'Canary Girls' The Forgotten Heroines of Two World Wars
Upcoming Speaker Events
2024
February
To National Trust group at the Library Museum St York - Saturday 17th February - at 2pm
March
In Grange-over-sands at Thornleigh Hotel Lunch Club - Monday 04th March - at 1:30pm
To Shincliffe WI in the WI Hut - Wednesday 06th March - at 1:30pm
To Shincliffe History Society at Shincliffe Village Hall - Monday 18th March - at 7pm
To Appleby Ladies Club in Appleby - Thursday 21st March - at 7:30pm
April
In Dalton-in-Furness to the Duddon Trefoil Guild - Monday 15th April - at 2pm
A representative of the Canary Girls Memorial Project will be laying a wreath on the TUC Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum - Sunday 28th April
May
To Beetham WI in the Beetham Village Hall - Thursday 09th May - at 7:30pm
To Lancaster Tangent in Morecambe (venue TBC) - Tuesday 14th May - at 7:30
June
In Romaldkirk Village Hall, nr. Durham - Thursday 13th June - at 2pm
To the Ladies Group in Victoria Room, Harrogate Library - Thursday 20th June - at 2pm
August
To Thoralby WI, in Yorksire (venue TBC) - Thursday 20th August - at 7:30pm
September
To Weymouth WI, in Dorset (venue TBC) - Wednesday 04th September - at 7:30pm
2025
May
To Brampton WI, at Thrapston Road, Huntingdon - Friday 02nd May - at 2pm
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Past Events
Bake Sale
Saturday 29th May 2021
We raised £655 for our girls!
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
Wednesday 25th May 2022
Newspaper page
Friday 27th May 2022
Wreath laying
Sunday 13th November 2022
Beetham WI Wreath
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald Article
Saturday 03rd June 2023
Funds now stand at £9200 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.