March 2022 - two years since our last meeting prior to the first lock-down, but we have been back in person for a while. This month Roz from the UK's largest mannequin hire company, Mannakin, came and spoke to us about she started her business from her front room to the site she now occupies … Continue reading Manna From Heaven?
Bomber Command – June 2019
June's meeting was a visit from International Bomber Command Education Centre and a talk about the role of women in Bomber Command, the visitor centre near Lincoln, and why it has taken so long for Bomber Command to be recognised. Emily from Bomber Command brought artefacts of letters, uniforms and also samples of menus. She … Continue reading Bomber Command – June 2019
Prison Break & Cake
This month we had Dr Erik Grigg talk to us about the prison break from Lincoln Prison by Eamon de Valera who went on to be a leading figure in the Irish Republican movement (prior to separation from the UK) and afterwards the Taoiseach on three occasions. Dr Erik concentrated on the escape from Lincoln … Continue reading Prison Break & Cake
Craftivism – September Meeting
September's meeting was all about craftivism, a blend of activism and crafts. Committee member (and VP and campaign rep) Lucy gave us the talk and explained how she has been able to participate in political activism from deepest Lincolnshire and Norfolk from the comfort of her front room. Lucy told us how she had written … Continue reading Craftivism – September Meeting
sTEAmPunk
The August Bank Holiday was the annual Asylum Steampunk festival centred in the Bail in Lincoln. For the second year the Lincoln WI took over St Mary Magdalene's church serving tea (and coffee and juice) to thirsty Steampunk-ers and raising money for local charities. Enthusiastic members of the WI got into the spirit and came … Continue reading sTEAmPunk
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?
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
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