Keith Saunders

As outgoing President Val Downing was sailing up The Solent, returning from a celebratory holiday, Vice-President Sue George, deputising for her, was conducting our Annual Meeting. Sue did such a brilliant job she was subsequently voted in as President for the next 18 months. Val had left her annual report to be read in her …

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Once again during October, our members have continued to enjoy their extra-curricular activities; chatting over a cup of coffee or lunch, reading and walking. Adhering to the green credentials of the Women’s Institute, 12 of our members travelled by train, taking advantage of group save fares, to attend Hampshire Federation’s Autumn Meeting at The Anvil …

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Our guest speaker, Ashley Smith from The Hawk Conservancy, had our members laughing until they cried (well almost), as he recounted stories of his childhood, mostly involving a variety of animals and their exploits. He started off by revealing that his parents had been married in Abbotts Ann Church in 1947 and then went on …

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There is a myth that not much happens during August in the WI World. This is so not true here in Abbotts Ann; although along with most Institutes, we do not have a meeting this month, there is still plenty going on behind the scenes. On the 4th August we travelled to Windsor, primarily to …

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