Below is an account of the minutes of our A.G.M. in which we looked back over last year’s activities and made plans for 2014. After the business part of the meeting was concluded, there followed a film quiz and a lively game of Charades! Continue reading
Below is a summary of our programme of events in 2013.
Read the reports of each meeting and outing by clicking on the ‘R’ next to the date.
| Jan 17th | R | Capel Ladies Club A.G.M. |
| Feb 7th | R | The Azores (talk & slides) – Geo Fradgley |
| Feb 21st | R | DVD film night in the Vine Lounge |
| Mar 7th | R | The Making Of Gog and Magog – basket-weaving talk by Jan Barker |
| Mar 21st | R | Annual Dinner @ Bramford Cock |
| Apr 4th | R | A Royal Year (illustrated talk) – Ken Stone |
| April 18th | R | Theatre Trip: East Bergholt Dramatics Society |
| May 2nd | R | Herbs In The Garden – Karen Kenny |
| May 16th | R | Visit to Ipswich Mosque |
| June 6th | R | ‘Tales of the Unexpected!’ |
| June 20th | R | Visit to Recycling Facility @ Great Blakenham |
| July 4th | R | Summer Social (+ Ladies Day at Ascot) |
| July 18th | R | Full day coach trip to Sandringham |
| Aug 8th | R | Summer meal / BBQ |
| Aug 22nd | -NO MEETING- | |
| Sep 5th | R | Suffolk Farmhouse Cheeses (talk and tasting + wine!) – Jason Salisbury |
| Sep 19th | R | Indian cookery (demonstration and meal) – CHANGED! |
| Oct 3rd | R | Uganda: Work In Progress (talk) – Alison Brain |
| Oct 17th | R | Bramford Crafts and Candles |
| Nov 7th | R | The World of Optical Illusions (talk and demo) – Colin Hopper |
| Nov 21st | ||
| Dec 5th | R | Textiles and Embroidery (talk and demo) – Mandy Bouttell |
| Dec 19th | R | Christmas Social in the Vine Lounge |
| Jan 16th (2014) | R | Capel Ladies Club A.G.M. |
Programme may be subject to alteration.
This year’s theme for the annual Festival of Trees & Lights at the Capel St Mary Parish Church was FILMS.
Capel Ladies Club decorated a tree to represent the classic Gene Kelly musical, ‘Singing In The Rain’.
The whole display comprising more than 30 trees lit up St Mary’s Church and looked beautiful.
Di Barker, Chairlady of Capel Ladies Club, presenting Mark Browning, Chairman of Capel Community Trust, with a cheque for £379. The money was raised by Capel Ladies from their ‘An evening with Gordon Blackwood’ charity night, held in the Vine Lounge in November 2013.
Capel Ladies Club 