Having turned the clock back more than six decades our members were just a little reticent in sharing their memories of the sixties! I wonder why? Nevertheless some of our members brought along photographs taken during the decade, there were two young bridesmaids, a few teenagers, some newly married and some with their young families …
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WI Newsletter – June 2013
Just two days after our Institute’s Annual Meeting, three of our members travelled to Cardiff to attend the National Federation of Women’s Institutes’ AGM where they had a lovely, but very long day. Fortunately the sun shone and they had a quick foray into the city centre for a relaxing lunch. Changes to the NFWI’s …
WI Newsletter – May 2013
It was time to review the last 12 months at our Annual Meeting in May. Secretary Cecilia Cotton spoke of all the activities we had undertaken during the year and our varied speakers at our monthly meetings and the success of our two themed meetings in 2012, celebrating the London Olympics and Her Majesty’s Diamond …
WI Newsletter – April 2013
There were so many dates being bandied about at this month’s meeting we were all in a whirl by the end of the evening, trying to remember whether we had put our names on the right list and made a correct note in our diaries. Talking of diaries, would you believe it, if our members …
WI Newsletter – February 2013
At our meetings each month, there is usually a competition and if possible these are linked to the topic of the guest speaker. This month the competition was quite simply My Grandmother (image). Obviously we were only too pleased to have an excuse to display our pictures of these much loved ladies. The competition table …
WI Newsletter – January 2013
January can be a long month, after all the festivities in December, but if you are a member of Abbotts Ann W.I. it fairly whizzes along, even though our calendar of events was affected by the weather. Before the snow arrived it was the heavy rain that caused us to cancel our monthly walk – …
WI Newsletter – December 2012
Our exploits for the month of December include returning to the Odeon in Andover, this time members of the film club were there to see Great Expectations, this latest cinematic version of the Dickens’ classic was enjoyable and a completely different experience to that of last month – James Bond – a little more relaxed, …
WI Newsletter – November 2012
The latest exploits of James Bond, getting caught up in the middle of a shoot, eating out and listening to the experiences of a female Prison Officer – just a month in the life of an Abbotts Ann W.I. member. It was a chore having to go and watch Daniel Craig in the latest James …
WI Newsletter – October 2012
Lots to write about this month, but we will gloss over our performance at the first round of Hampshire Federation’s skittle competition – it wasn’t our finest performance, although we didn’t come last. Enough said. The Supper Club met for the second time at the Poplar Farm Inn, this time our visit on was on …
WI Newsletter – September 2012
I have been so busy, not had time to open laptop and get tapping to report on this month’s activities, but here goes. Naturally it started with the Village Fete and several of our members were up at the sportsfield early in the day getting everything ready for the afternoon’s refreshments. Cakes were delivered throughout …