Newbold Women’s Group

The Group was entertained by Alva de Chiro who stepped in at the last minute when our advertised speaker became unavailable. Alva has visited us on a few occasions before and always manages to raise a laugh or two among us. This evening was no exception when she had entitled her talk ‘Good for a […]

The Group hosted the monthly Coffee Morning in the Parish Room on Saturday 3 August, since as a Group, we don’t meet in August. Thanks go out to those who helped in any way and for those who contributed cakes and raffle prizes, those who assisted in the kitchen and to all those who attended. […]

Following last year’s Annual Outing which took place at the end of June 2023, rather than the first Wednesday in July, it was decided to do the same this year. This was primarily because several ladies attend a Women’s Probus Group which also meets on the first Wednesday of the month but, during the morning. […]

For our meeting on 5th June, we were pleased to welcome back local historian Marjorie Dunn, who talked to us about The Brontes. Her approach was to understand why people are still drawn to them so much, which she felt was partly due to the hundreds of letters which they wrote and still exist, thus […]

It was great to be able to welcome two new ladies on the night and, to arrive and leave whilst the evening was still light. Our speaker was Sue Pacey, visiting us for the second time. She is certainly very entertaining with her many stories of events encountered as a beekeeper, and author, having just […]