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Clerk’s Column February 2008
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Parish Council Minutes January 2008
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WI Newsletter – January 2008
The first meeting of 2008 was a trip down memory lane for members of Abbotts Ann’s WI, as guest speaker Jill Bentall produced items which were evocative of many a childhood, supposedly pertinent for those born before 1944 – but it has to be said even those born later could remember more than they wished …
Clerk’s Column January 2008
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Parish Council Minutes December 2007
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Clerk’s Column December 2007
QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT.It was expected that by the time you read this, the Lights would have staged the real-life drama of Tesco and the Magic Roundabout; but since the meeting was postponed an uneasy but welcome peace has descended. Perhaps the Advertiser’s Sports Pages will soon feature a friendly Christmas football match on …
WI Newsletter – December 2007
Just time for an informal committee meeting at which our Vice Presidents were selected – Val Downing & Sue Hancock – and then we were back in the Village Hall for our Christmas celebrations. As has become a tradition in our Institute, we had a delicious five-course meal served to us by Mr Davies and …
Parish Council Minutes November 2007
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Clerk’s Column November 2007
Shops.“A Nation of Shopkeepers” was Napoleon’s summing up of the British character, though no-one knows whether he meant it as a compliment; and Adam Smith, founder of the science (?) of Economics, also talked about a nation governed by shopkeepers. It is strange that well within living memory, apart perhaps from Boots, W.H.Smith and Woolworths, …
WI Newsletter – November 2007
For Institutes across the country, November is traditionally the month in which we all hold our annual meetings, which is a chance to reflect on the previous 12 months and look forward to the coming year. We here in Abbotts Ann were able to look back on our successful 90th Anniversary year with great joy. …