Citylife in Rugeley and Cannock Chase July August 2022

Local & Community Groups
Cannock
Chase
Ladies'
Probus
By Pat Preece
Cannock Chase Ladies' Probus
Club held their May lunch
meeting at The Barns in
Cannock.
Chairman, Lynne Moseley,
welcomed the ladies and their
guests and inducted two new
members, Margaret Davenport
and Barbara Pendleton.
The guest speaker for the
afternoon was Michael Taylor
who told the ladies about the
Lamprey Pie which he designed
and made for the Queen's
Coronation in June 1953.
Having finished his bakery
training in readiness to join the
family business of Taylor's Bakery
in Cannock Michael was instead
called up to serve his National
Service in the RAF where he was
transferred to the Bakery
Department.
A call was received to design
and make a Lamprey Pie - a
tradition which had taken place
at Coronations for many years.
The Lampreys, usually found in
Gloucester, were scarce so eels
had to be used instead and it was
decorated with a Gloucester
coat of arms before being
transported to London and
presented to Her Majesty.
Michael received an award for his
efforts.
For membership enquiries call
01543 504030.
Rugeley WI
By Margaret Bennett
Rugeley WI members have had
a busy and enjoyable month
attending various activities and
outings.
The walking group had a great
morning out with their visit to
Blithfield. The sun shone and the
group wandered through
woodland and fields strewn with
beautiful meadow flowers,
eventually walking around part of
the reservoir. To finish a very
pleasant morning members
stopped for lunch at Antlers
Coffee House in Abbots
Bromley.
The WI’s annual summer
outing took them to
Curborough Countryside
Centre. Members thoroughly
enjoyed browsing around a
variety of different craft shops.
After their busy shop WI
members enjoyed afternoon tea
of sandwiches, cakes and scones.
If you would like to join our
WI group or come along for a
‘taster’, the group meets every
last Wednesday in the month at
St Paul’s Community Hall,
Rugeley at 7:30pm. For further
details contact Barbara Johnson
on 01889 586855 or Barbara
Coppard on 01889 804889.
Rugeley &
District
Lions Club
By Peter Fielding
After much fun at the Jubilee
concert, the Lions provided the
free Jubilee food at a Tea Party
organised by the Victory Church.
90 people attended and were
able to watch the screening of
the Trooping the Colour.
Members attended on the day
and helped wait on tables, not to
mention most of the washing up!
For the lighting of the Beacon
on the evening of 2nd June, Lion
Jane Pallister performed Town
Crier duties wearing the official
Town Crier uniform from the
late Ken Knowles who was the
Town Crier from Lichfield. We
were touched that his partner,
Marilyn, attended to witness Jane
do her bit and hear Ken’s bell
ring again
This year we would like to
increase our membership - if you
think you would enjoy giving
time to help the local community,
come along and see what we do.
We can be contacted on
Facebook or email at
randdlions@hotmail.com.
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