Coming up in September

Coming up in September

Saturday 10th September, 11.00

Monthly Walk – Mile End Park

Meet by the 'water feature' at the edge of Mile End park, opposite side of the road to the Guardian Angels Church. This will be very much a see who arrives and then do what we fancy affair – a number of our regulars will be away so if there are just very few of us, please yourselves – and walk north, south, east or west. Lots of opportunities for cafés if that takes your fancy, maybe a canal walk or admire the green spaces in Mile End Park itself.

Pictured: a sketch from Mile End Park drawn on one of our walks.

Thursday 15th September 

Monthly Meeting, St Margaret’s House, 19.00 for 19.30

We will welcome Graham Barker form Walk East, a social enterprise group.

Bethnal Green was transformed during Victorian times. New housing, schools, churches and parks were created and social reformers made their mark too.

This particular project explores research by a group of local residents during the Victorian Footprints community heritage project.

Covid measures in place, hand gel on entry. We will keep the door open. 

Friday 16th September is National WI Day

National Federation are asking members to flood social media with #WIproud saying why you are proud to be a member of such as amazing organisation; is it that you are proud to be part of one of the organisations that brought about votes for women, that supports local businesses and community, or maybe that you support some of the WI’s wide ranging campaigns. We will be celebrating with a special cake at our monthly meeting the day before. So let's flood East London Social media with #WIproud.

Friday 30th September

Coffee, 10.30

This month we will be meeting in Thingy Café and garden! We are not making this up... it's a hidden garden and café in Hackney Wick. This will be a new venue for all of us (unless our newsletter editor gets a chance to pop by in the next few weeks!)

1 Trowbridge Road E9 5LD – the café is located in Arbeit Studios. Bus routes 339, 276, 488 or Hackney Wick overground station.