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 […]
Newbold Women’s Group
Newbold Women’s Group May 2024
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 […]
Newbold Women’s Group April 2024
The Group met for a very lively and interesting evening when Jackie Morgan spoke to us on the subject of ‘Besant, Bradlaugh and Butler,’ all portrayed as Victorian reformers. With the advent of improved agriculture and a growing population in the early 1800’s, the development of textiles and the iron industry came to the fore. […]
Newbold Women’s Group March 2024
The Group met for their AGM in March in the Parish Room. There was quite a disappointing turn out on the evening, although there were a number of apologies and these mainly for health reasons. The Minutes of the last AGM from 1 March 2023 were read out as was the Financial Report both of […]
Newbold Women’s Group February 2024
Meeting held on Wednesday 7 February 2024 The Group met to hear about WORTH (women on the road to healing), with speaker Robyn Riggans, the founder and CEO of the charity set up in Chesterfield 9 years ago, to help women cope with life after having been in an abusive relationship. Robyn shared her personal […]