Women's Guild

President: Muriel Smith
Secretary: Jean McLean
Treasurer: Elspeth Roberts
Minutes Secretary: Kathryn McKnight

The Guild meets in the Round Room at Trinity Hale on a Wednesday afternoon at 2.00 p.m.
or on a Wednesday Evening at 7.30 p.m.

Open meetings: We warmly welcome family, friends and indeed anyone else who is interested,
(male or female), to all Open Meetings. Jean McLean

A warm invitation is extended to “YOU” by the Ladies of
The Guild


THE GUILD 50th ANIVERSARY

Founder members of the Guild celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Guild with a lunch on April 18th at Trinity Hale.


February 1st 2-00pm
Speaker Bill Byrne – Political Pot Pourri.
February 8th 2-00pm Paul Jennings – A Musician Becoming.
February 15th 2-00pm Barbara Lovegrove – Stately Homes and Gardens of Derbyshire and Cheshire
February 22nd No Guild Meeting.
February 29th 2-00pm. Speaker – Megan Gilks, RNIB National Library Service.
Friday March 2nd Women’s World Day of Prayer.
March 7th 2-00pm. Brian Hallworth presents – ‘Straight from the Old Wife’s Mouth.’

Women’s Guild Secretary: Jean McLean

An only child, I was born and brought up in a little Staffordshire village called Oakamoor, where we lived until 1935, when we moved to Stafford. We were members of the Congregational Church at this time. I met my husband, Duncan, through friends, and we married in 1944. Our first son was born in 1947: two years after his birth we moved up to Edinburgh, where our two younger sons were born, in 1952 and 1955, respectively. In 1957 my husband’s work took us south, and we moved to Hale Barns. Here we joined Trinity Bowdon, becoming members around 1959-1960. I served as an Elder for 14 years; attended the first Women’s Guild Meeting about 1959; I have been the Secretary for the past thirty years. Music was always an important part of our lives, and over the years we attended concerts, Summer School and Operas all over the country. My husband died in 1998, but my family has continued to be a constant source of pleasure, comfort and support to me.