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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY


On Wednesday 8th March 2016 we joined members of Nottingham City and ​Netherfield WI's to plant a Lime Tree in the then recently opened Gedling County Park to commemorate the event.  It was a freezing cold wet and muddy day, but our spirits were not dampened and we even managed a tuneful rendition of Jerusalem after admiring our handiwork.
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On Wednesday 8th March 2017 we joined members of Nottingham City and Netherfield WI's to present a bench to Gedling Country Park to commemorate the event.

The inscription on the bench is from a poem by James Oppenheim to celebrate the movement for women's rights, 'Bread and Roses', an anthem for women around the world

​"....... As we go marching, marching, we bring the greater days, for the rising of the women means the rising of the race ........." (1911)


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