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December Newsletter

  • December 18, 2020
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Hello everyone,

Christmas is just around the corner and for many of us it will be a very different Christmas to the one we envisaged, but take heart ladies things are going to get better and if we all stick to the rules we will come out of this stronger than ever and ready to take part in our club life again. There are so many wonderful stories around about people young and old helping each other and in the same way our clubs, by keeping in touch, are helping in a big way. So get your decorations up and the lights on and let us enjoy the Festive season the best way we can.

We are not sure when clubs will be going back there is a lot to consider and maybe the Spring might not be a bad idea the nights will be lighter but of course this is a decision for each club to make. 

In November quite a few clubs laid wreaths for Remembrance Day and we will be including photos in the News & Views as soon as clubs are back. Just a short letter this time, as many clubs are going to include it with a Christmas card for their members, so keep smiling ladies and may you and  your family keep safe this Christmas time. 

Answers to October Quiz

1 The All England Club, Wimbledon, hosted which sport before it was taken over by lawn tennis?   Croquet

2  The worldwide Stock Market crash on 19th October, 1987 became known as what? Black Monday

3   Name the two ‘Dylan’s’ depicted on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Bob Dylan & Dylan Thomas

4   Who was Paula Yate’s famous father?   Hughie Green

5   Which song by a palindromic pop group had a palindromic title? ABBA SOS

6   Which German composer’s best known work is the opera Hansel and Gretel? Englebert Humperdink

7   Which British actor died during the making of the film Gladiator? Oliver Reed

8   What is a young penguin called?   Chick

9    King Louis XIV of France reigned for 72 years but what age was he when he came to the throne? 5 

10  If you had a rummer from Germany, what would you do with it? Drink from it

Quiz for December

1   A not so well-known parody begins ‘Scintillate, scintillate global vivific’ what well-known nursery rhyme does it translate into?

2   Who was the last US President before TRUMP who only served one 4-year term of office?

3   How many brass instruments are followed by ‘rows and rows of the finest virtuosos’

4   When did sweets first come off of rationing?    

5   Who was Marion Robert Morrison?     

6   How many Harry Potter books have been sold worldwide?  

7   How many Prime Ministers have there been in the UK?   

8   If you printed out everything on the internet how many sheets of A4 paper would you need?

9   Where does Princess Anne come in the line to the Throne

10 On which day do the Netherlands have their major ‘Christmas’ celebrations and the children receive their presents?             

Answers next time

A special Christmas recipe this time courtesy of Linda Starkey

Terry’s Double Chocolate Cheesecake   Serves 12

2 sheets of leaf gelatine

1 medium orange

2tbsp caster sugar

225ml double cream

2 x 175g balls of chocolate orange broken into segments

75g dark chocolate broken into chunks

450g full fat soft cream cheese

For the base

200g bourbon biscuits

100g butter

2tbsp light brown sugar

1. Line the base and side of an ungreased deep, 20cm diameter loose base round tin with baking paper and make space in the fridge.

2. For the base, bash the biscuits to crumbs with a rolling pin. Melt the butter and sugar together in a pan, then mix well with the crumbs and press them into the tin and chill while making the filling.

3. soak the gelatine sheets in a bowl of cold water. Zest the orange and reserve half, keep covered for the decorating. Put the other half in a pan with 2tbsp of the squeezed orange juice, the sugar and half the cream, heat gently till just steaming. Remove from the heat then squeeze the excess water from the gelatine and add them to the hot cream, stir through till dissolved then add to the rest of the cream and leave in a jug to cool to room temperature.

4. Set aside twelve of the best chocolate orange segments for decoration. Roughly chop the rest and place in a bowl with the dark chocolate and leave to melt over a pan of barely simmering water for 10 to 15 mins. Take the bowl of the heat, it will look lumpy, just give it a quick whisk till smooth. Leave to cool.

5. Put the soft cheese into a mixing bowl and mash to soften a little. Add the cooled cream mixture, melted chocolate and whisk briefly till smooth. Spread evenly in the tin wiping the top edge to give a neat finish. Chill for 6 hours or until firm.

6. To serve, carefully remove from the tin and peel away the paper. Sprinkle the reserved orange zest over the top and evenly space the chocolate orange segments around the top to allow one each per serving.

This was a recipe from last year’s Sainsbury’s magazine. Enjoy.

 On behalf of all of us at Head Office, Officers and Staff we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Covid free 2021.

Chris & the Committee

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March 2022 Update

To all clubs,

We have been asked by some clubs if we are going to do anything to help in the relief of the Ukraine refugees, we are going to suggest that rather than clubs doing any fundraising and sending it into the office it would be more efficient if clubs did their own thing and sent it to the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) and then let Head Office know how much they contributed and we would gather the information together and see in total how much our clubs have sent.

The DEC is made up of 15 charities including The Red Cross, Save the Children and Oxfam. All of these charities are well known to us and right now they need our help.

Our club members have always been very generous with their time and efforts for many charities but we think on this occasion we should all work together once more as we did for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal.

Heavy fighting, shelling and air strikes across the country have had devastating consequences for ordinary people. Homes have been destroyed. Families have been separated. Lives have been lost.

At Ukraine’s borders with Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Moldova, huge numbers of people are arriving with only what they can carry.

DEC charities and their local partners are in Ukraine and in neighbouring countries providing food, water, shelter and medical assistance.

Please don’t think you should wait until you have a goodly amount before you donate, funds are needed now so just keep donating. Let the National Association of Women’s Clubs do what they are good at: helping others. 

Thanking you in anticipation of your help

Chris and the Committee