We were given a glimpse of the humorous side of gardening at our February meeting. Our speaker, Patricia Elkington, is a County Organiser for The National Gardens Scheme in Hampshire and has the privilege of visiting gardens before they are accepted into that popular “yellow book”. Patricia encouraged the gardeners amongst us to be imaginative …
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WI Newsletter – January 2011
There is no way that our January meeting could be described as listless! Not only was the village hall full and buzzing as we gathered for our first meeting of 2011, but there were lists galore. We could put our name down on various rotas, there were lists for attending the Group Spring Meeting, the …
WI Newsletter – December 2010
Fortunately, all our activities in December take place in the first part of the month, thus affording us the opportunity to concentrate on our own personal arrangements for Christmas. Temperatures were still freezing, but the snow had disappeared in time for our Christmas festivities in the Village Hall and it was with some trepidation that …
WI Newsletter – November 2010
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 …
WI Newsletter – October 2010
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 …
WI Newsletter – September 2010
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 …
WI Newsletter – August 2010
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 …
WI Newsletter – July 2010
A tin of spam was just a step too far as our members recreated the 1940s in the village hall at this month’s meeting.. Wardrobes had been raided, charity shops trawled and vintage shops visited (too expensive) to bring the fashions of the decade to life. More poignantly still, precious family archives were revealed as …
WI Newsletter – June 2010
Our members came in their colourful summer clothes and hats/fascinators to enjoy the hospitality of Jane & Julian Benson, who kindly allowed us to use their house and garden for this month’s meeting. The fine weather held, so once we had been updated on all that is happening in the WI, we were able to …
WI Newsletter – May 2010
May has seen us breathing in the heady scent of bluebells in the woods of St Mary Bourne, admiring Ted Heath’s house in Salisbury, feeling the beat of Hairspray at the Mayflower Theatre and serving bacon butties at the Village Plant Sale. After all this activity though, our May meeting was a more relaxed evening …
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