it. http://www.boredpanda.com/palace-ideal-33-years-postman-fe…/ Continue reading
Prefab tour May 2017
Head to our Flickr feed (see link) for pictures from our tour of the prefabs of Brockley and Nunhead. Thanks to Elisabeth and Jane for an interesting and entertaining talk. We finished in the Ivy House pub where there was a beer and cider festival underway, including a performance by the morris dancing ladies pictured… Continue reading
May meeting – Duncan Barrett – The Girls Who Went to War
We had a busy meeting this month – our speaker was Duncan Barrett, who together with Nuala Calvi is co-author of Sunday Times bestselling books The Sugar Girls, GI Brides and The Girls Who Went To War. Duncan gave us an fascinating insight into the lives of women in the services during and just after the second world… Continue reading
Denman weekend!
We all had a great time at Denman last weekend. The Bollywood dance class was a hoot (see link below) and some of us tried some yoga. On Sunday, some of us made some lovely silver earrings and the others learned about the healing art of reflexology. The food (and company) was brilliant and the weather behaved… Continue reading
April Meeting – Freya Rodger ‘Freyathlon’
Fantastic meeting last week with our guest speaker Freya Rodger proving that it’s never too late. Freya survived a bout with cancer and then challenged herself to attempt all of the sports open to women in the Rio Olympics. See below video of the equestrian event for the modern pentathlon – on Crispin the unicorn!… Continue reading
Manor House Gardens Community Garden
The Manor House Gardens Community Garden needs you! Meetings are monthly – the first Saturday of the month from 11.00am – 1.00pm ( you don’t need to do the whole 2 hours – what ever time you can spare would be really appreciated). Next one is Saturday May 6th. Jay Sivell is the Contact Continue reading
Trips and Excursions
We love to get out and about at LGWI! We are very excited as it is only 5 more sleeps till our trip to Denman College. Also coming up soon is a tour covering the social history, design and architecture of the prefabs of Brockley and Nunhead (finishing in The Ivy Pub). We have another… Continue reading
Bras for Syria
Committee member Donna (NOT in the picture) is collecting bras for Syria at her shop, Crimson and Clover on Staplehurst Road, Hither Green. Please take your contributions there before end of April. Continue reading
March Meeting – Womens’ Nutrition and Chocolate
Many thanks to Theresa Webb (and assistant Kayla) for her informative talk about womens’ nutrition at our March meeting last Thursday (also for the chocolate and other samples provided!). Theresa also leads wild food foraging tours locally which may be of interest to our members in the future. Continue reading