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Second Women's Institute in East Dulwich

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Hi there,


the second WI in East Dulwich is now up and running!


Our meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at the Dulwich Constitutional Club, 33 East Dulwich Grove, SE22. (almost opposite East Dulwich Hospital)

Bar opens at 7 for drinks and closes at 9

Meeting is 7.30 - 9.30

Most ladies start arriving just after 7pm to get a drink, some nibbles and get comfy before the meeting starts.


Membership is ?41 per year and you would be most welcome to come along three times as a non member for a fee of ?3.00 per meeting plus any other material costs ie if there is a 'make'n'take' and then join if you?d like to. Currently we have around 60 members and our maximum capacity is 130 members!


We have only just begun so it?s all a great big new exciting learning curve, and I'm really proud and honoured to have been elected President. The newly elected Committee has been beavering away behind the scenes and we already have a wide variety of events already planned for the coming year, so I'm sure there will be something to interest everyone.


Members are welcome to come along (guests are welcome) to just socialise and have a bit of 'me time' if they don't wish to attend the event being held. We have a separate cosy seating area set up specifically for this.


At our meeting on 12th March we plan to mark International Women?s Day with Second World War coder Barbara Hall MBE, as our guest speaker. The 95-year-old, who is also Britain?s longest serving crossword compiler, will be interviewed by Phil Reed OBE, the former director of the Churchill War Rooms.


Barbara will talk about her time as a coder in the Wrens during the Second World War as well as her 36-year career as the crossword puzzles editor for The Sunday Times. South London local Barbara got her first contract to write crosswords aged just 14, when she won a national newspaper competition. She then served in the Wrens during World War Two at Great Yarmouth and Borstal, coding messages for the Navy and reading the weather reports transmitted in code to all Navy ships.


So why not come along on the 12th March and give us try, relax with a drink and cake (of course) and, hopefully, make some new friends.


For more info please email me - [email protected]

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