Swinging Sixties was the theme for the two Wombourne Wives meetings in May. Our May 10th meeting was an illustrated talk entitled ‘The Swinging Sixties’ by Ray Sturdy, who took us back to our youth – flares, mini skirts, Twiggy, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Flower Power , James Bond, John Kennedy’s assassination, Luther King … [Read more…]
Photos all from Messy Sunday on April 29th the theme was The risen Jesus tells Peter to feed my sheep.
Church Wives’ April meetings certainly followed a farming theme. Not even the very inclement weather and flooded roads on 12th April were going to prevent our group from enjoying a wonderful lunch in the The Creamery at Apley Farm. All the food is always homemade and wherever possible grown organically on Apley farm. At the … [Read more…]
On 8th March, Cathy Grimmet gave us an insight into the Back to Back Court 15 project in Birmingham, -a time capsule left to show how Courtyards were crammed into the area and how over half of Birmingham’s population lived in this type of housing at one time during the 19th century. Our second meeting … [Read more…]
Wombourne Wives have had a very diverse range of speakers so far this year beginning with Simon Keeling our local weatherman speaking about ‘Weather Wanders’ – wandering around clouds, rain, snow, hail and how each are formed all accompanied by wonderful photographs. Next we visited the ‘Valley of the Kings’ with Derek Coates, illustrating his … [Read more…]
St Benedict Wives last gathering before Christmas was a very enjoyable Christmas lunch together. Happy Christmas and New Year to all.
St Benedict Biscop Church Wives Group Mulled Wine and Mince pies – Christmas Traditions Our last speaker for 2017 was wives ‘ member Chris Welch. We were entertained to a light-hearted, informative evening linked to Christmas traditions of the past and more.( Even Ikea got a mention!!!!!) We found out how the Winter Solstice influenced … [Read more…]
Red Envelopes from Iceland – What could this talk entail? Why red envelopes? Well Rob Cowell our speaker on Thursday 9th November was soon to enlighten us! His amazing photographs, along with his talk just overflowed with enthusiasm for his passion and love of Iceland It was all to do with a special birthday surprise … [Read more…]
Right from the beginning of the meeting, on 26th October, we knew we were in for a good humoured evening with Keith Whitehouse! We were laughing from the start to finish with Keith’s banter and poetry. He recited a mixture of his own poetry and some written by friends and neighbours. The Black Country Bugle … [Read more…]
On Thursday 12th October Wombourne Wives welcomed Sally who is a headteacher and regular worshipper at St Benedict Biscop. A wonderful Nepalese greeting awaited us all. Sally gave everyone a white silk scarf offered with a Nepalese welcoming greeting. It is a custom to offer a greeting scarf as a way of indicating your honourable … [Read more…]