Keith Saunders
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WI Newsletter – March 2007
Those of you who read this newsletter each month will know how much we were looking forward to welcoming Barbara Parker of Parkers Handmade Cakes & Chocolates to our March meeting. Barbara enthusiastically demonstrated the art of the chocolatière. She advised how best to temper (melt) chocolate to have a good liquid to work with …
Clerk’s Column February 2007
Questions, questions Some of us would very much like to know what the Powers that Be, in their air-conditioned ivory towers, bulging with full-time officials, think that Parish Councillors and Clerks do all day. They surely do not imagine that the main task of many (very part-time) Clerks consists of providing a massive umbrella with …
WI Newsletter – February 2007
Most of this month was spent concentrating on our tremendously successful Pancake Morning held on Shrove Tuesday. Thanks must go to everyone who came and supported us on the day and who enjoyed eating our freshly cooked pancakes. We were delighted to see all our guests of course, but it was particularly enjoyable to see …
Village Shop and Post Office come Runner Up
Abbotts Ann & Little Ann Post Office & Shop is the Runner Up in the Best Rural Shop and Post Office. The team who run the shop in Abbotts Ann went to the House of Lords for the final round of the Best Rural Retailer Competition, having won first place in the regional final at …
Clerk’s Column January 2007
Parish Power “What does the Parish Council do?” is an oddly difficult question to answer, because strictly in terms of direct action the reply is “Not a lot.” It is easier to answer by indicating what it would be like if the Council did not exist. So, a recent small drama, though not part of …
WI Newsletter – January 2007
By the time our members met at the end of January, they had received their first copy of the controversial W.I. Life and as far as this Institute is concerned, the feedback was positive. As this is our 90th Anniversary year, we have a busy schedule during the next 12 months. Members were urged to …
Clerk’s Column December 2006
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WI Newsletter – December 2006
Once we have recovered from our Annual Meeting in November and enjoyed our Christmas Celebrations in December we take a well-deserved break, ready to come back fully refreshed in the New Year. Once again our December meeting took the form of a Dinner in the Village Hall, where all our members had to do was …
Clerk’s Column November 2006
Lull before the Storm? Between the detonations of early September and the expected explosions of November 5th, October has been such a relatively quiet month that your Clerk has been able to start getting to grips with the filing system, at least to the extent that there are now two empty shelves in the Jubilee …
WI Newsletter – November 2006
We’ve done it, we have now finished walking the Test Way – it has only taken us 19 months to walk 44 miles! That’s not the whole story of course – we actually did it in nine stages – the last one being on the 18 November when we walked from Combe Gibbet to LInkenholt. …
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