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I went to a knitted poo protest - here's what happened
They are the women's group that rose to notoriety when they slow-hand-clapped and heckled prime minister Tony Blair for an overtly political speech at one of their conferences. Three years later, in 2003, there was the hit movie The Calendar Girls starring Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie and Linda Bassett which put the Women's Institute well and truly in the spotlight.
