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food. The Earley WI also helped to ensure that evacuees had quality clothing and entertainment. After the Second World War, the Earley WI created activities, judged local competitions, carried out charity work in the local area and gave lessons on first aid. The organisation dissolved in
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The Earley WI worked on activities to benefit the local community, for example making garments for wartime children who had been evacuated or needed new clothing, supporting poor families and mothers by providing clothing and entertainment, and aiding the
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to see if they could contribute to any millennium projects that the council might have been doing. The Earley Town
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Following the end of the Second World War, the Earley WI returned to the activities it had started in 1938. The charity work continued, and funds went to help the war recovery effort.
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for making it possible for the Earley WI to become an organisation. There were 30 attendees at this meeting, but by 15 December 1938, Earley WI was approaching 100 members.
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