LODERS WI ARCHIVES
Although there is evidence that Loders had a WI as early as 1917, (there is a WI Banner with this date at the Village Hall), the earliest document we have of Loders WI is the Accounts book dated 1929. Sadly, the Minutes of those Meetings for that year and the years following were not kept until June 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II. The Minutes of the Monthly Meetings and the Committee Meetings provide an insight into the lives and interests of local women and how these have changed over the years.
Bernard Paull, who has written a book "Loders Back-Along" mentions that from local newspaper reports, Loders WI was active from 1919 to 1940 and post war. We are thankful to him for kindly allowing us to include the extract from his book on our website . Click here to see.
We have now uploaded Members Meetings to 1965; Committee Meetings to 1970 and Accounts to 1070.
For more information on the history of Loders, click here: