Staffordshire Federation of Women's Institutes, Borough Hall, Stafford

Description:Delegates from all over the County are pictured at the Spring Council meeting of the Staffordshire Federation of Women’s Institutes, held at the Borough Hall in Stafford on Tuesday 5 April.

Among some of the topics discussed at the meeting was the lack of provision of hot mid-day meals in several village schools around the county. The desirability of more elasticity in ladies stocking tops which was outlined by a Streetley member who said that the average ladies stocking would only stretch to 20 inches, which was not enough, fortunately a Gnosall delegate pointed out that crepe nylon stockings were now on the market and they had greater stretching power. There was a discussion on the participation of qualified demonstrators in Women’s Institute competitions in which beginners attempt to compete, and there was also a debate on an anti-litter campaign for villages including Hopwas and Longdon who were having an ongoing battle with Lichfield Rural District Council who were refusing to supply litter bins.

This photograph was published in the Staffordshire Newsletter on Saturday 9 April 1955. Reproduced by kind permission of the Staffordshire Newsletter who retain copyright.