Newton Hall Women’s Institute has raised funds for a new community bench in Newton Hall to celebrate 100 years of the WI. There was a great turnout on Wednesday for the grand opening of the bench, which I was given the honour of carrying out.
A big thank you to the WI for raising the funds and to council officers who helped them arrange this.
Newton Hall WI has over 80 members and meets each week at Bede Lodge Social Club on Finchale Road. It is always looking for new members, sadly I can’t apply to be a full member as a man, but I can still enjoy the free cake I got today!
And they have made it onto the Northern Echo: