Camberley WI
Previous Meetings
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20th January 2026 - Murderous Women!
We had a good turnout for our first meeting of the year, when we heard former Surrey Police Officer David Chave talk about female murderers and the criminal justice system. Typically around 6% of convicted murderers are women, and David spoke in detail about three of them.
Ruth Ellis was the last woman hanged in Britain, after she was convicted of murdering a male friend. There was no doubt that she shot him and had intended to do so, but David gave us fresh insight into her troubled background, including domestic abuse from her victim and coercion from another boyfriend, and pointed out that today she would have been treated more sympathetically in court.
David had worked on the other two cases he described, and we learned how police officers had tracked down the perpetrators. It made for a really interesting evening from a competent speaker, and a great start to the year!
17th February 2026 - Clothing - Colour & Style
Coco Chanel apparently said "You can buy fashion, but not style." At our February meeting, Image Consultant Alison Hoyland gave us a thought-provoking presentation on how to choose the colours and style of clothing that suit our bodies – is your skin colour yellow or blue based, do you suit bright or muted colours, and do you have an hour-glass figure or are you a similar shape to a stick of rhubarb, a strawberry, an apple or a pear?!
Alison did a quick analysis on the colours which suited one of our members, and then demonstrated the effect of different jacket lapels on herself. She showed how different styles of clothing can be used to emphasise your best features and can draw the eye away from areas you aren't so proud of!
