by Gill Robinson, Carlisle group
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS 1960 WAS THE YEAR,
NWR WAS BORN, A REASON TO CHEER,
HOUSEBOUND HOUSEWIVES BORED AND DEMENTED,
BROADENING HORIZONS PLEASED IT WAS INVENTED.
LIVELY MINDED WOMEN, DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES,
TOPICS AND GUEST SPEAKERS NO TIME TO MEDITATE,
CULTURAL OUTINGS WITH COFFEE AND CHAT,
NATIONAL WOMENS REGISTER THAT’S WHERE IT’S AT.
A SUPPORTIVE NETWORK THROUGH BAD TIMES AND GOOD,
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT NOURISHED WITH FOOD,
THROUGH ALL OF LIFE’S TRIALS FROM BEGINNING TO END,
ONCE WE WERE STRANGERS NOW THE CLOSEST OF FRIENDS.
LOCAL GROUPS SPRANG UP, INTERNATIONAL ONES TOO,
AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA TO NAME BUT A FEW,
WORLDWIDE MEMBERS SHARING FUN AND LAUGHTER,
60 YEARS YOUNG A HAPPY EVER AFTER.
SO LET’S ALL RAISE A GLASS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION,
OUR FORTNIGHTLY MEETINGS FROM NATION TO NATION,
THE YEAR 2020 OUR DIAMOND JUBILEE,
HERE’S TO THE NEXT 60 YEARS I HOPE YOU’LL AGREE.
CHEERS!