WI Notes
IT WAS A VERY MISERABLE NIGHT, damp, cold and foggy, when the WI met on
November 21st. However, the Rev. Canon Reindorp soon had us in fits of laughter
with his talk "Millionaire or Bust".
He had traced his family back to its Russian roots (rape and pillage was mentioned but he didn't dwell on it!). When he passed round photographs, we were able to see pictures of some of his ancestors, himself as a baby, and again in the sixties with fashionable sideboards and a velvet suit. Members of the family have been Army Chaplain, Naval Chaplain and even Sheriff in America. Several have gone into the ministry.
Canon Reindorp himself started his business career in Lloyds of London, then studied social work before deciding to become a Vicar. We heard how he met his wife: how on their honeymoon they managed to flood their hotel room by leaving the bath taps running and how they went to sea in a pedal boat and had to be rescued. They live in Cambridge, where Canon Riendorp is Vicar of St. John's, Hills Road, but in the New Year they will be moving to London when he takes up his position of Vicar in a Church in Chelsea.
I don't think he realised his ambition to become a millionaire - but there's still time!
We shall be holding our annual Christmas Party on Monday, 5th December. Members please note.