Lincoln WI is 13 years old - and we had our annual dance night, with Go Dance. This year we chose to go disco dancing, and we had a lively session. Before that we had the opportunity to thank some of our unsung heroines who are at every meeting helping set up, serving members tea … Continue reading Birthday Dancing
Showing the Love
February is “Show the Love month” for a lot of WIs and Lincoln WI is no exception. Often we did this in January, but after some programme moving we were able to do this in the “correct” month. Show the Love is an initiative by the Climate Coalition of which the WI is a founding … Continue reading Showing the Love
A Reflex-ing Start to the Year
January is always an awkward month for Lincoln WI, our meetings, on the first Thursday, come straight after a busy festive period, this year we decided to move the meeting to the second Thursday of the month. This gave members a slower start to the year, unfortunately the delayed meeting coincided with freezing conditions, but … Continue reading A Reflex-ing Start to the Year
Christmas Market and Carol Concert
December was a busy month for Lincoln WI, not only did we have our December meeting, but we collaborated with the City of Lincoln Brass Band (COLB) in a charity concert. Our Craft Market was great fun, with members having the opportunity to do some Christmas crafting as well as buy some artisan Christmas presents. … Continue reading Christmas Market and Carol Concert
Morris Dancing Birthday Party
Morris dancing at Lincoln WI
Picnic and Walking Rounders
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
Needle Felting in July
Local artist, and Lincoln WI member, Nina came with a big bag of wool tops, large pieces of foam and a pile of felting needles. After a brief instruction period and a warning to keep our fingers away from the sharp end and a wave of plasters in case we couldn't we were off. We … Continue reading Needle Felting in July
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
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….
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
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