December 2025 Ho! Ho! Ho! My goodness, what a noisy November meeting, chatting, cutting and sticking. Amazing what can be done when given the chance and the idea of course. A big thank you to Judy whose idea it was Read more
The Women’s Institute (WI) is the largest women’s voluntary organisation in the UK with about 220,000 members. The WI gives members the opportunity to learn something they didn’t know or couldn’t do before. It gives the opportunity to make new Read more
Abingdon Fitzharrys WI’s November monthly meeting saw members tackling a completely new craft challenge together. The task was to create a collage, using pictures they cut out from magazines, in the style of 16th century Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who Read more
November 2025 Golly – how time flies! What a fascinating story we heard from Christine at the last meeting about her experience with The Repair Shop. And all that food! Thank you so much. I do my best with Read more
October 2025 Have you had your heating on yet? A big thank you to you all for a wonderful fruit and vegetable raffle selection at the September meeting. Quite a number of you went home with a large bag full. Read more
On a day of some seriously heavy showers, a group of Abingdon Fitzharrys members were lucky enough to miss the worst of the rain on a guided tour of the stunning 26 acres of grounds belonging to Worcester College, Oxford. Read more
September 2025 – soon be Christmas!!! The weather gods decided to be kind for our garden party. Twenty-seven members enjoyed a chat, tea and delicious cake. Maybe you are now even feeling cold? There will be a bit more news Read more
August 2025 Mix and Match! I did a rain dance and now we have a hosepipe ban. Sorry about that! We welcome Carol and Liz as new members – we are now 50. There is no meeting in August, but Read more
Half way through 2025 – Gosh. Quite a lively June meeting with a lively speaker, We welcome Christine as a new member and Liz as a visitor. The summer months are always busy and several members might miss a meeting Read more
Flaming June, now we need more rain! I am sorry quite a few of you missed our May meeting. Not only did we have enough tomato plants to start a shop, we welcomed Andrea as a new member and Carol, Read more