WHAT’S UP NEXT?

Held on the last Thursday of the month. We choose our books 3 months at a time.

Email Barnes WI  to go on the mailing list so you will receive updates on the books on the reading list for the next 3 months and for info’ on the next meeting.

Our current reading list is:

June – Shuggie Bain by Douglas Bain

July – Capital by John Lanchester

August – A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry

September – to be decided

October – The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

Knit, natter and sew – join in with your knitting needles or just come for a chat!

Please contact Sarah Hughes for more information.

This evening, Mildred Freeman, aka The Lady Historian, is going to tell us all about gin! Wel’ll discover the wonderful and downright naughty history of the glorious drink! Starting in the early 1100s and traveling through to our modern gin revolution allow Mildred to regale you with tales of bravery, plague, royalty, law, fuddled Georgians and intoxicated sailors, with one or two Music hall songs thrown in for good measure!

So if gin is your tipple have one poured and ready and let the entertainment begin!

At last!! We are so excited and looking forward so much to everyone being able to get together for real – there might even be some hugging allowed by then – fingers crossed!

The plan is to have a social on Barnes Green – by the OSO Arts Centre and Barnes Pond. We’re not planning anything formal, it’ll be a time to see each other and to have a proper catch up.

Everyone is welcome, if you are thinking you might join Barnes WI then why not come along? You’ll get a warm welcome from the committee and members.

Get the date in your diaries now – and the first drink will be on us!

Knit, natter and sew – join in with your knitting needles or just come for a chat!

Please contact Sarah Hughes for more information.

Held on the last Thursday of the month. We choose our books 3 months at a time.

Email Barnes WI  to go on the mailing list so you will receive updates on the books on the reading list for the next 3 months and for info’ on the next meeting.

Our current reading list is:

July – Capital by John Lanchester

August – A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry

September – to be decided

October – The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

Yes it’s time for our annual barbecue! The annual Barnes WI institution where we all go a little mad – there’s dancing until dawn (possibly not that late really…..) and lots of yummy things to eat that we have attempted to cook ourselves……..

Held on the last Thursday of the month. We choose our books 3 months at a time.

Email Barnes WI  to go on the mailing list so you will receive updates on the books on the reading list for the next 3 months and for info’ on the next meeting.

Our current reading list is:

August – A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry

September – to be decided

October – The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

For our very first face to face meeting we are going to be entertained by Sarah Slater with her Kirtles, Corsets and Curtains talk.

We are welcoming Sarah back, in person this time, after her hugely popular Zoom talk last year – The Ghosts of Hampton Court.

”I will visit your club in your meeting hall, I talk about my journey into historical costuming, the levels of authenticity involved with making period costumes to wear as a tour guide. I wear one of my costumes and bring more along with a mannequin which I dress up. I talk about how the ‘perfect’ silhouette has changed over time and how women have striven to attain it.”

Knit, natter and sew – join in with your knitting needles or just come for a chat!

Please contact Sarah Hughes for more information.

Held on the last Thursday of the month. We choose our books 3 months at a time.

Email Barnes WI  to go on the mailing list so you will receive updates on the books on the reading list for the next 3 months and for info’ on the next meeting.

Our current reading list is:

September – to be decided

October – The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

We’ve all seen the dreadful pictures of how flooding and tourism is affecting this amazing city … we hear from the charity that is aiming to protect its heritage and why buying a pizza can help.

Knit, natter and sew – join in with your knitting needles or just come for a chat!

Please contact Sarah Hughes for more information.

Held on the last Thursday of the month. We choose our books 3 months at a time.

Email Barnes WI  to go on the mailing list so you will receive updates on the books on the reading list for the next 3 months and for info’ on the next meeting.

Our current reading list is:

October – The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

The AGM will be followed by a quiz – it’ll be an easy one!

Held on the last Thursday of the month. We choose our books 3 months at a time.

Email Barnes WI  to go on the mailing list so you will receive updates on the books on the reading list for the next 3 months and for info’ on the next meeting.

Knit, natter and sew – join in with your knitting needles or just come for a chat!

Please contact Sarah Hughes for more information.

Lindsey Barrell (aka Ms Cherry Bombe) 

Burlesque, Me and the WI Talk (aka How Burlesque Saved My Life!)

WI President Lindsey Barrel will be giving her fabulously funny and heart-warming talk that covers how she discovered burlesque, and then the WI, and brought the two worlds together.

From empty nest to huge success, and via dance classes and craft sessions, Lindsey will take you on a journey that a lot of us can relate to.

This is a humorous talk that illustrates how even the most diverse topics can epitomise the Fun, Friendship and Education ethos of the WI.