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 …
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WI Newsletter – August 2009
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 …
WI Newsletter – July 2009
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, …
WI Newsletter – June 2009
Not having attended this month’s meeting, I cannot give a first hand account of the evening, but I gather our members enjoyed their meander around several gardens in the vicinity of the Village Hall. There was the opportunity to visit the gardens of three of our members Alison Ballantyne, Christine Fell and Julia Jenkins as …
WI Newsletter – May 2009
The plight of the honeybee was uppermost in members’ minds this month, being the topic of this year’s Resolution to be voted on at the NFWI’s AGM in June at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Local beekeeper, John Moon, was invited to our meeting to give us the benefit of his expert knowledge and …
WI Newsletter – April 2009
We are the champions – well our skittles team are anyway – being the winners of Hampshire Federation’s annual skittles competition for 2009. Having won their group heat and semi-final our team, Diana Cooper, Cecilia Cotton, Maureen Evans, Sharon King, Karen Nicholls & Carol Taylor attended the final at the Winchester Club on 28th April …
WI Newsletter – March 2009
Last month may have been a quieter month for our members, but our diaries were certainly full this month. We started the month by attending the Danebury Group Meeting, hosted by Longstock & Leckford W.I., where the speaker ended the evening stood on a chair in her underwear wearing a pair of thigh length bright …
WI Newsletter – February 2009
As February is such a short month, so the writer has decided will this month’s newsletter. The walking group enjoyed a lovely stroll around Abbotts Ann this month, finishing at The Eagle for a very welcome lunch. Sadly, this month’s meeting began with a minute’s silence for Susan Hibbert who died recently in Salisbury hospital …
WI Newsletter – January 2009
New Year, New President and New Ideas – this was the message that Val Downing wished to convey at our Institute’s first meeting of 2009, she wishes to hear exactly what members want from their membership of the WI here in Abbotts Ann and is not afraid to try something different. The meeting started on …
WI Newsletter – December 2008
Newly elected President, Val Downing, stepped up to welcome us to our new look December meeting. Several of us were brave enough to attempt some “in house” entertainment, starting with a condensed humorous version of Cinderella, followed by a sketch with three brides recollecting their very different wedding days. Next was an unaccompanied, and unfamiliar, …
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