{"id":863,"date":"2016-03-27T11:12:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T10:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?p=863"},"modified":"2016-03-27T11:12:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T10:12:54","slug":"cannock-soroptimists-entertained-by-saucy-tales-from-nell-gwynne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2016\/03\/27\/cannock-soroptimists-entertained-by-saucy-tales-from-nell-gwynne\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannock Soroptimists Entertained by Saucy Tales from Nell Gwynne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SI Cannock &amp; District Annual 61<sup>st<\/sup> Charter Dinner at Cannock Chase Golf Club was attended by over 90 members &amp; their guests including Soroptimists from other clubs in the Midland Chase Region.President Lynne Tuckley welcomed everyone and the Mistress of Ceremonies, President Elect Carole Holdcroft, introduced Maurice Partington, Past President of the Rotary Club of Cannock who gave the toast to Soroptimism. Regional President Alyson Green gave the response to SI Cannock. While the Past President of SI Bilston, Pat Cross gave thanks on behalf of the guests.\u00a0 After an excellent meal\u00a0 Lesley Smith, Curator of Tutbury Castle, provided the evening\u2019s entertainment\u00a0 She gave a highly entertaining performance dressed as Nell Gwynne, the long time Mistress of King Charles II of England.\u00a0 She told many humorous &amp; informative tales and everyone in the audience was enthralled by Lesley\u2019s performance as she recreated the turbulent life &amp; times of Nell who rose from being an orange seller in Drury Lane to the mother of a Duke of England. A truly remarkable life. Soroptimist Val Jones gave the vote of thanks to Lesley.<\/p>\n<p>Guests are welcome at our next speaker meeting on March 15<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2016\/03\/annual-dinner-lesley-and-lynne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-864\" src=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2016\/03\/annual-dinner-lesley-and-lynne-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"annual dinner lesley and lynne\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2016\/03\/annual-dinner-lesley-and-lynne-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2016\/03\/annual-dinner-lesley-and-lynne.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Photo: l to r: <\/em><\/strong>Nell Gwynne (Lesley Smith) &amp; President Lynne Tuckley<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SI Cannock &amp; District Annual 61st Charter Dinner at Cannock Chase Golf Club was attended&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cannock Soroptimists Entertained by Saucy Tales from Nell Gwynne | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cannock and District : Blog &amp; News : Cannock Soroptimists Entertained by Saucy Tales from Nell Gwynne : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . 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