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The seating was arranged in alphabetical order by county beginning with Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire and so on. Dressed in their best suits and dresses, wearing hats, gloves and sensible shoes, more than 8,000 women, many fanning themselves in the heat, crowded into the magnificent Empress Hall in Earls Court. She met one excited seventeen-year-old from Cumberland who had slept with her train ticket under her pillow for a month before the meeting, so thrilled was she to have been asked to represent her institute. Cicely McCall, who was responsible for the WI’s national education programme, observed the scene with fascination. Many of the delegates who came to London from all over the country had never been to the capital before. In June 1939 the Women’s Institute held its annual general meeting in London. Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CRO 4YY The right of Julie Summers to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.Ī CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. This paperback edition published by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2014 When the Children Came Home: Stories of Wartime Evacueesįirst published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2013

Stranger in the House: Women’s Stories of Men Returning from the Second World War Remembered: A History of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Colonel of Tamarkan: Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai Overall, this book tells a wonderful story – highly recommended’ Who Do You Think You Are?įearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine

‘Julie Summers recounts how thousands of women rallied round during the dark days of Hitler, baking cakes and knitting jumpers as if their lives depended on it’ Mail on Sunday shows its much wider contribution.’ Economist ‘That image of defiant jam making sums up the way many see the wartime contribution of the Woman’s Institute. Reading it not only gave me great pleasure but also made me proud to be a member of such a long lasting, valuable and vital organisation – an organisation which is still working actively to “improve the quality of life of communities” both urban and rural.’ Helen Carey OBE, former chairman of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (1999–2003) It is also well written, well researched and easy to read. ‘I thought I was fairly well up on the WI contribution to the World War II effort until I read Julie Summers’ book, Jambusters! I was wrong – every chapter was a revelation – full of information, reminiscences, humour and social history.