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Lund W.I. April

The members of Lund W.I. continue
to keep upbeat and in touch with
regular contacts by phone, email
or Facebook. Another way we have
of keeping up to date with all that
is happening nationally is with our Off contestant Karen Wright. A recent
regular in-house magazine "W.I. talk was "Mother's Ruin, the history
Life". of Gin. In the 1700s they brought in
laws on the sale of gin. One very wise
It is part of our annual subscription and landlord cunningly thought up a scheme
posted out to every member. It is an to flout the law by making a hole in the
over view of nationwide activity in the wall and covered it with a carving of Old
branches and headquarters. Stories Tom. People rapped on this and after
are shared, recipes and craft projects they paid their equivalent of two pence
to try, members experiences, profiles through the mouth of the cat, a hose
of members with unusual or worthwhile came out through one of his paws which
professions, and serious issues went into a receptacle of the customer’s
discussed. There is health information, choice. He was not breaking any laws
holiday and reading recommendations as he had not seen the person, they
and the programme of educational were not inside the pub and he had not
online classes and talks.
served it in one of his own glasses! A
In addition to this magazine for very cunning plan!
members, there is a national W.I. In the Lancashire Federation, we have
Newsletter online available to everyone, five fully trained and qualified craft
not just members. Anyone can log on judges, who are currently working
to www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre to on a Centenary Wall Hanging to
read it and find out the activities of the commemorate their100th anniversary in
organisation throughout the country.
2020. It has been difficult without usual
At our local branch our monthly raffle shopping facilities and not being able to
continues to surprise several members get together. A decision which needs to
every month and the list of opportunities be made by the whole group takes days
for online talks from our Lancashire when fabric samples and thread have to
Federation and the National Education be sent round by post!
centre at Denman continues to offer a Recent government announcements
diverse list of subjects. In March there have given hope of meeting again,
was a "Quiz like no other" which was and the earliest this can happen will be
great fun, and hosted by two experienced July. As the cover of our latest W.I. Life
pub quizzers from Cheshire. Cook-a- magazine said "Hold on to hope".
longs continue to be popular and the
most recent included Indian cookery Linda Beattie
and a baking demonstration by Bake-
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