Wednesday, 14th May 2025 — 7pm for 7.30pm // Ruth Leigh is a novelist and freelance writer living in beautiful East Suffolk with three children, one husband, and a cat. Ruth is an accredited speaker for the WI and has considerable experience in giving talks at various conferences, book events and gatherings. She speaks on a variety of subjects including the art of writing, creating a fictional world, her illustrious ancestor the Bishop of Gloucester and the Suffolk-based charity the Beehive Nakuru. As usual, the evening will be a great opportunity to make new friends or meet up with old ones, over chats, laughs and delicious food. Buffet provided courtesy of the Stambourne Ladies Group. Contact Lorna on 07980 922 636 or Zoe on 07740 723 057 for more details.
Join the Stambourne Ladies Group for an evening all on the art of writing.
About Ruth
An accredited speaker for the WI, with considerable experience in giving talks at various conferences, book events and gatherings, Ruth speaks on a variety of subjects including the art of writing, creating a fictional world, her illustrious ancestor the Bishop of Gloucester and the Suffolk-based charity the Beehive Nakuru.

Ruth Leigh is a novelist and freelance writer living in beautiful East Suffolk with three children, one husband, and a cat. As usual, the evening will be a great opportunity to make new friends or meet up with old ones, over chats, laughs and delicious food.
This event is open to all. GUESTS ARE WELCOME!
Buffet provided courtesy of SLG.
Contact Lorna on 07980 922 636 or Zoe on 07740 723 057 for more details.
When
Wednesday, 14th May 2025 — 7pm for 7.30pm
Where
Stambourne Village Hall, Church Road, Stambourne CO9 4NP.
Cost
Free for members; £5 for guests
We look forward to seeing you there!
Stambourne Ladies get-together May 2025: Join the Stambourne Ladies for a fun get-together!
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Join the Stambourne Ladies for a fun get-together!
Welcome to the most comprehensive resource on Stambourne, a village in rural North Essex, UK.
Here you will find the live weather in Stambourne, our events calendar, ideas on what to do in the area, lots of information on the history of the village, what’s happening and almost 10 years of the Stambourne Newsletter, the village’s bi-monthly printed newsletter. There are also lots of photos of the village as it is now as well as in times gone by.
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