Institute visitor

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32539, 24 February 1971, Page 6

Institute visitor

A member of the Beighton I Women’s Institute in ,Eng- ’ land, Mrs G. M, Batty, was guest of honour at the ; Staveley Cointry Women’s ' Institute’s monthly meeting and at a special function 1 arranged by the executive ’ committee of the Mid-Canter-r bury Federation of Country • Women’s Institutes. f Mrs Batty has been corresponding with Mrs N. E. Law, I s of the Staveley institute, for 1 ■ 15 years. She gave a compre- > hensive description of the in- - stitute movement in England, 1 in particular the 169 institutes in the Derbyshire feder ration. - The Women’s Institute in - Derbyshire offers its meme bers extra activities such as national savings accounts, r trading store centres (mostly . for second-hand clothing) and » village market days at which e produce can be sold at the local markets. . To promote the movement B and stimulate interest in home activities store cup- ’ board displays, are set up in ’ villages. Mrs Batty said that although this was an age of mass-produced foodstuffs, it s was delightful to note that »pickles and preserves “like ■j grandmother made” were 1 everybody’s ambition, including the manufacturers who proudly boasted this on their y labels. o Music, drama, handcraft, and cookery were well e entered for in the English i- institutes, and rallies, compen titions, and fairs were held s, at county shows.