Newbold Women’s Group

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Group met for the first time this year, on Wednesday 3 January 2024, when Jim Dickinson, a former Curate at St John’s, gave us an interesting talk on ‘Maps from 1579’. He started by giving us a history of map-making and mentioned that in 1558, during the reign of Elizabeth 1, there were few […]

At the beginning of November, a good number of ladies met and enjoyed our annual meal out at Chesterfield Golf Club, our second year of eating there. The December meeting, Dec 6 at 7pm in the Parish Room, will take the form of a Christmas Celebration. We will have readings both religious and humorous, and […]