WI on Ecclesall Rd

Vibrant all-age WI in SW Sheffield. Meetings: 2nd Thur, Banner Cross Methodist Church. Formed 2012 - still learning!

[WI on Ecclesall Rd @WI_on_ER]

@Snugglyduvet

[Andrew Bloch @AndrewBloch]

PR Tip for @BorisJohnson

Never put your hands behind your back when having your photo taken with police officers.

You're welcome.

[WI on Ecclesall Rd @WI_on_ER]

They did it! Members did an abeseil down one of #sheffield @sheffhallamuni buildings, raising funds for our chosen charity @RoundaboutSheff
Well done!!

[BBC Yorkshire @BBCLookNorth]

We love Sheffield's fainting dog! 🐶❤️️

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day: ‘cockalorum’: 18th-century speak for a self-important, strutting little man.

[Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall @HughFW]

If you knew which wet wipes had plastic in them, from clear labelling on the pack, would it help you decide whether you wanted to buy them or not? #WarOnPlastic #plasticpollution @itsanitarani

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Quiddle (1800s): to busy oneself/futz about with entirely trivial tasks in order to avoid the important ones.

[WI on Ecclesall Rd @WI_on_ER]

Our monthly meeting this week is to be run by “ordinary” members (although, of course, they’re totally exra-ordinary for helping out!) instead of the committee. A great way to dip your toe into being more involved in the WI!

[WI on Ecclesall Rd @WI_on_ER]

Roundabout is the charity our members voted to support this year. Two of our finest are abseiling and we’re hoping to support in other ways too!

An important charity doing vital work with the housing-vulnerable youth in #Sheffield.

[Roundabout @RoundaboutSheff]

Our Fundraising Manager is taking on our first ever abseil challenge to help #EndYouthHomelessness! Fancy joining #TeamRoundabout on Sat 22 June? 👍 Register here: https://t.co/H8B5WmLx1d

[James Mitchinson @JayMitchinson]

An Open Letter to decision-makers in Westminster from newspapers across the North of England on behalf of over 15m people who are sick and tired of being short changed. Power Up The North before it is too late. #PUTN

[WI on Ecclesall Rd @WI_on_ER]

This is one tonlook carefully at!

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Self-Portrait by Iranian textile artist Maryam Ashkanian, for her ongoing series, 'Sleep' #womensart

[manwhohasitall @manwhohasitall]

Is it REALLY possible for men to juggle kids, housework, summer-ready knees, 7 almonds, age defying exercise and a pH balanced penis?

[WI on Ecclesall Rd @WI_on_ER]

@rachelfirth1 No! I was there too!

[Dr Kate Strasdin @kateStrasdin]

I have never tried to #crochet anything but here is a crochet master class, an entire dress that has been made using the technique in a gilt metallic yarn, a chain mail of sorts, 1937 designed by Kostio de Warkoffska @V_and_A #1930s #fashionhistory

[Newham Bookshop @NewhamBookshop]

My mother had to flee Berlin as did Judith Kerr and her family. During this week for any book bought in the shop, I will donate 10% of sales to a refugee charity, please support and RT.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, The Three Perfumes, 1912, Glasgow School artist who was believed to have influenced Klimt #womensart

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst created several watercolours depicting women workers in the cotton mills of Glasgow and the Staffordshire potteries in 1907 to highlight working women’s rights on pay and conditions #womensart

[Floella Benjamin @FloellaBenjamin]

So elated to have won an #RHSChelseaFlowerShow #GOLD for #FloellasFuture #recycling display. Thank you ⁦@DarrenShare⁩ @coftonnursery ⁦@VeoliaUK⁩ ⁦@CassinLouise⁩ ⁦@backfacestudios⁩ ❤️❤️⁦@The_RHS⁩

[Worn On This Day @WornOnThisDay]

Worn #onthisday in 1962 by Marilyn Monroe to sing "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy at a Democratic Party fundraiser at @TheGarden. Her Jean Louis gown of sheer, flesh-toned marquisette studded with 2,500 rhinestones was so tight that she had to be sewn into it. #OTD

[WI on Ecclesall Rd @WI_on_ER]

This is absolutely stunning.

[Worn On This Day @WornOnThisDay]

Worn #onthisday in 1881 by Princess Stéphanie of Belgium to marry Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria. The point de gaze veil designed by Leon Sacré was a gift from the city of Brussels, incorporating flowers, a lion, and coats of arms of Belgium and Austria. #OTD @amhistorymuseum