'Canary Girls' The Forgotten Heroines of Two World Wars
PAST Speaker Events
2024
June
Thursday 13th - Romaldkirk WI, Cotherstone Village Hall, Durham - 2pm
Tuesday 18th - Rutland & Bouth WI Oxen Park Reading Rooms - 7.30pm
Thursday 20th - Harrogate Library Harrogate North Yorkshire - 3pm
August
Tuesday 20th - Thoralby & District WI, Thoralby Village Hall, North Yorkshire - 7.30pm
September
Wednesday 4th - Weymouth WI, Dorset - 7.30pm
Wednesday 18th - Coverdale WI, Carlton-in-Coverdale, North Yorkshire - 7.30pm
October
Tuesday 15th - Chipping Local History Society, St Mary's Church Hall, Chipping, Lancashire - 7.30pm
Friday 18th - Field Naturalist Club Community Centre, Barrow-in-Furness - 2pm
2025
January
Monday 20th - Natland Monday Club, Natland, Cumbria - 2pm
Tuesday 11th - Chelmondiston WI, Chelmondiston Village Hall, Suffolk - 7pm
February
Saturday 1st - LUKE National Trust, Morecambe - 2pm
Tuesday 11th - Chelmondiston WI, Chelmondiston Village Hall, Suffolk - 7pm
March
Wednesday 12th - Bentley WI. Bentley Village Hall, Suffolk - 7.30pm
Tuesday 18th - Grange lecture society Victoria Hall Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
April
Tuesday 8th - Thirsk U3a, Sowerby Parochial Hall, North Yorkshire - 10m
Tuesday 8th - Felixstowe Library. Felixstowe, Suffolk - 2pm
Tuesday 8th - Wickham St Pauls WI, Colchester, Essex - 7pm
Tuesday 15th - Easingwold & District U3a, Easingwold Baptist Church Hall, North Yorkshire - 2pm
Wednesday 16th - Over 55s History Group, Lancaster Friendship Centre, Lancashire - 10.45am
May
Thursday 8th - Hollesley WI, Hollesley Village Hall, Suffolk - 7pm
Friday 9th - Bramton WI, Huntingdon, Cambridge - 2pm
Tuesday 13th - Ulpha & Seathwaite WI, Cumbria - 7.30pm
Wednesday 14th - Kendal Trefoil Group, Cumbria - Evening
Book a speaker:
Why not book a talk for your club, association or society!
Speakers available to give presentations to most types of clubs and societies in the Suffolk and Essex area as well as Cumbria, Lancashire, the North East and other parts of the Country.
Just get in touch by Email: sanddot51k@gmail.com
Past Events
Bake Sale
Saturday 29th May 2021
Plant Sale
Sunday 6th June 2021
Radio Cumbria interview
Friday 25th June 2021
Westmorland Show
Wednesday 8th & Thursday 9th September 2021
Canary SPH presentation
Thursday 18th November 2021
This event raised more than £500 ...
Other speaker events have raised a further £200 and there are several other bookings in the diary.
A coffee morning held locally added £377 in donations; which in total now stands at approximately £2500!
Wreath laying
Wednesday 25th May 2022
Wreath laying news segment
Newspaper page
Friday 27th May 2022
Beetham WI Wreath
Wednesday 25th May 2022
Wreath laying
Sunday 13th November 2022
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald Article
Saturday 03rd June 2023
Funds now stand at over £10,000 and is still raising thanks to all the wonderful support!
If you had a relative who was a Canary Girl (or boy), then please get in touch with us.