Saturday 28th August was the date chosen for an Oasis gathering at Bressingham Steam & Gardens. Beccie, Lauren, Timiya, Jules & Pam, Lorraine and myself Theresa met at 11:30 at the café adjacent to the carousel ride. Wasn’t quite the quiet cuppa and lunch that I expected, Saturday it seems was the family and screaming … More Bressingham Gardens Review
How the months fly by. I was only remaking yesterday as I sat down for dinner around 8pm that the nights were drawing in and it was almost dark. There was always a greater turn out at Oasis in the winter months compared to the summer ones, as in the winter it was easier to … More August Oasis Blog
Dear Oasis ladies, partners, friends and allies. Well, we did it! A slightly more downsized version of how I imagined the ‘grand reopening’ would be, but, nevertheless, we returned to St George’s Hall after an absence of 17 months. I could not predict how many people there would be. There were so many uncertainties. Some … More GRAND OASIS REOPENING!
Saturday 7th August was a day for Oasis ladies, partners, friends and allies to step back in time and join the Mid-Norfolk Railway “Railway at War” event.The weather forecast was not great but with tickets purchased in advance, everyone who signed up to go arrived at Dereham station at around the 9:30am agreed meeting time.Having … More Railway at War Oasis outing
Friday July 23rd several of us ladies met at what turned out to be a lovely venue, Hoveton Hall Gardens. Beccie, Lauren, Joanna, Katie, Lorraine and myself Theresa thoroughly enjoyed our day.We all first met at a conveniently located cafe just before the garden entrance, lots of outdoor seating and plenty indoor space if required, … More Another month, another Oasis garden visit
As I put pen to paper for the July blog, I look forward with a degree of intrepidation as Monday 19th passes and we remove social distancing and mask wearing. I thought long and hard about visiting my local night club at midnight to be one of the first to strut my stuff in my … More July Oasis Blog
“Come On Dee, tighter, you’ve got to get this corset tighter! I know I haven’t got much of a bust, but we need to make the most of it. We need something to distract the guards!”Can you imagine it? Dee with her foot in my back, pulling hard, trying to make a couple of pimples … More Lilly and Dee’s Excellent Adventure
Sunday 27th June a group of us ladies met at the wonderful East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens, this is a venue a few of us visited last year but was so enjoyable it was certainly worthy of another group outing.The date of the visit had to be adjusted due to a poor weather forecast, A … More Oasis – A Day in the Garden
Petra a long serving member of Oasis, talks about her joy of joining the Women’s Institute sisterhood and her mission to bust myths about transgender people. To read her full article published in the latest on line version of this magazine click on the image or this link. No sooner had Petra finished penning this … More The WI welcomed me to the sisterhood
Welcome again to old and new members of Oasis. As we head towards the end of another month its time to write down some more thoughts and memories. I cannot believe that we are already half way through 2021. I’m afraid its all downhill from now on with the nights getting longer. It’s been a … More June Oasis Blog
TransActual have produced information regarding support from your GP. It covers the following topics: Changing your name and sex marker Referral to a Gender Dysphoria Clinic Shared care Prescribing and monitoring hormones Bridging prescriptions Post-surgical care Cancer screening Your rights under the Equality Act (2010) What happens if you encounter difficulties? Interested in find out … More TransActual Support
Saturday 22 May, Stody Lodge opened their gardens to the LGBTQ+ community, as well as friends and family. A variety of refreshments including a large selection of rainbow themed cakes were available with all proceeds going to support Norwich Pride and King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Pride. On the day unfortunately the weather seemed to dominate … More Stody Lodge Gardens Rainbow Day 2021
Well the time has arrived once more for me to put pen to paper and write the monthly blog. Whilst April was reported as being one of the coldest months, May has got to be the wettest! How lucky we were to visit Thrigby nature Park at the end of April and enjoy wall to … More May Oasis Blog
Abigail Thorn created the popular YouTube channel Philosophy Tube, which has over 900,000 subscribers. Two months ago, she came out as transgender and overnight became one of the most high-profile transgender figures in the UK. She talks to LGBT Correspondent Ben Hunte about her coming out journey and the realities of being a trans woman … More I came out as trans and made headlines!
We are slowly getting there! When we zoom on 15th May, it will only be two days until the next significant relaxation of covid restrictions. That will enable us to meet in groups of up to 30 outdoors (weather permitting) or up to six or two family groups indoors. I hope we can then enjoy … More May Zoom
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