This month Lincoln WI held a social event, August is always a tricky month with members on holiday and busy doing non-WI things. The normal Lincoln WI meeting was replaced by a social event, where, due to erratic weather we decided to have an indoor picnic and a game of walking rounders. Fortunately the weather … Continue reading Picnic and Walking Rounders
Dentis-tree in May
May 2024's meeting was (as usual) intended to be a debate on the resolutions, however, this year's resolution was not particularly controversial (some might say toothless) about the lack of NHS dental provision. Therefore the committee decided to invite local environmental groups so members could see what opportunities there are to be involved around the … Continue reading Dentis-tree in May
Spying on the Kremlin in April
This month we had local author Mike Murtagh talk to us about his soon to be published book Spying on the Kremlin. Mike came from a working class background in Swansea and after moving to Manchester ended up joining the Royal Air Force. After a variety of postings such as Brize Norton, RAF Odiham, RAF … Continue reading Spying on the Kremlin in April
Strictly WI…
March is the annual Lincolnshire North Federation meeting at the Embassy Theatre in Skegness and a couple of us went along. Apart from the usual business of reviewing the annual accounts, agreeing the minutes of the previous meeting there was an amazing announcement that the Red Dress Embroidery project will be visiting Lincolnshire in March … Continue reading Strictly WI…
Lincoln Book Festival X Lincoln WI
In March a last minute change to a change saw us hosting Amy from Lincoln Book Festival. Amy gave us a potted history of the festival which has the continuous theme of "History at its Heart" although official records have only been kept since 2015 the festival has been going a lot longer and has … Continue reading Lincoln Book Festival X Lincoln WI
Show the Love Part Two & The Traitors….
Lara made a fantastic collage of the embroidered love hearts and sent them to local politicians with a letter about the Climate Crisis and how Lincoln WI has signed the climate pledge. After the annual meeting, which proceeded smoothly, there was a game of Werewolf, which the TV show Traitors is based on. Lara made … Continue reading Show the Love Part Two & The Traitors….
Show the Love Embroidered Hearts
This January we had Verena from Fabric Tattoo Embroidery come and teach us some simple embroidery for love hearts ready for the annual Show the Love Climate Coalition campaign in February. It was a lovely gentle start to the new year, nothing too strenuous and members did a mixture of different stitches. Interestingly everyone seemed … Continue reading Show the Love Embroidered Hearts
Hidden Roman Lincoln
Back in November Sophie from Colonia Heritage came to speak to us about the parts of Lincoln that are hidden. There was the obvious discussion of Newport Arch, but also the granite circles marking the sub surface remains of Roman columns. These circles are clearly visible in modern day Lincoln in the Bailgate area. We … Continue reading Hidden Roman Lincoln
Birthday Pompom Fun
In October we invited local dance school Go Dance to take us through our paces doing cheer-leading. Helen came with a huge bag of pompoms and all the moves! Even injured Secretary Lara picked up a pompom and shook her stuff. We learnt various positions and then put them together to create a routine. We … Continue reading Birthday Pompom Fun
Don’t Let the Old Lady In!
Promoted as "moving through the menopause" local running coach and menopause specialist Rachel came and spoke to us about maintaining fitness throughout life. But Rachel told us the best way to keep moving was to "not let the old lady in", this was disappointing to two members who had just bought bungalows. By that we … Continue reading Don’t Let the Old Lady In!
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