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Whickham & District Ladies Circle No. 578
The National Association of Ladies Circles is an organisation for wives (and now partners) of Round Tablers.
The Whickham Branch was chartered on November 15th.1963 with Jean Pledger as Founder Chairman. There were 20 founder members.
Over the years the Ways & Means Committee was very active in raising money for charity. In fact Circle was the first organisation to have a Charity Shop in Whickham.
The Social Services Committee found ways of spending the money; from helping needy people in the Whickham area to adopting children suffering from leprosy in Africa.
However Circlers still had time to entertain themselves with cocktail parties, quiz nights, car rallies, the highlight of the year being a formal Dinner Dance.
By 1993 things had altered. Commitments had changed. From being a thriving club with about 30 members, only a few were left. The club closed May 1993. So sadly all those happy days are now only a memory but the friendships that were fostered working and playing together for the community have continued till this day.