Can you tell whether these flowers are real or not? They are not real, but have, in fact, been made from sugar-paste as demonstrated at our April meeting by Carol Razey from Penton Mewsey. Many years ago, Carol won a bursary at her own WI in Penton and took the opportunity to attend Denman College …
We were certainly hoping for a touch of spring at this month’s meeting, but what we actually got, in the nicest possible way, was a veritable whirlwind in the form of Roger Savage from Choice Plants near Romsey. Roger had come to demonstrate the art of planting a hanging basket, and as his nursery is …
Shrove Tuesday was in our diaries this year, as we had decided to organise a Pancake Morning in the Village Hall, following our success in 2007, although, of course, such success can never be guaranteed. Nevertheless posters were erected, emails and invitations sent and several of us turned up on the 16 February, to set …
For those of us who like nothing better than settling down on a Sunday evening to immerse ourselves in the world of the inhabitants of Lark Rise & Candleford, then we were certainly in for a treat at our January meeting. John Owen-Smith has become an expert on the author Flora Thompson and for some …
There is always so much else to do in December, we do not overload ourselves at this time of year. However, we still managed to walk and ventured a little further afield this time, strolling around the lanes and paths of Timsbury and Michelmersh, which made a very nice change, but there was no lunch …
Thankfully our Reading Group was unaffected by the elements and able to meet as planned to discuss their latest literary selection, but unfortunately our monthly walk had to abandoned due to adverse weather conditions. After a week of very heavy rain, the forecast for the second Saturday in the month was for strong winds and …
The Autumn meetings of both Danebury Group and Hampshire Federation take place in October and several of our members travelled to Grateley for the former on the first Monday of October, where they greatly enjoyed their evening. Any puns are purely intentional. A few weeks later and six of were to be found on the …
The day of the fête was overcast but this did not deter a band of willing helpers gathering to provide tea and cakes to refresh the tired, footsore or just plain hungry. We enjoyed the compliments given for our culinary skills. This month ended with a period of beautiful weather and our meeting was full …
There may not have been a meeting this month, but our members have still been socialising and getting together. Given the variable summer weather, our members were blessed with a lovely day for their outing this year. The first stop was the riverside town of Henley-on-Thames with the majority starting the day with a relaxing …
With members forming themselves into teams of six, this month’s meeting was a quiz evening with three very different rounds. There was some hopefully friendly, competition amongst the various teams, as well as banter when the answers were given. Our President, Val Downing, who had obviously put a lot of hard work into this evening, …
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