History of London Shopping with SGWI – Mon 21 March

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">At Stroud Green WI’s monthly meeting on Monday 21 March it’s all about the ‘History of London Shopping’ with Blue Badge guide and Stroud Green local Caroline Piper! </span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Marks and Spencer, John Lewis, Fortnum and Mason, Burberry and Harrods </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">are </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">brand names </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">we take for </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">for granted now but how did it all start and why were these brands so successful? Explore the history of London's shops from its markets like Billingsgate and Smithfield to the King's Road and Knightsbridge today, and discover why Britain is a “nation of shopkeepers”.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Plus </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">we’re ‘Baking Some Noise’ in support of Target Ovarian Cancer awareness month and we’ll have homemade cake a plenty for a suggested donation of £1 a slice in aid of this charity. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Do bring along unwanted bras as we’re collecting for the charity </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Against Breast Cancer. Bras are given a new lease of life through their textile recovery project plus they receive funding for research for every tonne of bras collected.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">You’ll be warmly welcomed at SGWI so do drop by! </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">We meet at the Hideaway in Ennis Road, N4 3HD. Doors open at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. All women welcome!<span style="color:black"></span></span></p>