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…
The next walk will be on Monday 11th November ( a week earlier than usual). As it has been so wet lately I thought it better if we had a walk around the streets of Abingdon, on firm ground. We will Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ladies I hope some of you were able to go along to the craft exhibition at Didcot. It was well worth a visit. I expect by now you will have heard the news that our entry came third out of Read more…
The Art Group is meeting again on Monday 14 October 10 am to 1pm for a workshop led by professional artist Elizabeth Baldin on Landscapes in Acrylics. There may be space for 3 non-members of the group for a £10 Read more…
The next meeting is to be on Friday 1 November at 2 pm at Brenda Winn’s house, when the group will be doing some paper folding. In March members of the craft group continued with the “crazy patchwork” projects Read more…
Abingdon Fitzharrys’ Secretary Viv writes about the Oxfordshire Federation’s Centenary Exhibition on 21 September: If you were at Didcot yesterday you will know how well Abingdon Fitzharrys did in the competition. I thought you would all like to see the Read more…