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July 2010
JULY MEETING REPORT At our July meeting Mrs Iris Hitchen, our president, reported on her trip to the National AGM at Cardiff which she attended as our Group Representative. While there she learnt that at present the W I has 207,000 members nationwide. Next year the subscription will be £30, a rise of only 50p.…
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Summer visits 2010
June visit – Sarah Cook’s Garden, ShelleyNeither the Suffolk Show nor Anglia Water’s burst main could prevent 38 members descending on the idyllic hamlet of Shelley hidden away near the Essex border. An added bonus was probably the warmest summer evening so far this year. Despite the cold Spring Sarah Cook’s private garden was a…
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June 2010
JUNE MEETING REPORTWhen he was twenty four, in 1958, Mr Weatley decided to go round the world on a scooter. This was the subject he came to talk to us about at our June meeting. Having two elder brothers who were both cleverer and better looking than he was he decided that the only way…
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Gardeners’ Club tour of Amiens & Picardie, France 2010
France 2010 Our 4-day break to Amiens and Picardie Under the guidance of our very popular guide Johan, during 28–31 May 2010, we “did” Picardie, gardens and châteaux en route and in the area of Amiens. Friday: Coffee & croissant at Château de Cocove, evening meal at Arras and on to our base in Amiens.Saturday: Amiens – Jardin des…
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May 2010
MAY MEETING REPORT Kirton and Falkenham W.I. treated themselves to two very enjoyable lunches recently. For the first, on Thurs. 6th May, we were guests at the Bowls Club in St Edmunds Road, Felixstowe where we used their facilities to eat meals ordered from the Seaview Fishbar. We were impressed by the quality of the…
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April 2010
APRIL MEETING REPORT Mr Tyler, our speaker at the April meeting, started his talk on Billy Butlin with a rousing ‘Hi Di Hi’ to which we all replied ‘Ho Di Ho’. The great era of the holiday camp, he told us, was the 1950s, but the idea started long before that, back in the 1890s,…
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March 2010
MARCH MEETING REPORT The National Federation of Womens’ Institutes is issuing a challenge to its’ members. This is for W.I. members to complete a Triathlon which consists of a 5 mile swim, a 20 mile cycle ride and a 50 mile walk or run. The endurance test is not so formidable as it sounds as…
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February 2010
2010 FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT Our February meeting was the first meeting of the year as we had to cancel our January get together due to snow. We now have twenty three members and most of them managed to turn up although the day was very cold and the wind whistling round the Village Hall was…
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Kirton in 2009
KIRTON IN 2009 – Local History Recorder’s Report Another year where the Village just tried to get on with life as usual against the back-cloth of huge “Development” threats to its rural tranquility, fears of a Swine Flu pandemic, economic recession, and a combination of weather conditions difficult to reconcile with Global Warming. The Local…
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December 2009 –
DECEMBER MEETING REPORT We met for our December meeting only to find that for the fourth time this year the speaker could not come. Fortunately two of our members stepped into the breach – Mrs Maddy Rhodes and Miss Elizabeth Sugarman. Maddy spends some time each week at the Citizen’s Advice Bureau so she was…