14th January 2019: Two Bristol Soroptimists entertain us
The first meeting of the new year was a real treat. We were entertained by two of our Bristol Soroptimists, Ruth and Pat Ruth started her talk by asking “How many people write letters” – the response was very few! She then went on to tell us that she has recently published a book of the letters she received from her Mother in the 1970’s. Whilst at University she received weekly letters from her Mother 3-4 pages long. She read some of them out and we were delighted her mother managed to amuse us with the way she managed the distance between her and Ruth. This book is a social history of that era and gives an amusing and descriptive glimpse into normal family life. The second member Pat spoke of her experience working with 4yr.old children for a BBC TV programme in 2017. The