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Spring Walk to Acton: May 2019<\/h1>\n

Members, their families and friends all joined a walk to ‘Tea at the Tower’ in Acton. read all about it here:<\/p>\n

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Modern Slavery-A presentation to the Salvation Army.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Marian\u00a0 Wade presents a cheque from SI Nantwich and District for \u00a3100 to a representive of the Salvation Army for their work in being a safe place for the victims of trafficking once the police have done a raid.<\/p>\n

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A summary of some of our recent activities:<\/h1>\n

Club members hit the town!<\/h1>\n

A cold and frosty Saturday morning in February saw a party of 10 members heading to London for the weekend\u00a0organised by Gill- Cheers Gill!<\/h6>\n

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A member writes:<\/h6>\n
We stayed at 63 (the Soroptimist hotel.) On Saturday we went to see the Book of Mormon which was very irreverent and rather rude but hilarious.<\/h6>\n
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Later we went for a meal at an Italian restaurant near the hotel. On Sunday we walked through Kensington gardens (opposite the hotel) to Kensington palace to see the exhibition of Princess Diana’s dresses. Anne and Jean attempted to look suitably regal in a Queen Anne number!<\/h6>\n
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Then on to Kensington High Street for some retail therapy. We said goodbye to three of our number and the rest of us went for an Indian meal. On Monday – the Science museum before heading back home.\u00a0\u00a0Great weekend full of fun and laughter.<\/h6>\n
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It was brilliant. Funniest show many of us have ever seen. So much so that when it goes on tour in a few months time we would like to go and see it again and invite all our other friends.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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February 2019 Dinner Meeting<\/h3>\n

Once again our meeting started with a delicious dinner for members and guests at the Hunters Lodge Hotel. It was followed by a fascinating and inspiring talk from Kay Carson from the Nantwich Job Club. She talked engagingly about how the Club works with those struggling with life, debts and getting into work.\u00a0 She explained how her faith and strong sense of social injustice had led her to work with the group ‘Christians against Poverty’ who support and sponsor the Job Clubs. She encouraged listeners to think strategically: what ideas could they contribute to help organisations and businesses aid those who struggle to engage with society in the ‘usual’ way?<\/p>\n

Thanks to Kay for a most thought- provoking presentation.<\/p>\n

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It being ‘Fair Trade Fortnight’ members also contributed Fair Trade items to the Food Bank and admired and purchased soft toys made by a friend of a member in aid of charity.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dinner Meeting on 27th November<\/strong><\/h1>\n

To mark the second day of the Orange the World Project<\/strong> Members attending the November dinner meeting bought along items for the Food Bank that are Orange\u00a0!<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 We also gave a cheque for \u00a3900 to Tracey Bentley, the Children and Families Team Leader at the YMCA. The money will go towards parties and presents for the most vulnerable families in the Crewe area. Tracey was absolutely delighted and said that the money will make a real difference to these families.<\/p>\n

After dinner we enjoyed an excellent presentation by Kitty Sadler from Snugbury’s. We heard about the development of the company from a struggling farm to a highly successful business. At the end she let us sample some of the ice cream, which was absolutely delicious! As you can see President Nancy enjoyed it very much.\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our Club meeting in October 2018 has prompted a blog by Caroline Marsh….<\/strong><\/h1>\n
What is supportive, lifts you up, and always close to your heart? Yes, it could be your best friend, but we are talking about bras here, lots of them, through the ages and social twists and turns of the last century.<\/em><\/h6>\n

Our dinner speaker in October was Janet Blake<\/strong> who brought lots of garments for us to see and gave a gentle and informative talk about bras, slips, petticoats pyjamas and other undergarments. It was an opportunity for a history lesson for some and to reminisce for others \u2013 one of our members even shared that she had even been a model for Spirella corsets! It got me thinking though \u2013 what have bras ever done for women? Are they a vital undergarment for style and comfort or a symbol of male oppression and desire to control women? A little bit of googling around came up with some interesting points.<\/p>\n

At least 75% of western women wear a bra, including me, so it is still popular, if not universal. We heard that they came into common usage in the early 20C and surely must have been a force for liberation from the uncomfortable and unhealthy corset. There is no doubt though that by the 50s the style of bra \u2013 think pointy and prominent breasts –\u00a0 was seen as a desirable look promoted by men, and through the film industry and beauty parades they came to be associated with treating women as sex objects,\u00a0 and \u201ca way for men and society to control women and bras negatively affect the female image\u201d.\u00a0[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

We have all heard about the \u2018bra-burning\u2019 feminists of the 1960\u2019s and the now famous demonstration held at the Miss America\u00a01969 contest on September 7, 1968, attended by about 200 feminists and separately, by civil rights advocates. In fact, the protesters threw bras, and other feminine products, into a “Freedom Trash Can” and there was never any bra burning. Although many women continued to wear their bras and over time \u2018bra-burning feminist\u2019 became almost a term of abuse by some, it marked a time when women began to wear what they wanted for comfort, style and their definition of sexiness. They have also enabled women to more easily participate in sports with the development of supportive sports bras.<\/p>\n

Kristen Flor Perrett provides some interesting food for thought in her recent blog<\/a> about what women want from their bras. From around 2006, when Dove began their \u2018Real Women\u201d campaign there has been greater emphasis on a more holistic view of health and beauty product marketing. We are all into leading health and active lives, and the bra has potential to be more than an essential item of underwear that we mindlessly put on each morning. She highlights 3 key current themes that influence the role of the bra:<\/p>\n