It would seem likely that the silent, rapt attention for almost one hour on the part of 45 listeners can seldom be achieved by any speaker, whether professional or not!! A talk on The Life Of Nurse Edith Cavell by Mr Geoffrey Hodson in February inspired just this situation. This was an excellent, unique opportunity to learn more from an accomplished speaker about one of Norfolk's famous citizens.

March offered us an equally appreciated hour when cloistral silence was not the mood of the meeting. An unvarnished practical demonstration of quick, simple home winemaking was given to our W.I. by a member of the Norfolk Winemakers' Guild, Mr Roy Green. Roy's buoyant, endearing personality was a tonic in itself, his recipe and tasty samples of wine sent us home encouraged to revive the art of inexpensive and delicious home winemaking.

Is it any wonder that our local W.I. membership and friendly monthly meetings are attracting so many new members? Do come along if you are at all interested and see what you think of us.

The May meeting will be a serious one when this year's Resolutions will be discussed but in April we look forward to learning all about Venetian Masks from Janet Steel.

Peta McCurley