Berkhamsted Castle Women's Institute June 18
Published Date:
18 June 2008
At our June meeting joint president Joy Lovell welcomed members and one visitor and was pleased to hand out June birthday cards, and then proceeded to read two humourous poems.
Together with secretary Janet Mitchell they took us through the business matters of the meeting and handed out application forms for the Celebration of Flowers Festival to be held in July.
Our eminent speaker this month was Louise Reed whose talk was entitled Meet Margery Thurston - A Day in 1941.
We were taken back to her family life during the beginning of the last war. How one coped with food rationing including queuing, adventures in the blackout and escaping to safety in the London tube stations to miss the German bombing raids. Many members recalled these grim times and were kept enthralled with this talk.
Many wartime photos were on display for us to view.
A vote of thanks was given by Janet Mitchell.
During teatime the competition for an old cookery book was judged and the raffle drawn.
We meet again on July 4 at the Court House, Berkhamsted at 2pm. Our speaker will be Ann Parsons.
Do come and pay us a visit.
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