There was an element of jeopardy for this month’s meeting; would our replacement speaker turn up or not? All concerns were immediately dispelled when Andy Rhind-Tutt, not only arrived on time, with his wife, but also turned out to be one of our best speakers ever. Andy is a very busy man and …
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W.I. Newsletter October 2014
Some of our members have been fantastically busy this month; several attended the Anton Danebury Group meeting where the guest speaker was Thomas Plant – of Flog It & Antiques Road Trip fame – he said he wanted to talk about his favourite subject, himself! He was an amusing, entertaining speaker and gave …
W.I. Newsletter September 2014
A very brief summary of our activities this month as time constraints are shorter than usual (due to holiday commitments). Naturally we have done everything we usually do during the month which can be summarised as walking, chatting, eating and drinking basically! We did meet back in the Village Hall, following our summer …
WI Newsletter — July 2014
ABBOTTS ANN WOMEN’S INSTITUTE NEWSLETTER JULY 2014 It doesn’t seem possible that it is already August as I write a summary of our activities in July. Where has the time gone? First on the calendar this month was our coffee morning which was well attended and the following day the Supper Club. This time we …
WI Newsletter – June 2014
We are in the midst of the World Cup (yawn, yawn) and Wimbledon (Ace!) at the moment and our new doubles partnership of Kate Bennett (President) and Lynne Lucas (Secretary) stepped onto Centre Court, well ok the village hall, and served up a delightful evening of updates and entertainment. They suffered a little from pre-match …
WI Newsletter – May 2014
The month of May has gone very quickly, despite there being five Thursdays in the month, and here I am again attempting to reduce our activities to a few paragraphs (you should be so lucky!). We have done all the usual things, mostly in Longparish, as this was the chosen location for our walk, followed …
WI Newsletter – April 2014
April has not been such a busy month for us, but there were still opportunities to meet up with fellow members. Our Supper Club went to the Bell & Crown at Hatherden this month. A large group of us gathered to enjoy good food, fine wine and entertaining company The walking group enjoyed a lovely …
WI Newsletter – March 2014
If you suddenly see any of our members running up down the village streets, or taking up cycling or any other form of hearty exercise then you will know which ones are now taking a daily dose of bee pollen. Fred the Wiltshire Beekeeper told us that not only does he take it every day, …
WI Newsletter – February 2014
Our speaker this month was a very colourful character – literally, Maggie Forbes with her red hair and multi-coloured trousers came to share her passion for fabric with us. Maggie cannot bear to see anything thrown away, no matter how worn or shabby, if she can salvage a scrap here and there to use to …
WI Newsletter – January 2014
The first event on our calendar for 2014 was the post-Christmas dinner and we could relax and enjoy the evening now that all the festive preparations and activities were behind us. The hall had been decorated with fairy lights, the tables were glowing, literally, with snowflakes, not the white short-lived variety that fall from the …