Hello again, we are already gearing up for Christmas – it comes around a bit too often for my liking. The October monthly meeting was a noisy affair – I do hope some of you picked up a tip or two. We had two visitors, Kate and Joan, who we Read more
Hello again, September certainly turned out to be an unforgettable month. New beginnings all around. Let’s hope the same goes for the WI. Now that we are all out and about again, new ideas and whatever takes your fancy can have free flow. It looked like the Zumba went down Read more
Hello again In June I wrote in my newsletter to you that I would do a sun dance for our garden party. I am afraid I might have overdone it. We certainly have had both sun and HOT weather. No more dancing for a while, it might go dreadfully wrong. Read more
Dear Friends Everyone seemed to enjoy the June meeting. We will try to incorporate more hands on activities into our programme. It was a busy afternoon and a big thank you to all who helped – Val with the flowers and all the yummy cakemakers, not forgetting Anne who did a Jubilee Quiz Read more
Dear Friends Well, hello again, it’s finally arrived the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, as featured on the front page of the WI magazine. You do read it all don’t you, delivered to you by our helpful volunteer members? Several committee members are currently busy preparing a WI table at Rye Farm Read more
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
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
It was good to see you all enjoying Jeff Rozelaar‘s talk on ‘Young Winston’ at our September meeting. I thought he was excellent and I look forward to hearing the second half of the talk early in the New Year. Just to keep you updated, Marcella is unable to run the Read more
Good afternoon ladies I was delighted to see so many of you at the garden party in July, but disappointed not to be able join you all at Blewbury Manor, though pleased to hear you had enjoyed your day. Trine sent me some pictures, both the gardens and sculptures looked Read more