Vice-President Julie Andrews welcomed 41 members (including a brand new member) and 2 guests to the July meeting. Lynda was thanked for the flowers and coffee/tea hostesses Molly, Dee and Tricia were also thanked. The record of the last meeting was approved and signed.
20 members enjoyed a visit to Bilsington Priory when they had an interesting tour followed by a delicious cream tea, Daphne was thanked for organising the visit.
Julie drew our attention to The East Kent Federation event on 16 September at Godmersham to celebrate the WI’s one hundred and tenth Birthday. Details are in the July edition of The East Kent News.
After coffee Dawn Neal, a member of CGWI, led us in a discussion entitled “Our Previous Lives.” As Dawn said it is easy for people, and their families and friends, to forget what they achieved during their lives; be it in their careers or leisure activities. Several members told us of their experiences which was very interesting, and I am sure that everyone experienced a “Gosh! Really?” moment!
Dawn had prepared a questionnaire for us to fill in in groups of six. She then went through the questions, and it was amazing how many of us had abseiled, ridden motorbikes (perhaps there could be a new subgroup! Or should that be Chapter), been models, travelled and much more. This was a very interesting experience and judging by the noise level, gave us all a lot to talk about.
Christine B gave the vote of thanks which was heartily endorsed by everyone.