Dear All, How are you all? Taking care, staying at home and and keeping busy, I hope! Having heard from our Prime Minister this week, it appears that it will be sometime before any groups are able to meet. The committee has taken the decision to contact all the speakers who Read more…
Dear All, I send you all my Good Easter Wishes, as we cope through these unprecedented and difficult times. I hope you are all keeping safe, healthy and managing to catch up with those belated spring cleaning jobs, both indoors and in the garden. We can all find things to Read more…
Abingdon Fitzharrys WI arranges trips and events locally. 2024 Saturday 3 February – outing to the New Theatre, Oxford to see a matinee performance of Oxford Operatic Society’s production of Oliver! Friday 16 February – the Walking Group plan to take a 10.24 am X2 bus from the Boundary House to Read more…
Abingdon Fitzharrys WI suspended in person meetings as a result of Covid 19 restrictions from April 2020. In 2021 meetings via Zoom were organised as an alternative and since June 2021 they are delighted to be able to gather together again in person at the new meeting time of 1.30 Read more…
Dear Members, I have received an email from the OFWI Secretary informing me that they have postponed the Annual Meeting on Wednesday 25 March until the autumn. Because of the present situation regarding Coronavirus we have decided to cancel our April meeting of the Abingdon Fitzharrys WI. We will keep Read more…
We have a small group of members who enjoy a monthly walk around Abingdon and the surrounding area, such as a walk along the bridle way to Sunningwell. We sometimes catch a bus to one of the outlying villages or to Woodstock where we enjoy a walk around the grounds Read more…
Moira opened the meeting by welcoming everyone and our speaker Gary Hibbins from The Abingdon Bridge (TAB). Apologies were received from Mary, Marian, Ann, Gaby, Loran, Maria and Sheila. Viv introduced our speaker Gary whom she first met in 1996 when he joined John Mason School in Year 7. Gary’s Read more…
At the Committee meeting we went through our new, exciting programme for 2020/21 which includes another visit from Jeff Rozelaar – the “Bagels and Bacon” man – who will tell us some more fascinating stories, this time about Sir Winston Churchill. There will be Jenny’s walk each month, Art and Read more…
Due to the coronavirus the sale has been postponed from 21 March to Saturday 11 July 2020 10 am to 3pm at Denman College in Marcham. The sale will include fabric, curtaining from the roll, lining, header tape, sewing threads, tapestry wools, embroidery silks and canvases, zips, buttons, ribbon and Read more…
The Art Group has been growing since its inception over 6 years ago and now has a membership of 10. We meet twice a month for 3 hours in the Morgan room at Northcourt Centre and come, prepared with materials, ready to spend the time creating a masterpiece in quiet Read more…