Memories of the Swinging Sixties
Geoff Fisher On a dark, wet evening in February, ladies of Reepham WI were transported back to the bright days of the…
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Entertaining talk, annual debate and board games
December’s meeting started with an entertaining and informative talk on “The Sentiments of Christmas” by James Stebbing.
Festive wreaths for sale in the Bircham Centre
Members of the Reepham WI craft club have been busy in recent weeks creating festive wreaths.
The quintessential English cottage garden
Andrew Sankey, garden designer and historian, gave an entertaining talk on the evolution of the English cottage garden.
The role of the magistracy
Magistrates, some 12,000 in the UK, are volunteers aged between 18 and 75 and come from all walks of life.
A round-up of recent events
The last few months have provided Reepham WI members with diverse and interesting events.
Members enjoy talks from writer and forensic scientist
Jeni Neill gave a brief insight into how she took up writing, then self-published her first novel, The Devil’s Dye.
Members debate four resolutions
The Women’s Institute has a long history of campaigning.
Behind the (Nativity) scenes
St Francis of Assisi is thought to have introduced the first living Nativity scene in Greccio on Christmas Eve 1223.
Sweet reasons to fall in love with Turkey
In October our members were transported by a real-life “Shirley Valentine” to a magical place time has forgotten.