Vintage Women’s Institute Membership Card and Programmes 1963-1979

An interesting collection of 19 programmes from the Shenstone (near Lichfield in Staffordshire) branch of the Women’s institute. All of the programmes are in good condition with no tears. Some have been corrected in biro or pencil where dates of events have been changed. The programmes range in date from 1963 to 1979.

A fascinating bit of social history showing the goings on of a provincial WI branch. Some of the events such as talks on decimal currency read as perfectly normal 40 years later, other combinations of talks and competitions seem somewhat euphemistic to modern eyes; a talk on “superstitions and charms” followed by a “soft toy” competition which may or may not be a euphemism for voodoo or in 1974, following a talk on the canals of the West Midlands, when the competition was “My Prize Weed”.

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