Looking back at our trip to Kersey Mill aside, it’s always difficult to compose a club report when it’s been summer holiday time and there haven’t been any club activities taking place, so this month I will just give you a Preview of what Capel Ladies Club has got planned for the Autumn season! You never know, it just might tempt some of you non-members to come along and join us one evening at one of our “In” Meetings on the first Thursday of the month at 7.30pm in Capel Library!

CAPEL LADIES CLUB AUTUMN PROGRAMME 2022

Sept 1st –    Wimbledon Line Judge – talk by Wendy Smith

Sept 15th –   Wolsey Theatre Trip to ‘Kinky Boots’

Oct 6th – Talk by Vanessa Hale of Wiltshire Farm Foods

Oct 20th – Walk and Lunch in Woodbridge

Nov 3rd – Craft Evening – A Different Form of Card Making – Ann Wilding

Nov 17th –   Coach Trip to Ely Cathedral Christmas Fair

Dec 1st –     Christmas Meal out (venue to be confirmed)

Dec 15th –   Christmas Social in the Vine Lounge

Maybe see some of you there…? In the meantime, have a look back at some of our past activities here on the website!

Pens and Paper at the ready! Answer each question in the grid below to find the hidden message in this Suffolk quiz!

When you’ve finished, click the arrow on the grid to reveal the answers!

1. Traditional local breed of heavy horse. (7,5)
2. Site of 1^st UK Radar Station. (7)
3. Good place to go crabbing! (11)
4. Site of famous concert hall. (5)
5. SpringWatch 2016 came from here! (8)
6. Martyred King of the East Angles. (6)
7. Coastal town with remains under the sea since the 13^th Century. (7)
8. Tudor Archbishop, Thomas …. whose surname was given to our local theatre. (6)
9. The UK’s busiest container port. (10)
10. An annual sailing barge race starts here! (3,4)
11. The artist John Constable was born here. (4,8)

MYSTERY WORD (down) – What we all need to try and do!

We might not be big – in fact we’re quite small

But nevertheless we’re the best club of all!

We need some new members

To carry us on,

We hope that you’ll join us

Before we are gone.

There’s speakers and outings

And barbecues too

And visits to pantos

And craft things to do!

We’re older than some

But we’re still young at heart

And we’d love some new blood

To give things a fresh start!

Please don’t be put off

Come and give it a go –

Until you have tried it

You’ll just never know!

SEE YOU THERE?

– Sue Woolgar

Fun Day (re-arranged) turned out bright and breezy with an odd shower or two – but by and large it was a sunny afternoon. Capel Ladies’ Stall, entitled “Home-made & Home-grown” and selling plants, cakes and jams, as well as paperbacks and pre-loved jewellery, made a grand profit of £236.94 towards club funds.  This included Linda Evans’ ‘Planted Tub Raffle’, which made £108.00, the previous sale of plants (which were meant for the postponed Fun Day) by Sue Maynard, which raised £26.40, and the stall itself on the day raised £102.54!

Thanks to everyone who helped towards it!

The weather for Fun Day 2018 couldn’t have been better! The sun shone all day and although there was a slight breeze it didn’t affect the gazebo round our stall. After a change last year we reverted to our usual theme of home-made/home-grown produce and plants. There was a lovely selection of cakes, biscuits and scones, plus jams and chutneys; and a good number of plants and shrubs as well, with some fresh rhubarb thrown in! There were plenty of helpers on the day and we raised a whopping £118.00 which was an excellent result!

January 12^th 22018 marked the first day of the Festival of Trees and Lights, held at St Mary’s Church in Capel every other year. as a fund-raiser for the “Friends of Capel Church”, and this year monies raised will go towards the restoration of the East Window.

Capel Ladies’ tree – ‘Malta’

The theme this year was “Countries of the Commonwealth” and each village organisation which took part had to select a country and choose appropriate items with which to decorate their Christmas tree. There was a quiz sheet available for a small entry fee where people could guess the countries from the objects on and around each tree.

Capel Ladies Club chose Malta, and using red and silver tinsel to represent the red and white colours of the Maltese flag we added laminated pictures of various Maltese features such as the old yellow buses on the island, the Maltese terrier, the knights of St John, the Maltese Falcon from the Humphrey Bogart film and pictures of the Azure Window – the famous rocky sea-arch which collapsed in 2017. As well as these items there were lots of silver Maltese Crosses dangling to catch the light and a large one at the top of the tree. Of course the biggest ‘giveaways’ were the empty packets of Maltesers! Our tree looked very pretty amongst the others, all lit up in the darkness, as you will see in these photos!

Thanks to Irene, Pat, Sue and Shirley for their efforts!

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Our stall at FUN DAY on 10th June 2017 was aptly named “ALL BOTTLED UP”. We had all filled empty jars and bottled with goodies – mainly with children in mind. We also had a “Guess the number of Jellybeans in the Jar” competition.

Altogether we raised £83.80, including £7 for the competition. A little boy called George from Winding Piece won the jellybeans. His guess was 178 and there were 182 in the jar.
All except 8 jars sold – a successful afternoon!

It was with much sadness that we learned of the death of Sue Gilson in April 2017. Sue was a much-loved member of Capel Ladies Club who will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Below is a collection of tributes to Sue, from our members.

Our first venture in 2016 included creating a decorated Christmas tree for the Capel Church Festival of Trees and Lights in early January. This year’s theme was “Famous People” and we chose Queen Elizabeth II, as this is the year of her 90^th birthday! Our tree looked beautiful, decked out in red, white and blue lights and tinsel, with laminated card baubles showing elements of the Queen’s life.

Why not pop along to one of our meetings in 2016, on your own or with a friend? We’ve got a good programme lined up for this year, speakers including a manicurist, a lady wood-carver, a wildlife expert and a theatrical costumier. There is a variety of outings too, amongst which are a visit to the Suffolk Records Office, a Badger-watching evening, a coach trip to the Greyhound Racing at Romford and a visit to the new re-cycling centre at Great Blakenham. Tempted to join us? Please do!

Below is a summary of our programme of events in 2012.
Read the reports of each meeting and outing by clicking on the ‘R’ next to the date.

To find out what’s in store for 2013, click on our ‘2013 Programme’ at the top of this page.