ULLESTHORPE WI
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We normally meet in the Village Hall monthly on the 2nd Thursday at 2pm. We will be resuming our meetings in the Village Hall on Thursday 12th August. Our speaker will be talking about “Canine Partners”.
New members are very welcome. Call 01455 202499.
Click here for our programme for 2020 which will be resumed at some stage.
For more information about Ullesthorpe WI please contact:
President: Jean Eastell 01455 209254
Vice President: Teresa Burgess 01455 209358 and Secretary: Clare Robertson Smith 01455 202499
The Ullesthorpe Scarecrow Competition
The WI President
Meeting Reports
Jane Isaac
The Ullesthorpe W.I. held their July meeting on Zoom again, hopefully for the last time!, when Jane Isaac gave an interesting talk about her life as a novelist. Jane writes crime and psychological thriller novels and is based in Northamptonshire. ‘The Lies Within’...
WI and John Betjeman
The ladies of the Ullesthorpe W.I. had another zoom meeting in June. John Florance, retired BBC Radio Leicester presenter gave a very interesting talk about Sir John Betjeman. Sir John Betjeman was born in 1906. He became well known during the fifties, sixties...
Honey bees
The ladies of the Ullesthorpe W.I. met in April on Zoom to hear an interesting talk by Julia Wallis about Honey Bees and Beekeeping. The United Kingdom consumption of honey is 43 tons per annum, of which 95% has to be imported. Bees are very...
Great British Flower Revival
The ladies of the Ullesthorpe W.I. had another Zoom meeting with a speaker in March, which was attended by 22 ladies. Our speaker was Polly Morgans who gave an interesting talk about The Great British Flower Revival. All our flowers...
WI 2021 plans
The ladies of Ullesthorpe WI would like to wish everyone a Very Happy New Year. It has been a difficult year for all of us. We have had to find different ways of keeping in touch, newsletters, zoom calls and meeting in open areas when possible. We have succeeded and...
Lockdown time
The last meeting of our W I was in March just before Lockdown and as with all other groups we have tried to keep in touch with each other.We haven't been able to use the Hall but have managed to meet in small groups of 6 in members gardens during the summer. We even...