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Events Diary
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Last updated 6th December 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
23rd THE RED RIBBON - Norwich Costume & Textile Association
July 2018
1st FABULOUS FIFTIES - Darlington Head of Steam Museum
6th VOTES FOR WOMEN - Skipton Town Hall
12th AGATHA CHRISTIE & ART DECO - Glaisdale WI
18th WE LOVE LAURA - Middlethorpe Hall
19th THE RED RIBBON - Runcorn WI, Churchill Hall, Runcorn
28th DRESSING THE PAST - writing workshop * SOLD OUT *
Young Adult Literature Convention, London Comic Con #YALC
August 2018
1st VOTES FOR WOMEN - Hinkley Canalside WI
September 2018
7th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - The Word, South Shields
11th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - Beningbrough Hall, York
15th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Jane Austen Society (Northern Branch)
18th THE RED RIBBON - Coronation Hall, Boroughbridge
20th V FOR VICTORY - Skipton Town Hall
21st WE LOVE LAURA - Bollington Arts Centre
22nd WE LOVE LAURA - Kiplin Hall, North Yorkshire
30th THE RED RIBBON - Jersey Literature Festival
October 2018
3rd FABULOUS FIFTIES - Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough
4th FABULOUS FIFTIES - Wetherby Flower Club
9th WE LOVE LAURA - Middlesbrough Central library
13th ALL WRITERS GREAT AND SMALL - Stockton Central Library
18th V FOR VICTORY - Tullie House Museum, Carlisle
25th WE LOVE LAURA - Tickhill Library, Doncaster
30th V FOR VICTORY - Macclesfield Library
November 2018
1st LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE - Huddersfield Women's Luncheon Club
11th WOMAN IN GOLD ** Premiere **- Bagshaw Museum, Batley
13th V FOR VICTORY - Newton Aycliffe WI
15th V FOR VICTORY solo show - Bramall Hall, Stockport
22nd WOMAN IN GOLD - Gateshead Central library
25th V FOR VICTORY - Darlington Head of Steam Museum
December 2018
4th V FOR VICTORY at CHRISTMAS - Whitley Bay
7th DRESSED TO IMPRESS at CHRISTMAS - The Word, South Shields
7pm presentation Event tickets here
9th WOMAN IN GOLD - Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent
** 1pm presentation melanie.firman@stoke.gov.uk
11th TEA GOWNS & TEATIME - Rhubarb and Custard Morley WI
Private event for members and their guests only
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February 2019
2nd TEA GOWNS & TEA-TIME - Ripon U3A
9th DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Preston Park Museum
13th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Cropton WI
20th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - Cestria U3A
28th WE LOVE LAURA - Cottingham, Darby & Joan Hall
7pm
presentation Tel. Val Wright (01482) 843978
March 2019
2nd ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - Leyburn Arts & Community
Centre 2pm presentation admin@leyburnarts.com
6th WOMAN IN GOLD - Middlethorpe Hall, York
7th THE RED RIBBON - World Book Day, Sheffield
8th FABULOUS FIFTIES - Durham WI
14th FROCKS ON PARADE - Frisby Village Hall
7pm presentation Tel. Dianne Widdowson (01664) 434571
Tel. Delene East (01664) 434889
20th THE RED RIBBON
21st THE RED RIBBON
28th GOOD NIGHT, SWEET DREAMS - Tickhill Library
2pm presentation
30th WOMAN IN GOLD - Macclesfield Silk Heritage Centre
11am presentation susanhowell88@hotmail.co.uk
April 2019
4th DESTINATION: UNKNOWN - 1940s writing workshop
Harrogate Ladies College
6th WOMAN IN GOLD - Northern Costume & Textile association
9th GOOD NIGHT, SWEET DREAMS
- North Shields Customer First
Centre
7pm presentation Tel. (0191) 6435270
library.events@northtyneside.gov.uk
18th LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE - Bramall Hall, Stockport
7pm presentation bramall.hall@stockport.gov.uk
www.stockport.gov.uk/bramallhall Tel. (0161) 4742020
23rd GOOD NIGHT, SWEET DREAMS - Gateshead Central Library
6.30pm presentation Tel (0191) 4338420
24th GOOD NIGHT, SWEET DREAMS - Stockton Library
May 2019
2nd WE LOVE LAURA - Guisborough Lunch Club
5th WE LOVE LAURA - Bagshaw Museum, Batley
2pm presentation Tel (01924) 324765 bagshaw.museum@kirklees.gov.uk
11th GOOD NIGHT, SWEET DREAMS - The Word, South Shields
6.30pm presentation
June 2019
1st Lucy's wedding!
11th WOMAN IN GOLD - Market Bosworth Parish Hall
7.30pm presentation Tel. Lynda Harding 0791 8191316
13th WOMAN IN GOLD - Crossing the Tees
18th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - Crossing the Tees
21st DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Northallerton & District Flower Club
22nd WOMAN IN GOLD - Norwich Costume & Textile Society
2pm presentation Tel. Barbara Coe (01603) 745766
25th WHAT WERE WE THINKING?! THE 1970s SHOW
Wallsend Customer First Centre 7pm presentation
Tel. (0191) 6432075 library.events@northtyneside.gov.uk
27th DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Levendale Women's Institute
July 2019
3rd FABULOUS FIFTIES - Socialites WI
Our Lady & the English Martyrs Parish Centre, Urmston
8pm presentation
4th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - Gawthorpe Hall
7pm presentation Tel. (01282) 771004
gawthorpehall@lancashire.gov.uk
10th WHAT WERE WE THINKING?! 1970s SHOW - Darlington Library
6.30pm presentation
13th WARTIME NEEDLEWORK - Hexham Embroiderers Guild
2pm presentation tel. Charlotte Hackwell 07484 137561
17th TEA GOWNS & TEA-TIME - St Peter's Community Hall, Warmsworth
2pm presentation Tel. Jill sharp (01302) 858377
21st THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WARDROBE - Stoke Potteries Museum
* Special show to commemorate the 1969 Apollo moon landing *
1pm presentation www.potteriesmuseum.org.uk
August 2019
12th WOMAN IN GOLD - Frazer Theatre, Knaresborough
'FEVA' festival show
17th GOTHIC FOR GIRLS - The Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
September 2019
6th WISH YOU WERE HERE - The Word, South Shields
7pm presentation
8th WISH YOU WERE HERE - Bagshaw Museum, Batley
2pm presentation Tel (01924) 324765 bagshaw.museum@kirklees.gov.uk
19th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - The Jane Austen Festival, Bath
Mission Theatre 7.30pm presentation
20th WHAT WERE WE THINKING?! THE 1970s SHOW - Bollington
25th A DRESS FOR EVERY DECADE - North Gosforth WI
October 2019
5th WHAT WERE WE THINKING?! THE 1970s SHOW - Lechlade
Memorial Hall 7pm presentation
Tel. Helen Jones (01367) 252402 helenfs@aol.com
9th GOOD NIGHT, SWEET DREAMS - NE Cheshire Group WIs
10th READY FOR ACTION - Matlock Luncheon Club
17th READY FOR ACTION - Gateshead Central Library
6.30pm presentation Tel. (0191) 433 8420
book online www.gateshead.gov.uk
24th READY FOR ACTION - Tickhill Library, Doncaster
November 2019
5th READY FOR ACTION - Cleveland Ladies Luncheon Club
8th READY FOR ACTION - The Word, South Shields
12th READY FOR ACTION - Knaresborough Men's Forum
13th DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Birmingham Federation TWG
24th READY FOR ACTION - Darlington Head of Steam Museum
26th READY FOR ACTION - Whitley Bay Customer First Centre
7pm presentation Tel (0191) 6435390
library.events@northtyneside.gov.uk