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 […]
Newbold Women’s Group
Newbold Women’s Group January 2024
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 […]
Newbold Women’s Group November
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 […]
Newbold Women’s Group October
The group was entertained by speaker Alva de Chiro who gave an enlightening talk based on her late husband Biajjo’s, early life. Born in Caserta in Southern Italy, he was sent away to a Mussolini College at the age of 8, which was considered an honour at that time, but it was 469 miles from […]
Newbold Women’s Group September
Meeting on 6th September 2023 It was good to welcome our members, including Kath J as a new member of the committee, plus family and friends, to the evening meeting. Our speaker was Anna-Louise Pickering, who spoke about her ‘Travels with a Wildlife Artist,’ her own mother, Pollyanna Pickering, the well-known wildlife artist, and conservationist. […]