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June 2018
Kirton and Falkenham Women’s InstituteNext meeting: Thursday July 12th at 2.00 pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village HallSubject: World War One with Ted PayneTrading stall: miscellaneous June meeting Report 2018This month, Mike Powell-Evans from the RSPB gave a talk about garden birds. There was a lot to hear about the many and varied birds that…
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March 2018
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WINext meeting: Thursday April 12th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.Demonstrator: Magdalaine Snowdon.Subject: Hats and flower making (Hands on).Trading Stall: Miscellaneous. MARCH MEETING REPORT 2018This year we are celebrating the 97th birthday of Kirton and Falkenham WI. While the actual anniversary is not until the autumn we have taken to…
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February 2018
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Next meeting: Thursday March 8th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.Speaker: Helen Fraser.Subject: Memories from Stage and Screen.Competition: A theatre programme. FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT 2018 The WI membership fee has now risen to over £40 and, at our committee meeting, it was announced that there had been some ‘unrest’…
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January 2018
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Next meeting: Thursday February 8th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.Speaker: Jane Bradburn.Subject: Kirton of Old.Competition: A postcard or photo of Kirton in the past. JANUARY MEETING REPORT 2018One of the activities that has recently been added to Kirton and Falkenham WI’s programme is a ‘Knit and Natter’ get…
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Kirton in 2017
KIRTON IN 2017 – LOCAL HISTORY RECORDER’S REPORT EA One – as work ramped up for the new off-shore wind farm, 2017 witnessed humanity’s most significant impact on the Kirton landscape, greater, perhaps, even than the building of the sea walls back in Tudor times. At a cost of £2.5bn, the project involves 102 turbines producing…
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November 2017
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Christmas Party: Thursday December 14th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.Entertainment provided by a hand-bell ringers group.January 2018 Meeting: Thursday 11th at 2.00pm in the Village Hall.Speaker Linda Sexton on The WI and the 1953 floods. NOVEMBER MEETING REPORT 2017As usual the WI has several future events planned. On…
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October 2017
Next Meeting: 9th November 2017 at 2pm at Kirton Village Hall. Our speaker next month will be: Brian Cornell who is giving a talk on Thames Lightermen. Our speakers this month were Chris and Marion Stevens and they gave us a fascinating insight into Bees – the Journey from Flower to Jar. Chris and Marion…
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July 2017
August – Tea party at WaldringfieldNext meeting: Thursday September 14th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.Speaker: Colin WestrenSubject: Tools with a missionCompetition: An old tool JULY MEETING REPORT 2017The first item at our July get-together was a report by Edna Stuckey concerning her trip to Liverpool as our delegate at National WI’s AGM.…
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April 2017
Next meeting: Thursday May 11th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.Discussion and voting on resolutions.Followed by members reminiscences of their school-days (please come prepared).Trading Stall: miscellaneous. APRIL MEETING REPORT 2017Did you know that there’s no need to go to Cheddar, Cheshire or Wensleydale to sample British cheeses? In fact you can find an…
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March 2017
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Next meeting: Thursday April 13th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.Demonstration: Suffolk Farmhouse Cheeses plus Tasting overseen by: Jason Salisbury.Competition: A Cheese Recipe (if possible bring printed copies for members to take away.)Trading Stall: miscellaneous. MARCH MEETING REPORT 2017In the committee – a group that meets a few days…