Dear Friends Gosh how time flies!! A big thank you to all those who re- joined last month and a very big welcome to our two new members. Do chat to the new faces please, so they don’t feel alone. We hope to welcome more new members in the coming Read more
Dear Friends Thank you for electing me as your President for a second time after two such turbulent years. A big thank you to Moira especially for steering the ship through the pandemic. I will do my utmost to put Abingdon Fitzharrys on the map again. We have a great programme planned with Read more
Abingdon Fitzharrys WI held its annual general meeting on 8 March, when it said good-bye and thank you to departing President Moira and departing Treasurer Anne, and welcomed new President Trine and her committee. The next committee meeting at the beginning of April will decide who is going to take Read more
The next walk will be on Friday 18 March. We will catch the X2 bus at 10.22 at the Boundary House. It stops at Stratton Way at 10.30 if that is more convenient. We will then walk around Steventon and hope to see a good display of daffodils along the Read more
The next walk will be on Wednesday 23 February. We will catch a bus at the Boundary House at 10.22 (or 10.30 at Stratton Way) for a walk around Drayton. I realise that Wednesday is not a good day for everyone but hope some of you may be able to make Read more
Our next walk will be on Monday 24 January. We will meet at Christ Church in Northcourt at 10.30am and walk through the Nature Reserve (if not too wet or muddy) and into Abingdon. I hope some of you can make this date. Jenny
Our next walk will be on Wednesday 24 November when we will walk to Sunningwell. We will meet at Christ Church, Northcourt Road at 10.30, as long as it is not raining. We may be able to find somewhere for coffee afterwards. I hope trying a Wednesday is OK for most Read more
Dear All I can’t quite believe that we are about to put the clocks back and before long we’ll all be making plans for Christmas. If you have any ideas for our Christmas Party – poems, prose or carols that you’d like to recite, please get in touch with Viv. Read more
Our next walk will be on Monday 18 October. We will meet at Christ Church in Northcourt Road at 10.30 am. We will then walk to Radley and back and have a coffee at either Peachcroft Farm or the new cafe at Peachcroft shops. Hope to see you then.
Our speaker in October was Jan Warner whose intriguingly titled talk “The survival of the fittest” looked at child rearing since the 17th century. There were plenty of opportunities to reflect on how ideas and practice had changed over the centuries. She illustrated it with a fascinating collection of child Read more