January 2026 New Year – Resolutions? It took a while to come down to earth for some after our Christmas party, especially our Secretary who has no idea what happened to her! What a great illusionist Katherine was. The whole meeting was memorable and demonstrated great teamwork from many of 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 friends, share interests, learn new skills and have fun. The Read more
Hello again Once again your generous donations for the homeless have meant l can take another bag, now totalling six, to Kay in Abingdon who will make sure that it all goes to the right place. You are all wonderful. And didn’t we have fun with extraordinary magic? I would Read more
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 and all the other help given in the kitchen, with 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 was known for creating imaginative portraits from arrangements of fruits, 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 the sound-system, but some members still have a problem hearing 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. Two new members signed up – welcome to Sonja and 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. The gardens and grounds include a lake fed by water 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 in early September. Some of us are busy putting a 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 many will be able to meet and chat while enjoying Read more