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Events Diary
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Last updated 21st June 2018
January 2018
27th THE RED RIBBON - Stockton Central Library
February 2018
1st A DRESS FOR EVERY DECADE - Whitley WI
4th V FOR VICTORY - Belford and District Hidden History Museum
7th VOTES FOR WOMEN - Osprey Luncheon Club
8th V FOR VICTORY- Gateshead Central Library
9th V FOR VICTORY - The Word, South Shields
11th V FOR VICTORY - Bagshaw Museum, Batley
15th GOTHIC FOR GIRLS - Bramall Hall, Stockport
18th A VERY VICTORIAN LADY - Potteries Museum, Stoke
27th WHO'S WEARING THE TROUSERS? - Knaresborough Mens Forum
March 2018
5th A DRESS FOR EVERY DECADE - Alnmouth WI 100th birthday
8th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - Wakefield History Centre
9th VOTES FOR WOMEN! - Linton Memorial Hall, Linton, Wetherby
14th FROCKS ON PARADE - Richmond Yorkshire Ladies Luncheon Club
15th FROCKS ON PARADE - Hoby & District Village Hall, Leics.
17th AGATHA CHRISTIE & ART DECO - The Heritage Centre,
19th THE RED RIBBON- The Mount School, York
21st VOTES FOR WOMEN CWU, Elmbank Hotel, York
22nd ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - Tickhill Library, Doncaster
24th TEA GOWNS & TEA TIME - Herriot Hospice Home Care
29th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - North Shields Customer First
Centre
April 2018
12th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - South Dalton Ladies Club
13th DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Middlethorpe Hall, York
14th VOTES FOR WOMEN - Penistone WI
18th DRESSED TO IMPRESS - North Yorkshire Fed WI
19th GREAT WAR FASHION - East Keswick Flower Club
26th LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE - High Dales Group of WIs
27th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Bollington Arts Centre
May 2018
4th THE RED RIBBON - Harrogate Ladies College (private event)
10th ALL WRITERS GREAT AND SMALL - Gateshead Central Library
16th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Weaver Vale WI
18th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - The Word, South Sheilds
19th SUFFRAGETTE STYLE - N.E. Embroiderers Guild
20th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Lichfield Festival
25th THE RED RIBBON - Hay-on-Wye Festival
27th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Skipton Town Hall
31st PINK - THE TRUE STORY - Wallsend Customer First Centre
June 2018
8th GOTHIC FOR GIRLS - Bronte Parsonage Museum
11th PINK - THE TRUE STORY - Darlington Library
14th VOTES FOR WOMEN! - Market Bosworth Arts Festival
19th V FOR VICTORY - Middlesbrough Reference Library
21st VOTES FOR WOMEN! - Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham
7pm presentation gawthorpehall@lancashire.gov.uk
Tel. (01282) 771004
23rd THE RED RIBBON - Norwich Costume & Textile Association
2pm presentation
July 2018
1st FABULOUS FIFTIES - Darlington Head of Steam Museum
1.30pm presentation. Tel. (01325) 405060
6th VOTES FOR WOMEN - Skipton Town Hall
7pm presentation Box Office (01756) 792809
12th AGATHA CHRISTIE & ART DECO - Glaisdale WI
18th WE LOVE LAURA - Middlethorpe Hall
** premiere performance ** 1pm sparking wine reception
1.30pm presentation, followed by afternoon tea
To book, call Julia (01904) 661301
19th THE RED RIBBON - Runcorn WI, Churchill Hall, Runcorn
8pm presentation hel.smith@gmail.com
28th DRESSING THE PAST - writing workshop
Young Adult Literature Convention, London Comic Con
August 2018
1st VOTES FOR WOMEN - Hinkley Canalside WI
7.30pm presentation St John's church Hall Hinckley
Tel. 07586830309
September 2018
7th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - The Word, South Shields
7pm presentation
11th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - Beningbrough Hall, York
15th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Jane Austen Society (Northern Branch)
2pm presentation Heslington Church, York m.joice@btinternet.com
18th THE RED RIBBON - Morley WI, tbc
20th V FOR VICTORY - Skipton Town Hall
7pm presentation Box Office (01756) 792809
21st WE LOVE LAURA - Bollington Arts Centre
2pm presentation www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk
22nd WE LOVE LAURA - Kiplin Hall, North Yorkshire, details tbc
30th THE RED RIBBON - Jersey Literature Festival tbc
October 2018
3rd FABULOUS FIFTIES - Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough
7pm presentation Tel. (01632) 813781
4th FABULOUS FIFTIES - Wetherby Flower Club
9th WE LOVE LAURA - Middlesbrough Central library
7pm presentation Tel (01642) 729002
13th ALL WRITERS GREAT AND SMALL - Stockton Central Library
6.30pm presentation Bookings: (01642) 528130
18th V FOR VICTORY - Tullie House Museum, Carlisle
7.30pm presentation www.tulliehouse.co.uk
19th V FOR VICTORY - Devil's Porridge Museum, Gretna
25th WE LOVE LAURA - Tickhill Library, Doncaster
2pm presentation
30th V FOR VICTORY - Macclesfield Library
2pm presentation Tel
(01625) 374000
macclesfield.library@cheshireeast.gov.uk
November 2018
1st LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE - Huddersfield Women's Luncheon Club
12 noon presentation
11th WOMAN IN GOLD ** Premiere **- Bagshaw Museum, Batley
2pm presentation Tel.
(01924) 324765
Bagshaw.Museum@kirklees.gov.uk
13th V FOR VICTORY - Newton Aycliffe WI
7pm presentation St Clare's Church Hall
15th V FOR VICTORY - Bramhall Hall, Stockport
2pm presentation Tel. (0161) 4742020
22nd WOMAN IN GOLD - Gateshead Central library, tbc
25th V FOR VICTORY - Darlington Head of Steam Museum
1.30pm presentation Tel (01325) 405060
29th GREAT WAR FASHION - The Assembly Rooms, Worksop Town Hall
7pm presentation Special fundraising event for Aurora Wellbing
Tel. (01909) 470985 hospitality@aurorawellbeing.org.uk
** Last Chance To See **
30th WOMAN IN GOLD - Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent
7.30pm presentation melanie.firman@stoke.gov.uk
December 2018
4th V FOR VICTORY at CHRISTMAS - Whitley Bay Customer First
Centre
7pm presentation Tel (0191) 6435833
library.events@northtyneside.gov.uk
7th DRESSED TO IMPRESS at CHRISTMAS - The Word, South Shields
7pm presentation
11th TEA GOWNS & TEATIME - Rhubarb and Custard Morley WI
7.30pm presentation Morleian Room, Morley Town Hall
Tel. Rachael Kennedy 07534 603767
More 2018 dates will be posted soon