{"id":6702,"date":"2025-10-04T09:55:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T08:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/?p=6702"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:22:56","slug":"a-busy-day-for-cirencester-soroptimists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/2025\/10\/04\/a-busy-day-for-cirencester-soroptimists\/","title":{"rendered":"A Busy Day for Cirencester Soroptimists!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>On Wednesday 1st October Cirencester Soroptimists had a &#8220;table&#8221; at the TODS Long Table in support of Older Persons Day<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6697\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000678-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000678-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000678.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6694\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000725-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000725-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000725.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6696\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000732-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000732-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000732.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">There was a real bustle in The Old Department store on 1st October; A National Day for Older People brought a wide variety of organisations and clubs in the Cirencester area together to provide information about the many activities available.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Many local people as well as visitors to Cirencester came to chat and share contacts, as well as to enjoy the tea and cake supplied at a special rate by The Long Table.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Later in the day the group attended\u00a0 a special opening of the\u00a0 Cotswold in the Second World War exhibition at the Corinium Museum<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6695\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000735-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000735-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000735.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6699\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000692-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000692-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000692.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6701\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000706-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000706-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000706.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6698\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000691-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000691-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000691.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6700\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000697-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000697-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/10\/1000000697.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Sam Fryer-Ward has curated a very interesting and varied exhibition of \u201cCirencester during WW2\u201d As well as a map of Cirencester Park showing the large US hospital alongside one of the same area now, there are many items of uniform, clothing and memorabilia kindly loaned by local families<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">For visiting children there are activities to help them understand about the evacuees who came to the town, as well as the restrictions of food rationing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The free exhibition will close on 11th October after a very successful month.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All this was followed by the regular meeting at the C-Hub<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 1st October Cirencester Soroptimists had a &#8220;table&#8221; 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