Keith Saunders
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St Georges Day Celebrations 2005
All in the Spirit of St George’s Day in Abbotts Ann The Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall was decked with flags, shields and all things medieval as the Committee celebrated St George’s Day with a fundraising Medieval Banquet and the Canberra Tales.The spirit of the evening was captured by surfs, peasants, Lords, Ladies, serving wenches …
WI Newsletter – March 2005
On the first day of the month our skittles team were in action, unfortunately being beaten in the last round by one skittle, thereby missing the Final. The following day I was off to Denman College in Oxfordshire for a three-day conference about Community Challenges. For those who don’t already know, this is the National …
WI Newsletter – February 2005
Thankfully, our speaker for this meeting brought along with her a touch of spring and the promise of summer, which was very welcome as it was a very cold evening with the continuing threat of snow flurries outside. Sara Purkins came armed with examples of her work, which included bouquets of paper flowers including roses …
WI Newsletter – January 2005
This month has had an international flavour about it – just the ticket to cheer us all up, during the long month of January. Members came along to the first meeting of 2005, knowing that they would be transported to the other side of the World, if not literally then metaphorically at least, by George …
WI Newsletter – December 2004
Our December meeting, which takes the form of a Christmas Dinner, was a great success. Once again, our caterer John Davies and his excellent team provided us with a superb meal, there are several courses so it is a question of pacing oneself – well that’s how I manage anyway We took the decision not …
WI Newsletter – November 2004
At the beginning of the month, Muriel Spanholtz organised a visit to the Weyhill Craft units where some of members had a pleasant stroll around the various booths, finishing in the coffee shop for welcome refreshments. This was an opportunity for our members to have a chat and get to know each other better. November …
Margaret Wilson honoured
Abbotts Ann’s Unsung Hero is honoured for her charity work Margaret Wilson, resident of Manor Close Abbotts Ann, was honoured for her fund raising charity work in support of Cancer Research UK and of the Countess of Brecknock Hospice at a reception for Hampshire’s Volunteers held at Milestones Museum, Basingstoke on Thursday 18th November 2004. Margaret was …
WI Newsletter – October 2004
At the end of last month’s newsletter, I finished with the assertion, that I believed the speaker for our October meeting was a very brave man, in view of the introduction of the green waste collection scheme. Well, in the end, Tom Evison was unable to attend due to some last minute holiday arrangements, but …
WI Newsletter – September 2004
It was back in the Village Hall this month, following our summer break, and there was a lot to catch up on, including for us a very successful fete. As usual, we had provided the refreshments. Although it was billed as a mini-fete this year, being organised on a more informal basis, we were just …
WI Newsletter – August 2004
We may not have a formal meeting during August, but behind the scenes, the committee have still been very busy. It is about now that we usually start to think about the following year, but we already seem to be ahead of ourselves, with some dates in the diary. We have also discussed a few …
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