There was a touch of glamour around in Capel Library at our September “In” meeting!
It was all down to Debra Johnson who had come to talk about her fascinating career as a milliner, designing and creating a whole range of fabulous headwear.
Whatever the occasion, whatever the colour and style of your outfit, Debra is able to produce just the shade and design of either hat or fascinator that will suit it perfectly. Continue reading
Our Summer Buffet Evening at the Bramford Cock was a great success! With our unpredictable summer weather we had chosen to sit indoors, but we were in the conservatory looking out at what turned out to be a lovely sunny evening, so it was a good compromise! The landlord, Bill Stoddart, joked and made us very welcome as usual, and even performed a card trick later in the evening! Continue reading
A grim and gloomy place. That was my first impression of Wattisham Airbase. Granted, the weather didn’t help – it was hammering down with rain under a lid of black cloud cover on a Thursday evening in July. Just another day in our great British Summer!
Fortunately for our Capel Ladies party there was a warm and friendly welcome awaiting us from Mick and Jo Bown, the smiling couple who were our guides for the evening! We began our visit by looking round the museum… Continue reading
There was a Jubilee theme to our Summer Social this year, brightening up the evening in the Vine Lounge with everyone in red, white and blue, plus Union Jack table-cloths, plates and bunting! With a glass of sparkling wine each, and a choice of nibbles from the plates of food we had brought, there was a convivial atmosphere as the evening progressed.
Shirley Ward had set a Diamond Jubilee Quiz for us, which – although it had multiple choice answers – was trickier than it looked! Winners here were Linda Bloomfield and Beryl Grant. There was also a contest to see how many words of 4 letters or more could be made from “The Diamond Jubilee”. This was ALSO won by Linda and Beryl, who came up with over 100 between them!
Our next trip out is to Wattisham Airbase on July 19th, then on August 2nd we are meeting at the allotments to visit the newly-created wildlife area there, and on August 9th we are off to the Bramford Cock for a Summer Buffet Evening.
Our first meeting in September – on Thursday 6th – is entitled “Couture, Hats and Fascinators” with Debra Johnson – so if you’ve got a posh occasion coming up this could be for you!
Catch us on our website at: www.capelladies.com or ring 311870 for more details if you would like to join us!
And – they’re OFF! Yes, Capel Ladies had a grand day out at the races! Destination – Romford town first, for a bit of shopping and a coffee, and then off to Romford Stadium to enjoy a three-course meal, followed by an exciting and entertaining afternoon of greyhound racing!
Seated at their tables for lunch, everyone had a track-side seat behind the plate-glass window, which enabled them to watch each race from beginning to end. Their meals and drinks were served at the tables, and they were even able to place their bets there too! Everyone had their own way of picking a dog! For some the luck was in the name, for others the colours, whilst the more expert punters studied the race card for form.
There was mixed success amongst the group! For the most part people broke even by the end of the day, some came away worse off, but the biggest winner of the day was Louise Evans who had obviously taken the whole thing very seriously! A grand day out!
You could have heard a pin drop in Capel Library at our June meeting! Glenda Price, a professional cake-decorating expert who has taught the subject for over 30 years in local colleges and evening classes, was “doing her stuff”! She told us at the start, in no uncertain terms, that when it comes to icing and decorating cakes, she is NOT one of the “lick and stick brigade”. No, she does it all PROPERLY! And she was certainly true to her word! Continue reading
Unfortunately the planned trip to visit the gardens at Helmingham Hall has had to be cancelled as only 7 people wanted to go.
This could be a blessing in disguise in view of the current inclemency of the weather! 🙂
Our “In” meeting on 3rd May was a DVD evening in the Vine Lounge at the Village Hall. Twenty members turned up to see the film “Chocolat”, which eventually went well after initial problems with the T.V. Thanks to bar staff David and Mark, and especially Jonathan who fetched his own speakers from home to run the sound through the DVD player! To get in the mood everyone had a bar of chocolate to go with the peanuts, crisps and popcorn!
Future meetings include a visit to Wattisham Airbase, a talk and demonstration on cake decorating (could be useful if you are making a special cake for a Jubilee Party!) and a trip to Romford Stadium for an afternoon of Greyhound Racing! Place your bets now!
On Thursday 19th 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?)
Our April “In” meeting was a talk by Roger Kennell, who is the local history recorder at Hadleigh, about the family and profession of William Pretty, the Suffolk manufacturer of Corsets.
William Pretty built England’s first corset factory, which later became the largest, producing a great range of corsets in innovative styles which were exported all over the world. Continue reading
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