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December newsletter
It doesn’t seem possible that we are in December and Christmas is just round the corner. We are now three quarters of the way through our WI year and Viv has already applied for an adviser to attend our AGM Read more…
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November meeting report
The meeting was spent creatively on art and craft activities with a Christmas theme. It was a delightfully happy, industrious evening. For the business part of the the meeting, Moira welcomed members and a number of guests. A rendition of Read more…
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Abingdon Fitzharrys Women’s Institute
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…
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Art Group
The last Art Group meeting for the year will be a workshop painting Christmas cards with Bruscho on Monday 25 November led by Claire Cross. In October the group met for a workshop led by professional artist Elizabeth Baldin on Landscapes in Read more…
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Future Events
Abingdon Fitzharrys WI arranges various trips and events locally. The Oxfordshire Federation WI also arranges trips, craft workshops/demonstrations and other events, details of which are provided in News & Views, a monthly publication available to all members. On Wednesday 4 Read more…
Newsletters
November newsletter
Dear Friends As a result of the Northcourt Open Day we are delighted to welcome several new members. It is time to have a New Members Evening get together, so this is now in the pipeline. At the November meeting, Read more…
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Walking Group
November’s walk was on Monday 11th November. As it has been so wet lately, the walk took the group through Abingdon and Albert Park, finishing with lunch in the town. In December the group are taking a month off, so Read more…
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Craft Group
The next meeting is to be on Friday 22 November at 2 pm at Diane’s house, when the group will be doing Christmas boxes and making Christmas tree themed cards. In March members of the craft group continued with Read more…
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October meeting report
Meeting of Abingdon Fitzharrys WI 8 October 2019 Moira welcomed everyone and thanked Marian for the flowers, which were to be given to Jill H. She said how delighted she was that our team, which took part in the Centenary Art Read more…
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One woman and her dog
Abingdon Fitzharrys member Viv and her golden Labrador Jemma appeared recently in the magazine WI Life in a feature on WI members and their dogs. As well as being a loved family dog, Jemma plays a special role as a canine Read more…