Keith Saunders

Can you tell whether these flowers are real or not? They are not real, but have, in fact, been made from sugar-paste as demonstrated at our April meeting by Carol Razey from Penton Mewsey. Many years ago, Carol won a bursary at her own WI in Penton and took the opportunity to attend Denman College …

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We were certainly hoping for a touch of spring at this month’s meeting, but what we actually got, in the nicest possible way, was a veritable whirlwind in the form of Roger Savage from Choice Plants near Romsey. Roger had come to demonstrate the art of planting a hanging basket, and as his nursery is …

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Shrove Tuesday was in our diaries this year, as we had decided to organise a Pancake Morning in the Village Hall, following our success in 2007, although, of course, such success can never be guaranteed. Nevertheless posters were erected, emails and invitations sent and several of us turned up on the 16 February, to set …

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For those of us who like nothing better than settling down on a Sunday evening to immerse ourselves in the world of the inhabitants of Lark Rise & Candleford, then we were certainly in for a treat at our January meeting. John Owen-Smith has become an expert on the author Flora Thompson and for some …

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