Blog post by Christel Hernalesteen, Wandering Belles Officer In September’s Borough Belles meeting we talked about clothes. Five speakers came in to speak about this subject from the perspective of their day-to-day work, research or interest. Committee members Ruth (Cloth Scissor Thread) and Alison (Newman Pearce Tailoring) started the evening with very interesting tips and … Continue reading
By Alison Pearce August’s meeting was packed to the rafters thanks to the provision of education + booze courtesy of Gary Thornton from the Lakes Distillery, Cumbria. The Lakes Distillery based in beautiful Keswick was created from scratch with the aim of making world-class whisky in England. Since it takes years to mature a whisky … Continue reading
For this month’s meeting, we had Liz Key talk to us about her career as an Opera Singer and the joys of performing. As Liz is also a Borough Belle member, she has written about her talk here. It was a joy to come and speak to the Belles at our monthly meeting, to talk … Continue reading
Blog post by Ellie Simes, Social Co-ordinator This Belle has crocheted before, but sadly never quite progressed to make anything of beauty or use. I was reminded of this when I went to dig out my crochet hook in preparation for the meeting and found it amongst a bag of small, discarded crocheted rectangles and … Continue reading
Blog post by Muireann Grealy, Borough Belles President It was heartening how many Belles braved the horrible weather for our AGM, to review all the great activities and achievements of the past year and make plans for the future. Sophie, our campaigns and communities officer, got us started with a run-down of all we got … Continue reading
How do you write a blog post about a BBWI meeting that was our very own comedy gig without feeling like it ought be a review or else giving away all her best material?!? Here’s my attempt at neither of those things… For our April meeting the Belles were lucky to convince Rosie Wilby to … Continue reading
Blog by Polly Heffer, Culture Club Secretary As the iPhone 3G adverts of 2009 used to tell us, ‘There’s an app for that’. Today, this is truer than ever. Recent statistics suggest that 90% of the time people spend on their mobiles is on apps. There are apps that count our steps and track our … Continue reading
