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
Dear all, It was good to be back in the Northcourt Centre last month for our AGM, though of course the meeting was very different this year. I hope everyone enjoyed the afternoon – catching up, listening to our speaker Carole Page and hearing some of the Committee’s plans for Read more
What has happened to our weather? Last year May was a glorious month but this year we have had rain and more rain! Thankfully the last two days have been much warmer. Last Tuesday just a few brave ladies made it to the Abbey Grounds, and to our surprise Anita had Read more
Dear All at last things are slowly opening up and our lives are beginning to return to normal. Hopefully it won’t be too long before we can start thinking about returning to the Northcourt Centre for our meetings. I was pleased to see so many members at our first Zoom Read more