WHAT'S ON 2024-2025
Monthly Meetings are held at Loders Village Hall on the second Tuesday of each month from 7.30pm
16 April: Garden Visit to Forde Abbey, Chard
Meet at 12.00pm at the Abbey. Walk round the gardens - its tulip time, and have lunch or afternoon tea in the Coffee Shop. Tickets are £14.50 per person.
5 May: Treasures from the Attic - A Table Top event at Loders Village Hall
£5 for a table with free entrance to sellers and buyers. Cream teas available at £5 per person.
Sellers from 1.00pm, Buyers from 2.00pm. Contact Loders WI by email or website, for a Table..
14 May: Crutchley Estate - Farming Update
With Anthony Butler
12 May to 1 June: Scarecrow Festival - Inspiring Pioneers
Voting slips are available from The Crown Inn, The Loders Arms and the Telephone Boxes
Uploders Chapel will be providing coffee and cake over the bank holiday weekend 10.00am-4.00pm and on Wednesday 1.00pm-2.30pm. Entries £2.00. Return forms to the Crown Inn and Loders Arms or through the door of Church Farm House, Loders.
11 June: The Work of the Clothes Bank
as explained by Jan Thorne
9 July: Travels with my Great Aunt
Helen Baggott - Public Speakers in the UK
23 July: Garden Party at Sara's home
Members only at 6.00pm
August: No Meeting
3 August: Loders Fete including Made in Loders Stall
17 August: Loders Flower and Produce Show
22 August: The Melplash Show
10 September: Smuggling and the Dorset Connection
Trevor Ware, Maritime Art Historian, talks about the golden age of smuggling between 1750 and 1830.
8 October: An Illustrated Romp through 300 years of Jewellery Design
as explained by Laura Smith. Laura is a Jewellery Specialist for Noonans auction house in Mayfair, She has been in the business for 20 years and previously worked for Bonhams.
12 November: Finding More Family -
A return visit from John Stockley, the son of an Black American GI
10 December: Christmas Festivities
Members Only
14 January: Yoga - Audience Participation
with Karen Lings, Yoga Instructor. Karen holds a yoga session at Loders Village Hall every Thursday evening 6.00-7.00pm.
11 February: Trade and Rope
Chris Stevens of Bridport Museum talks about the history of ropemaking in Bridport
11 March: Petticoats and Pockets
with Juliet Braidwood on Clothing from 1800 to 1920. Juliet is a costume designer and historian and historical seamstress of mainly Tudor and Jacobean clothing.
8 April: Annual Meeting
Members only
Seasonal walks: to be arranged
Crafting workshops: to be arranged
Garden Visits: to be arranged