Our Inner Wheel year for 2019 to 2020 has begun with a few changes to the way we’re used to doing things.

Members of all Inner Wheel clubs are finding it difficult to fill official posts for all sorts of reasons.  We have tackled this problem by using a new approach.  Ilean Lumsdon agreed to be our figurehead this year and the committee was ready and willing to  plan and organise the programme and events.

That was the plan in February but of course the committee didn’t realise that they would have a few extra little hurdles to scramble over.

And here we are, having all done a crash course in how to join a Zoom meeting, it’s suddenly become the ‘new normal’.

Elaine hosts the meetings and both the committee meetings and club meetings have been successfully accomplished.

Vivienne had the idea of ‘armchair talks’ and here is Barbara Dixon who entertained us with an account of her introduction to Australia as a ‘Ten Pound Pom’ .  We’re looking forward to the next instalment which covers the family’s time in Darwin.

Barbara says she hopes that it will inspire other members of the Club to share their stories in the same way.