The ‘Milestone Project’ is well underway and members were asked to keep looking for subjects.

Several members had thoroughly enjoyed ‘Holiday on Ice’ at the Norfolk Showground. The whole performance was very exciting and colourful.

New recruits are needed for the 400 Club draw — there are excellent prizes to be won.

Our speaker for the evening had a very intriguing title for her talk ‘From Nun, to Mum, to UNICEF’. As a Nun she was Sister Clare and worked in her old school as a PE teacher. After l4 years she left the convent and was one half of the scandal headline - EX-NUN WEDS EX-PRIEST’. Through her work with the sisterhood and contacts with groups supporting under privileged children she and her husband were able to adopt twins from Bogota. She has worked tirelessly as a volunteer with UNICEF to provide health kits for women after childbirth. All the ladies found her a truly inspirational lady and made us all feel humble and very grateful for all that we have.

The next meeting is on Wednesday, 21st May and it promises to be very interesting and with the lighter fine evenings, do come along.

Judi

Women’s Institute Trip

We have a few vacant seats on our Coach Trip to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, 5th August 2003, leaving at 7.30 am. Cost £16.50, which includes coach and entrance to the Palace.

Contact: Pippa Docwra 736133 or Daphne Knights 738529.

Women’s Institute Meeting, Wednesday, 16th April 2003

We were going to have a talk about Coleman's Mustard but our speakers were taken ill, so we had a substitute. Mr Clifford Shinn held our meeting enthralled for about an hour describing his wonderful life from humble farm worker’s cottage to Manager of the financial world of Harrods.

He transported us from Nineteen Twenties Norfolk through to London and Harrods in the Thirties and then into the Second World War and his naval career.

He described his further education after the War, returning to Harrods working in accounts. He served thirty eight years with the company and rose to Manager and became overall financial controller, handling 3 to 5 million pounds a day. He started with an accounts office and ended up with a huge banking hall.

I am sure Mr Clifford Shinn gave everyone at this WI meeting a great insight to a bygone age – it was great!!

Chris Hubbard