ISTEAD RISE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

What a joy it was to be entertained by Dorothy Gray at our August meeting under the ban-ner Hoping for a few laughs'. We had more than a few laughs as she recited monologues which described in hilarious detail different facets of WI characters.

I'm sure we all recognised ourselves or our friends in some of the little ditties that she per-formed. Dorothy was a member of her WI drama group for many years and after that declined she continued to do solo monologues. She has put together a programme of poems etc., looking at women in general and WI in particular in a fun way. We had a welcome visit by a past member, Jenny Vogler, who left many years ago to return to her native Australia and will be touring the UK for a month visiting friends and relatives.

Our next meeting will be on September 10 at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall, Istead Rise, with a talk by Mr D A Fulford JP on A day in the life of a JP'. Visitors are always welcome, for fur-ther information please contact Priscilla Herbert on 01474 832460.