Lucky Lincoln WI member Nina won the inaugural Denman bursay and chose to go on a stone carving course. Here she tells us of her experience, and share some great photos: Well, what a lovely weekend. Lots of tasty food, tea and cake - the best short bread biscuits I've ever tasted! All the other ladies … Continue reading Nina’s Denman Trip
Will He Bee Back?
August's WI Meeting was a second talk from local bee keeper Simon Croson, after the success of his previous talk a few months earlier the summer social was sacrificed for 'Products of the Hive'. This time Simon brought with him a frame of bees, a frame loaded with honey and beeswax as well as lots … Continue reading Will He Bee Back?
Tea & Tents 2016
The annual WI camping extravaganza Tea and Tents was on the hottest weekend of the year, and fortunately reasonably locally for the Lincoln WI over the county border in Nottinghamshire, Walesby. 11 intrepid campers headed off, but due to illness not everyone was eventually able to attend for the whole weekend, and what a weekend … Continue reading Tea & Tents 2016
What a Bee-sy Meeting!
The May meeting saw us host local beekeeper Simon Croson, and there were lots of guests, although we resisted the urge to sing the Arthur Askey Bee song and a rousing rendition of Jerusalem was sung. The meeting also was a time for this year's resolutions to be debated, which was done admirably by Danni and Lucy, however, … Continue reading What a Bee-sy Meeting!
The Rev. Kate
Lincoln WI's President, Michelle, has been selected as the convener to the Lindum Group meetings. If that sounds like WI speak basically she organises larger meetings for WI Members in the North Lincolnshire catchment area, which different WI's host. For her first meeting she managed the coup of getting celebrity vicar Rev. Kate Bottley, who … Continue reading The Rev. Kate
Book Review: Women in Thirteenth Century Lincolnshire
Avid reader, and Lincoln WI member, Wendy Hope, reviews Women in Thirteenth Century Lincolnshire by Louise J Wilkinson. As a ‘yellow belly’ with a keen interest in women’s history, I was delighted when Lincoln WI invited me to read and review Louise J. Wilkinson’s book Women in the Thirteenth-Century Lincolnshire. The book offers an insight into … Continue reading Book Review: Women in Thirteenth Century Lincolnshire
March Meeting – John the Poet
March 2016 meeting coincided with World Book Day, so various members came in fancy dress and local poet John Welsh came and spoke to us about his writing and read out a selection of his poems. Some of these were interactive and Helen was selected in all her finery to be the second voice in … Continue reading March Meeting – John the Poet
February Annual Meeting
Our February meeting was a vote on the committee and election of the President followed by a games night. All adjudicated by Ann from Fed. Members played Beetle and then there was some 'eyes down, look in' as we had a couple of rounds of bingo. Being a competitive bunch these were hotly contested and … Continue reading February Annual Meeting
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