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, following a short business meeting, there will be four different 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 & Craft Competition, was placed third and their display was 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 blood donor for the Pet Blood Bank. With Viv’s support, 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 23. Congratulations! Well done Fitzharrys. Our thanks to everyone in 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 impressive tableau they assembled. They achieved very high marks –over Read more
Abingdon Fitzharrys WI 10 September 2019 After a short business meeting (see below) we enjoyed a bring and share supper and the raffle was drawn. Now it was time for members to sit around tables in groups of 8 and begin working on a questionnaire called “Getting to know you”, created and introduced Read more
Deal All Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday and to sharing, not only supper, but also some anecdotes in an activity organised by the ladies on the social committee. If you have any produce from your garden that you can spare for the stall please bring it along. Read more
Abingdon Fitzharrys went to Broughton Castle for their summer outing this year, on a sunny Tuesday in August. Our excellent guide was the house archivist and she was able to tell us all about the house and show us round. Read more
Report on the event Marian writes: We went on our walk this morning around the cricket pitch (counting up the miles) courtesy of Abingdon Vale Cricket Club and hosted by Anita and Bryan and their daughter, Kerry. We enjoyed the Read more
A group from Abingdon Fitzharrys WI attended the Jubilee Group’s Centenary Celebration at Steventon on 30 July. A picnic was planned but unfortunately the weather was bad. In spite of this their spirits weren’t dampened and they all had a jolly time.