Coming up in May

Stepping out and gathering in – coming up in May

There is no walk this month as many of our walking group members have exciting things on, including Hackney History Festival talks, a weekend stay at a stately home and Lydia's 'meet the artist' on 10 May at her Springfield Park Café exhibition Hello, Petal, on 'til 11 June.

Our monthly meeting, Thursday 15th May 7pm for 7.30pm – AGM followed by Elizabeth Hancock on the history of women’s Morris dancing

St Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Rd, London E2 9PL, entrance via the gates

We will be holding our AGM, at which we will elect/re-elect committee members and President for the coming year.

We’d love to invite members to consider standing for the committee. It's not too onerous a task as we are a friendly and supportive committee, sharing tasks out fairly and helping each other when needed. We just ask that you try and attend our quarterly meetings on Zoom, where we plan the programme, our fundraising events, speakers and any other business.

Following the AGM we'll hear about the history of Women’s Morris dancing – and if we're feeling brave, we might even try a few steps.

(The picture above, we should note, is not of a female Morris dancer. We're waiting for permission to use an archive image; meanwhile, these are the legs of actor William Kempe, who, in 1600, Morris danced from London to Norwich. As you do.)

If you are coming to one of our meetings for the first time, please contact us for more details on access to our venue.

Our monthly coffee and meet up, Friday 23rd May, meet at 10.30-11.00 – Saffi Cafe, 63 Violet Road, E3 3FW

Nearest DLR: Devon’s Road.

In other news

We've served refreshments at the always-lively Tower Hamlets Tea Dance, this time a combined VE Day and St George's Day event. Pictured here is our very own fashionista Heather.

And looking ahead, we have bigger exhibition news: Janet, who gave our April talk, has quilts in the upcoming London Quilters exhibition Quilts at the Library, at Swiss Cottage Library, 88 Avenue Road London NW3 3HA, 3 June to 3 July. 

Pictures of the tea dance by Alison and Karen