For those who remember the War. Wallington and Rushden’s talk by Alan Payne on the Home Front was an evening not to be missed and for those fortunate enough to have been born later a chance to gain knowledge of what actually happened here in Britain. Alan brought along a wonderful selection of artefacts he had collected over the years and a fund of interesting stories. Did you know that Cadbury’s were the main manufacturers of gas masks or that when a spitfire crashed, as did one recently found at Thriplow, it buried itself twenty to thirty feet into the ground or that the Home Guard often had to share one uniform between twenty? Anyone wishing to know more about this period in history should make sure that they go to a talk by Alan at least once.Next month sees the Group meeting at Hinxworth on Oct 27th when Richard Westcott will talk on The Making of a Pantomime Dame and the Autumn Council meeting is at Harpenden on 28th August when Colin tarn will entertain with an evening of music and jokes.
The WI distinguished itself at the latest Scrabble Day attended by Ann Warner and Fiona Potts when Fiona took second place.
The Christmas dinner will be on Friday 10th December
Next month is the AGM when there will be a table top sale and the competition for the Spender Cup which is an original war time recipe. We hope to make these into a booklet to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end on WW11. The meeting will be at Rushden on Thursday 21st October at 8pm.
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