On Thursday 19^th April, twenty-one Capel Ladies went to the New Wolsey Theatre for the first night of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy “Bedroom Farce”. It was a very entertaining play and we all enjoyed ourselves! As with all Ayckbourn plays, much of the comedy rings true – we’ve all been there/done that, or had it happen to us at some time or another! Plenty of laughs, anyway, and well-acted too! (I wonder how many of us went home afterwards and made pilchards on toast for a midnight snack?)

On Thursday 15^th March 10 brave members of Capel Ladies met at 7.30pm outside St Stephen’s Church (the Tourist Office) in Ipswich. There to greet us was our guide, Ed Nicholls, and his lady assistant who was coming along for the experience as she was training to be a tour guide herself.

After introducing himself and telling us how the ghost tours began, he said that from various anecdotes and stories about different parts of the town we can learn a lot about the history of Ipswich over the years.

And so it proved! Continue reading →

There was a good turnout for our post-Christmas meal at The Brook, Washbrook. Everyone enjoyed their meals and there was plenty of merry banter flying about! Unfortunately there was no opportunity this year for another tuneful solo from Heather Robinson who performed so well for us at the Bramford Cock in 2011! Continue reading →