This extract mentions the decision to hire the Drill Hall for meetings whenever possible
Reference: WH0330
This extract mentions attendance of the garden party to be hosted by Brasted W.I.
Reference: WH0331
This extract deals with the election of a new committee
Reference: WH0332
This extract mentions a performance to be put on for Westerham W.I. members by Sevenoaks Girls Club
Reference: WH0333
This extract mentions the welcome of new members, the ‘Misses’ Liddell, which refers to Alice Hargreaves and her sister Rhoda. Alice Hargreaves (Alice in Wonderland) had come to Westerham following the recent death of her husband Reginald. She was lonely and wanted to be near her sister for companionship.
Reference: WH0334
This extract mentions the very generous offer by Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Rooke to organise a children’s party with a ventriloquist
Reference: WH0335
Rebuilt from a former cordite storage hut purchased from Faversham Gunpowder Mills, this building was always referred to as the W.I. ‘hut’. It was in fact, quite sizeable, measuring 45 feet deep x 35 feet wide x 11 feet high, exclusive of a 9 foot-wide annex for kitchen, classroom etc. It was thought it would be ...
Reference: WH1080
From the Westerham Herald for 1934: All roads led to “Franks Hall” near Dartford on Wednesday where a vast audience of nearly three thousand people assembled to witness performances of Shakespeare’s great pageant play “King Henry VIII” which, together with a series of short plays, was presented at the Drama Festival organised by Mrs. Granville ...
Reference: WH0877
An account from the Secretary Miss Gosling herself that same year ‘…in 1921 it became necessary to have a home of our own, as we had met since our formation in 1918 in the Drill Hall, which was no longer available when the soldiers came back. The matter was warmly discussed at a meeting and it ...
Reference: WH0878
The Girl Guides had their meeting place attached to the side of the Women’s Institute Hall as a small annexe. The Guides would often work together with the ladies from the W.I. on fund-raising events such as this.
Reference: WH0319
In 1926 the Westerham Women’s Institute staged a performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar at Squerryes Court. The play, in five acts, was produced by Mrs Granville Streatfeild with incidental music composed and conducted by Miss H. Lubbock. Some key roles were as follows Julius Caesar, Mrs Strolger Calpurnia, Mrs Grace Mark Anthony, Mrs Streatfeild Brutus, Mrs Brown Cassius, Mrs Bowles Metellus Cimber ...
Reference: WH0322
