Posts by WI

An Evening with Adrienne Baba – March 2012

Posted by on Jul 1, 2012 in Reflections

One of our special “Evening with ..” events, when Adrienne showed us the art of Sushi...

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Bee Keeping with Tony Manton April 2012

Posted by on Jul 1, 2012 in Reflections

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Lord Leyster Hospital with Lieutenant Colonel Lewinski – March 2012

Posted by on May 14, 2012 in Reflections

In March, Lieutenant Colonel Lewinski entertained a full house with his talk on the Lord Leycester Hospital.  The attention of the audience was captured with the story of how this incredible charity was set up during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I as a retirement home for old warriors and their wives.

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Siberian Husky Dogs with Jayne Kingdom – January 2012

Posted by on May 13, 2012 in Reflections

A most enjoyable start to 2012 with Jayne bringing several of her beautiful Husky dogs to show us and to tell us a little bit about her life with the dogs.  ...

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Wine tasting evening with Roger Dickinson – February 2012

Posted by on Feb 7, 2012 in Reflections

Our AGM in January saw Pauline Brown re elected as President. Thank you to Pauline and to the other committee members for a successful year. Following the AGM we relaxed and gave our thoughts on various wines from Italy that Roger had selected for us to try. Roger explained the regions where the wines were from, their history, the grapes, how to store the wines and with which foods you should drink the wines with. Attached below are the notes on the various wines. Verdicchio Dei Castelli Di Jesi Classico Nero D’avola – Torretta Di Mondelli Gavi  – Castelvero Vino Nobile di Montepulciano – Filicheto  ...

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