Our December coffee morning

Festive stories – our December coffee morning

Family Christmases, festivities with friends, solo celebrations and scuppered trips... we all had tales to tell and art, theatre and TV recommendations to swap at this month's impromptu (and lovely) café choice Music & Beans Shoreditch.

After coffee, a group of us went on to the Museum of the Home to see its Winter Festival room sets and displays.

Wishing all of our members and friends a happy and healthy New Year. Look out for our next blogpost to see what's coming up in January.

Main group photo by Alison Denning

Our December meeting

Crafts, celebration and chat – our December meeting

On an icy Winter day, we met for a warm evening of crafting, making festive wreaths from a fantastic selection of materials, catching up, swapping stories and discussing the WI resolutions for voting early next year.

And the crushed cork? Well, that was the result of a bottle of bubbly in no hurry to be opened, some teamwork and an idea.

A huge thank you to Sally for the creative fun, and to Heather, Alison and Sally for the refreshments.

Our craft evening was hot on the heels of East End WI serving hot drinks and good cheer at the Tower Hamlets Christmas Tea Dance at Mile End Art Pavilion.

Coffee and Museum of the Home – Friday 30th December 10:30am

Meet at Hoxton Overground station entrance.

We'll find a café for coffee, then visit the Museum of The Home to enjoy its Winter Festival displays.

Wishing all of our members, their families and our communities a lovely festive season.

Our December walk

Cranes and boats and planes – our December walk

Our monthly walks take us to all sorts of urban places, wild, watery, green, historic and built. 

This month's walkers have explored Canary Wharf and Docklands, with their gleaming towers, boats, planes flying over from City Airport and clues to the docklands' industrial heyday. 

These pictures (thank you, Bridget and Heather) tell of much to see, everyone has knowledge to share and our walks are a wonderful chance to chat. 

Coming up in December

 

A ramble, wreath-making and coffee at the museum – what's on in December

A Canary Wharf ramble: Saturday 10th December – meet at 11.00am, at South Quay DLR station

This month, we'll explore Canary Wharf at Christmas. The walk can ramble via Millwall Inner Docks up to Heron Keys and over the water to Canary Wharf, visit the Crossrail Roof Garden (pictured) and take a look at the Elizabeth line. DLR, Jubilee, Elizabeth line and plenty of bus routes

Seasonal wreath-making at our Christmas meeting: Thursday 15th December, St Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PL – 7 for 7.30pm 

Seasonal wreath making - enjoy a glass of bubbly - some nibbles - and a chance to decorate your own Christmas wreath. If you have any spare “crafty bits” that you think might be suitable to go on the wreaths please bring them along, otherwise all materials supplied

We also plan to discuss this year's WI resolutions. For more information, take a look at the WI website or WI Life magazine.

If you're coming to one of our meetings for the first time, please contact us for 'How to get here' information.

Coffee and Museum of the Home, Kingsland Road, E2: Friday 30th December – Meet at the museum at 10:30am

We'll enjoy the museum's Winter Festival displays and have coffee – café to be confirmed, as the museum's café is currently closed.