The Banquet

if you are interested in the W I I was invited by the BBC to the Banquet, 100 yrs celebration in the Hall in London where it was started during the first W W , on the invitation it stated Black tie well to me (oh aged one) that meant the men in dinner suits or tails , and ladies in evening attire 249 ladies turned up in Black evening wear and me in Cream so if you watch it in about 1 or 2 weeks time on BBC 2 you sre bound to see me ,I will try and get some on to put a picture of me on here so you will know who to look for if your interested
Forgo to say some of the Calender Girls were there

we went to a dinner for veterans. Not sure what my hubby is going to do about eating for free on vets day when ponderosa is closed

Elizabeth, I'm sure we'll spot you if your the only one in cream.

If you get a confirmed date of transmission, it would be helpful if you could post it, I'd like to see it.

Was the banquet televised for Great British Menu on BBC Two, Elizabeth? Link

I'm sure you were right Elizabeth. When I go on cruises and a black tie night is specified many ladies do dress in black. I think it is because they are not adventurous enough with any other colour. I have cream outfits as well. Good on you for wearing cream,will look out for you.

But Elizabeth, we would recognise you anyway: good looking Wiganers always stand out from the crowd.

I'm looking forward to spotting you Elizabeth.

Yes Jo Ann but I do not know the exact date it will be shown but if I find out I will put it on here I have asked Aitch to put it on for me , the headgear I have to wear owing to the result of the shingles on my head and face , specalist says to wear it to keep skull warm as it had risen with the shinles and also i lost a lot of my hair

Elizabeth, sorry to hear you had shingles, I believe it's very painful. I hope it's gone now?

Also the loss of your hair must be so difficult.Are allowed to wear a wig at all?

My daughter lost a lot of her hair from medical treatment, but she has some great wigs, and really they are so good, you wouldn't know.

Well you might suspect the purple one and the green one, but she has some "normal" ones the same colour as her own hair, and they look great.

24 talented chefs are in competition to cater a banquet which will celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Institute at London’s historic Drapers Hall.

Finals Week and the Banquet show will be aired the week commencing Monday 5 October.

Elizabeth's thread in April 2015 - What a bloomer

I'm really looking forward to seeing it, Elizabeth.

Thanks for the reminder of the earlier thread,jo anne. I though Elizabeth had posted about this previously.

I've made a note of the date, and I'll be looking out for you Elizabeth.

hA HA SEE WHAT AGE DOES i HAD FORGOTTONM ABOUT THAT thanjkks for reminding me , now I have trouble with my e mail,I must have clicked on something and not realised it
see above new item

Did amy one see e on Wednesday night in the Bake off it was only a small interview the BBC came to Upton on Severn to meet me I think the Banquet will be on ithe week after next
As I didnt have a reply from Aitch I asked RON if he would put aphoto on in my glad rags but perhaps he is too busy I would do it but I dont know how

Elizabeth..you'll be on strictly dancing next..going to find
you on bake off as well.

Elizabeth, I missed it, going to see if I can find Bake Off on i player

Elizabeth you could put your pic in your glad rags on your profile? That's a lot easier to do.

I missed you on Wednesday, Elizabeth, but I've found your interview on BBC iPlayer

Great British Menu - Series 10: 38. Central Main - Link (From 12:00 onwards)

Is the lady speaking about lumber Gill,s you Elizabeth?

Oh just looked at your profile picture and I can see it is you, fabulous looking lady, wow what a glamorous lady you look interview made me smile, cheeky lady. You must be very proud.

Just watched it myself Elizabeth, I can just see you running around the forest in your cami knickers

Will be watching for you at the banquet.

What a special lady you are.

jo anne, thanks for the link

Your special too.

Haha, thanks, jazzy, but I'm not really.

Elizabeth's posts of her time in the timber corp here - Thread

jo anne , you are special, you are witty and intelligent, which certainly puts you in a minority on this forum.

In addition the information you bring to the board regarding all that is happening in Wigan is amazing. I'm sure many people are grateful for your dedication.

Elizabeth..I've just watched it,and you looked
very nice in your headwear..very nice indeed.

Maureen, Where did you watch it.

Jo Anne put a link on at 12-34..further up this
thread Marie.
Jo Anne's a cracker.

Thanks, Jazzy & Momac

This is it, MarieM: Link (From 12:00 onwards)

Elizabeth's a rum lass, I can't get the image of her felling trees in her undies out of my head

And she was a very pretty lass too.

Momac

Jo Anne...getting nothing via your link other than cooking. No Elizabeth?

forward to 12 minutes

I feel there is a mix up regarding the lady interviewed. I was expecting Elizabeth, as momac intimated the lady with the headwear was Elizabeth. She was introduced as Margaret Finch. Am I missing the plot completely???

That must be Elizabeth's real name, Anne.

Anne,I was a bit stumped at first,but if you look
at Elizabeth's profile you will see that her name
is Elizabeth Margaret.

Yes you are quite right momac. I was looking at Elizabeths profile as you were typing. Not woken up properly yet.
P.S. Should have taken more notice of the accent.

Anne,looking at your profile photos..the Indian
headdress..does it belong to you.?

Momac..... Yes it is one two I made for the Haigh show some years ago. A friend of mine belonging to the W I asked me to produce something to exhibit other than knitting. They are looking a bit sorry now as "children" of all ages try them on.

Anne, That headdress is brilliant work.

How on earth did you know how to make it

It's brilliant..I've always had an interest in
the North American Indian..and painted them in the
past..you're very talented.

Momac.... Would love to see your paintings. Can you post them? I also have an interest in the N A Indians and have made other things belonging to their regalia. Not yet got around to a war shirt owing to lack of time.

Thanks for the compliments girls. I figured these days having the craft tools we have; if the Indians could do with their tools why not me.

Anne, your too modest.

I do quite a few different crafts, and have tools for them all. But I wouldn't know where to start with the headdress you created, let alone where to get the materials from.

It's really is amazing.

Anne..will have a look for my Indian chief,he's
upstairs somewhere..my other efforts are on
hobbies and books..art & crafts..my other Indians
Sitting Bull,chief Dark Horse..Red Shirt are
somewhere..it's great to have a hobby isn't it
Anne...have just come back from The Range store..going to have a go at painting my sons
little dog.

Looked at your paintings momac... They are superb, easily good enough to exhibit. No problem seeing who they are.
Have you tried Fred Aldous hobby shop Manchester, good place.
Getting back to Elizabeth I think we should give her a vote of thanks for her war work. Hip.. Hip.......

Just had a go at uploading a photo of me sat the Banquet dont know whether I have done it right or not ===== i THINK IT WILL E ON NEEXT WEEK IF i CAN DIND OUT WILL LET YOU KNOW if any one knows how to put it on here I will send it to them Atch usually does it but not heard from him so I do nor know

You could always try uploading it as one of your profile pictures, Elizabeth. (Click on elizabeth's wiganworld top left of this webpage)

Thank you Jazzy..I left those ones at a Hospice
for them to raffle off...and for Elizabeth..Hooray
we owe them our thanks.

Anne..my Indians are on my profile.

Tomorrow night, Fri 9th Oct, 7pm on BBC Two:

~ Great British Menu ~

momac.... Those are really good and look quite authentic. Did you look at photos to confirm authenticity ?

Anne,yes..the one on the left is Chief has no horse..Oglala
Sioux and the other one is Chief has no horse Shoshoni tribe,
I also did Red Cloud,and Sitting Bull but I gave those to
friends.

Wow, Momac they are beautiful. What a talented lady you are.

Anne.I slipped up as you obviously can see..the tribes are the other way round..
Thank you Jazzy,.I honestly believe everyone has
a talent.

Momac, I make jewellery and cakes amongst other things.

I've uploaded to my profile my daughters wedding bouquet which took 35 thousand 2mm beads to construct. Her bridesmaids wrist corsages, her wedding cake, all the flowers, butterflies and the scroll on top are made with various types of sugar, and the table favours, again the flowers leaves of ivy etc made with sugar. I also made 200 bath bombs evening favours, of various essences.

I was a very busy bee last year.🐝

By the way, I didn't count the beads in her bouquet individually they are packed in 1000s

Jazzy..they look stunning,it seems that you're talented too..
they really look beautiful.

momac, I've just uploaded a picture of the "frill" on my daughters bouquet. It was woven on 60 strands of wire! It's not showing at the moment though.

So far this year, I've made a further three wedding cakes, and another beaded bouquet.

I also make chain mail jewellery, which started when I bought one of those 20s chain mail bags, and it needed a repair.

I like to be busy

Jazzy.... The beadwork looks wonderful; are there patterns available or is it trial , error and imagination.

Glad you like it Anne,

I did have a Victorian Pattern for the bouquet frill, which was in a book of flower patterns, I bought it over tinternet from the US.

There are patterns for flowers, but after trying several to develop the technique I invented my own, apart from the gypsophela, which was also in the book.

There are two sorts of beaded flowers, Victorian and French, I've done both, but prefer the Victorian!

If you follow the link, my inspiration was the book called Victorian Wedding. Third book down.
link

Just noticed my other pics are on my profile now. The wedding cake at the event, and the weaving of the bouquet frill.

Aren't you clever Jazzy,they're lovely...Anne..did
you read my comment re getting the tribes the
wrong way round..what am I like?
P.S Jazzy you could make a nice little living with
those cakes.

Momac, I do make about 4-6 wedding cakes a year, I just charge what it costs me to make them but some people seem to think I can make them for nothing. They look at the prices, about £400 for a 3 tier, and think I can make them for £50, I wish

I was once asked to make quite an elaborate birthday cake, and when I said how much it would be, the woman said, but I can get one in Tesco for £10! True you can, but not covered in hand made sugar flowers and sugar butterflies!

The beaded bouquets are very expensive to make, the beads alone on my daughters bouquet cost me over £70. I have had a few enquiries from people who saw it, but they are not even prepared to pay for the cost of the materials.

I'm currently doing Christmas tree beaded flowers, in the style of a Ponsettia, they are coming out great!

Id love to see those when they're finished..the
trouble is people cannot for the life of them see
the work and cost that goes into creating these
things.

Yes momac read your edit.
jazzy I wonder if beadwork could be used for b/day cards, Christmas cards etc. A little to late for this year. Will have to think about b/days.

Momac, I think that's the same for all hand made things and crafts. people like them, but just don't realise how much it costs me to make a cake than a big retailer who buys in bulk. I would prefer not to have the spare room stacked with dried fruit and icing sugar!

It takes me longer to make than they expect, I used to make a 3 tier wedding cake start to finish in 4 weeks. These days it's more like 6 weeks.

I have to find the time in between looking after my daughter, which is not always easy.

I'll post a pic of the poinsettias when they are finished, they are looking good

Anne, if you want to do a three dimensional card, I think it would work very well, would look lovely.

The Victorian method, you have to string each bead individually onto a fine wire.

The French method is slightly easier, as you get a bead spinner, and thread a couple of yards at a time.

The best beads are Japanese, they are more uniform in size and shape than any other. I used to use German beads, but they are not good enough for really fine work.

If you need any help with suppliers let me know, I found a few good ones.

Stuart, lovely post, there are a lot of talent ladies on WW aren't there? Beautiful paintings, beautiful Indian headdresses. We should set up a shop

Anne's headdress really looks authentic doesn't it...Anne..where ever did you get your feathers
from.

Momac my feathers were from Hobbycraft (turkey feathers) I then dyed the tips with black ink and also needed to lengthen them with fine tubing. I then found some imitation horsehair to stick on the tips along with fluffs made from bits of the fluffy trimming from haberdashery stores. To cover the tubing used felt and dyed string. That was the best I could do to imitate eagle feathers which of course the Indians were able to use.

Anne, the headdress is truely beautiful. I have never seen anything like it before, made a a craft I mean.

You certainly did a good job.

We could set up a shop in the Market Hall

Momac, your paintings are extraordinary. I can draw a bit, cartoon sort of style, but I've never tried painting.

Are you self taught or did you study art?

Jazzy,just self taught,I seem to have been painting all my
life..it's about the only thing that relaxes me..I also did
china painting which I did go to night school for..it involves
painting on anything china..and the china paints are really
cheap unlike oil paints..the only problem is you've got to own
a firing kiln which I'll never be able to afford..if you can
find Owd Dave in the search box and click on his name,you will see a plate that I gave to him..it's of wild roses..I did it
at night school many years ago..

Momac, your certainly not "just" anything, your very talented.

I have a small kiln, but it's used mainly for enamelling. I haven't been able to set it up since we moved to Suffolk.

Found Owd Daves plate, it's really lovely!

Thank you very much Jazzy.

I just watched the programme Elizabeth. Thanks for the heads up jo anne.

Didn't manage to spot you Elizabeth in the very short clip of the actual banquet at the end.

Not to worry, Elizabeth, in my mind you always be a 17 year old lumber jill, running around the forest in your camiknickers

Oh I must watch that..and hope I spot you Elizabeth.

Isn't the actual banquet on tomorrow.

Anne, just checked, your right the banquet is tomorrow. Don't forget tune in BBC 2 @ 7.00pm, see if you can spot our Elizabeth

"Banquet Day has arrived!" - BBC2 now

Elizabeth was on within seconds. Hope she appears again.

Aaaggghhhh, a small domestic issue here, I missed her!

and just then..

Admiring artwork of the ceiling

I've seen her now. you look beautiful Elizabeth

Elizabeth, I'm really glad I watched, you looked lovely and like you had a wonderful time!

glamorous as ever Elizabeth x

Think I spotted her nine times.

Elizabeth..you're a very classy lady and you
looked wonderful.

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Well well well Jp Ann where you there as w those pictures i haver never seen thank you for putting them on come on where did you get them from sorry got to go having P C touble agaib I will haVE TO GHET THE SCREW DR

I got the pictures by taking screenshots of the programme as I watched it on my iPad, Elizabeth.

i STILL HAVE THE SCREW DRIVER IN MY HAND YOU ARE A VERY VERY CLEVER LADY, thank you so much sottu got to go aagiin dam pc

The iPad makes it simple, Elizabeth, good luck fixing your PC, you're much more practical than me.

Jo ann
i have written to Ron for your e mail hope you dont mind to ask you for a copy of yhe photos i will pay you fpr your trouble paper and inl and postage thankl you very much

That's fine, Elizabeth, I'll see what I can do, I've not had pics printed off my iPad before.

Jo Anne is very clever Elizabeth I think those pictures are the best ones of you. There were quite a few shots of you but you needed a quick eye to spot them all. Yes you really did look the part in those surroundings.

Jo anne, if you've not got an air printer, you can upload them to Asda, and they will print them and post them back to you, or you can collect in store, if they have a photo centre.



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Thank you all for your compliments I am very flattered, and I really did enjoy myself

I feel as if I've got to know you a little bit better having seen the programmes, Elizabeth.

Thanks for your info, Jazzy.

I watched the banquet and saw Elizabeth very with it lady.