May 11th. John Newmeir - Experience of a Paramedic.

We had a relaxed & pleasant Wednesday afternoon at our Ditchingham W.I. village hall monthly meeting whereby our speaker, John Newmeir, gave us a talk on 'Experiences of a Paramedic'.

Well his stories weren't at all what one might expect to see on T.V. , but 'the other stories' that are 90% comical & true which were amusing, hilarious & making us all laugh.    A real tonic for us ladies.  We ended having tea & biscuits & a good old natter  together.  If you feel lonely, why not come along.  Only once a month.  We are a truly friendly bunch of women.  Next month John's wife, Ann is speaking on 'holiday humour' my suitcase my patients and him.  Should be funny.  
Interested? Why not come along as a guest on the second Wednesday in the month at 2:30pm in the village hall Ditchingham.

Pam Lark
Blog Press officer.

Jenny Gibbs - April 13th.

Our speaker today was Jenny Gibbs dressed in traditional clothes as a Turkish lady from the Rural village she lives in.
Jennys life in her rural Turkish village is full of humour and packed with unusual and surprising stories of a culture so different from our own.  Embarking on her new life of adventure at the age of fifty, meeting the man of her dreams, Jennys talk trace her arrival in her village in 1994 through to the present day. 

Setting up home in the village and buying an ancient farmhouse in desperate need of restoration, Jenny quickly became an integral part of this close-knit community, where time seemed to have stood still, but which is now on the cusp of change. She arrived just in time to experience this age-old culture before the inevitable change occurred.
The Hills around Jenny' village  are smothered in olive tress, millions upon millions, some hundreds, even thousands of years old, pickers line the road verges making their way to their particular groves, donkeys and mules picking their way behind. 

Every man over forty wears an old suit jacket and every woman, of whatever age, wears colourful (enormously) baggy pantaloons. The olive groves, for the most part unploughed for centuries, are havens of wild flowers. In February anemones carpet every grove in a riot of rainbow colours, when they finished they are replaced by snowdrifts of  daisies and endless blush pink asphodels, with their tall, spiky flower 

Jenny also brought along with her various embroidery and handicrafts for sale after the meeting which had been made in the traditional way.

Jenny still lives in her beloved village and farmhouse, but she spends a few months each year in England.

Our next speaker will be John Newmeir on May 11th, Experiences of a Paramedic. Our W.I.  meetings which are on the second Wednesday of every month are very informal.  Why not come & give it a try.  We are a friendly bunch with young at heart ladies.

Pam Cooper for Pam Lack.
Blog Press officer.

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