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'Canary Girls' The Forgotten Heroines of Two World Wars

Upcoming Speaker Events

2026

June

The Speakers will be touring in the Midlands!

Wednesday 3rd - Whitechapel WI, Whitechapel Village Hall, Goosnargh, Lancashire - 7.30pm

Saturday 27th - Afternoon tea Durham Soroptimists - 2pm - 4pm

July

Wednesday 1st - North Weald WI, North Weald Village Hall, Essex - at 2pm

Tuesday 7th - Caple Ladies group, St Mary's Church Hall, Capel St Mary, Suffolk - 7pm

Thursday 9th - Capel St Mary WI, Community Center Library, Capel St Mary, Suffolk (Nr, Ipswich) - at 7.30pm

Wednesday 15th - Icketon & Hinxton WI, Great Chesterfield, The Chapel,  Essex - at 7.30pm

August

Tuesday 11th – Barton Mills Ladies Club, Barton Mills Village Hall - at 2pm
Tuesday 11th – Ramsey Rotary Club, Old Nene Golf Club, Ramsey - at 6.30pm
Tuesday 18th - Hitchen After Sevens Ladies Club – Hitchen Village Hall - time tbc

Thursday 20th - Easingwold WI, Galtres Centre, Easingwold, North Yorkshire - at 7.30pm

September

Wednesday 2nd – Morton Hall WI, Morton Hall Community Centre, Bury St Edmunds - at 7.30pm

Thursday 10th - Alresford WI, Alresford Village Hall, Colchester, Essex - at 7.30pm

Friday 18th – Scole WI, St Andrews Church, Scole nr Diss - at 7.30pm

October

Thursday 1st - Bury St Edmunds WI Homeguard Club, Abbot Rd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - at 7.30pm

Monday 5th - Caton Leisure club, Victoria Institute, Caton, Lancashire - at 10.00am

Wednesday 7th - Crook WI, Cumbria - at 7pm

Friday 9th - Barnard Trefoil Group, Barnard Castle Guide HQ, Birch Road, Barnard Castle - 6.30pm

Monday 12th – Ladies Club, Old Felixstowe Community Centre - at 2.30pm

Thursday 19th - Barnard Castle Probus Club, TCR Hub, Barnard Castle - 10am

Tuesday 20th - Barrow WI, Beacon Hill Methodist Church, Cumbria - at 2pm

Saturday 31st - North Yorkshire, East WI Federation Autumn meeting , York - 11am

November

Tuesday 3rd - Rayne WI, Essex, Rayne Village hall - at 7.30pm

Tuesday 10th - Trefoil Guild Ipswich, Venue TBC - at 2pm

Wednesday 11th - Suffolk Lunch Club, Seckford Hall, Suffolk, nr Woodbridge - at 2pm

Monday  16th – Oddfellows, 37 High Street, Ipswich - at 10.30pm

Thursday 19th - Barnard Castle Probus Club, TCR Hub, County Durham - 7.30pm

Thursday 12th - Clifford Ladies, Clifford Village Hall, West Yorkshire - at 7.00 pm

2027

January

Tuesday 5th - Long Newton & Elton WI, The Wilson Institute, Long Newton , Stockton-on-Tees, Durham - at 1.30pm

February

Wednesday 10th - Urswick WI, Urswick Parish Room, Ulverston, Cumbria - at 7.30pm

March

Tuesday 2nd – Oddfellows, Oddfellows Hall, Whiling St, Bury St Edmunds - at 10am
Tuesday 9th – Honnington & Sapiston WI, Honnington Village Hall, Suffolk - at 7.30 pm
Thursday 11th – Hopton Local History Group, Hopton Village Hall – Suffolk - at 7pm

April

Tuesday 13th – Barrow & District History Society, Barrow Village Hall – Suffolk – 7.30 pm

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May

Tuesday 11th - Hoxne Phoenix Ladies, Hoxne Village Hall, Hoxne village (Nr Eye) - at 7.30pm

Wednesday 12th - Lancaster Civic Society, Rowley Court, Lancaster - at 7.30pm

Thursday 20th – Rushmere WI, Rushmere Village Hall - Suffolk - at 7pm

 

June

Thursday 3rd – Chevington WI, Chevington Village hall, nr Bury St Edmunds - 7.30 pm

Wednesday 9th - Clayton-le-Woods WI, Brindle Community Centre, Chorley, Lancashire - at 1.45pm

November

Friday 12th - St Anne’s U3a, St Anne’s URC Hall, St Anne’s, Lancashire - at 10am

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:

Sandra   via    sanddot51k@gmail.com             for Suffolk and Essex

Val          via   valerie.welti@btinternet.com    for Cumbria and the North

Peta        via   peta.edwards@outlook.com       for Lancashire

Gaynor   via   gaynoroliver@btinternet.com               

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