{"id":2445,"date":"2014-10-16T18:44:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T17:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:29:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:29:30","slug":"lunch-with-old-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2014\/10\/16\/lunch-with-old-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch with Old Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen Soroptimists \u2013 all past regional presidents of SI South Lancashire \u2013 recently met together\u00a0for lunch. Hosted by the current Regional President, Victoria Smerdon, this annual event was held at Statham Lodge Hotel, Lymm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2449\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/10\/current-and-past-presidents.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2449\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/10\/current-and-past-presidents-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"President Victoria with past regional presidents (standing) Margaret Emsley (1998-89) and Dot Mitchell (2005-06); (seated) Yvonne Mullen (1978-79) and Anne Brian (1981-82)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/10\/current-and-past-presidents-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/10\/current-and-past-presidents-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/10\/current-and-past-presidents.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Victoria with past regional presidents (standing) Margaret Emsley (1998-89) and Dot Mitchell (2005-06); (seated) Yvonne Mullen (1978-79) and Anne Brian (1981-82)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Presidents from several decades past were represented. President Victoria was particularly delighted that Anne Brian (Federation President 1988-89) and the current Federation Vice President, Margaret Emsley, were able to attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Guest speaker was Margaret Baker<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"> (Regional President Elect) who recounted her experience of \u201c<a title=\"link to eggheads article\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/watch-out-for-eggheads\/\">Eggheads<\/a>\u201d \u2013 the television quiz programme at which her colleagues in SI Ramsbottom were successful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">To hear about the amount of preparation for filming was fascinating \u2013 not least the laundry, hairstyling and make-up carried out by the studio staff before the Soroptimists even faced the camera! The team had to keep the result\u00a0secret for nearly twelve months:\u00a0a serious commitment, but one that they achieved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cThe programme was excellent publicity for Soroptimist International\u201d, said Margaret. \u201cPlus, the fact that our winnings will go to charities that we support, helped to emphasise the work that we all do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Liz McConnell (Immediate Past President) organised the lunch. \u201cIt\u2019s always delightful to meet up with old friends, and to take the opportunity of exchanging news and experiences. For all who come, this is a very special regional event.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen Soroptimists \u2013 all past regional presidents of SI South Lancashire \u2013 recently met together\u00a0for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lunch with Old Friends | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Lunch with Old Friends : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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