For one month of the year we leave the Village Hall behind and venture further afield for a “garden” meeting and we were lucky to have a gloriously sunny and hot afternoon for the second year running. We met at The Whitchurch Silk Mill for a brief run-through of its history, courtesy of …
Category Archive: WI Monthly Newsletter
W.I. Newsletter May 2019
We have a new President; Kate Bennett stepped down from office and the committee, but not before she conducted this month’s meeting. Kate read out Annual Reports from our Treasurer and Secretary and then gave her own in her imitable style. She paid tribute to all who had supported her throughout her term …
W.I. Newsletter April 2019
Our meeting this month started with our President, Kate giving a heartfelt tribute to member Jacquie Wilson who had died on 31st March. This sudden death, following a devastating diagnosis, has saddened and shocked us all. Jacquie was a keen member of our Institute joining in with many activities and over the years …
W.I. Newsletter March 2019
Travel and poetry seem to have been the theme for our members this month. Several of our members attended the Spring Meetings of the Anton Danebury Group in Weyhill and Hampshire Federation in Portsmouth. The guest speaker at the former was the Taxidriver Poet, James Haddow. He has obviously had a chequered love …
W.I. Newsletter February 2019
Following our cancellation of January’s meeting, this month there was a very good turn out and we gained two new members. Absence obviously does make the heart grow fonder. We were given updates on forthcoming dates and plans (subject to sufficient numbers) for a summer outing in August to Eltham Palace and possibly …
W.I. Newsletter January 2019
As I start to write this newsletter there is snow outside and our first monthly meeting of 2019 was scheduled for 31st January. However, we woke to dire warnings of snowbombs, evening commuter chaos and advice not to travel unless necessary! We received a flurry of emails as members responded to our President’s …
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