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Kirton in 2016
KIRTON IN 2016 – LOCAL HISTORY RECORDER’S REPORT VIOLET GARDENS – PADDOCK CLOSEIn August, Taylor Wimpey announced the opening of the show house for the new development of 43 houses. Prices ranged from £220,000 to £375,000 but thankfully the developers honoured their commitment by including 14 “affordable housing rental tenure” properties now under the stewardship…
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November 2016
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Next meeting: Thursday Dec 8th at 1.15pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.The meeting will consist of a fish’n’chip lunch followed by Christmas Celebrations.Please bring a baby photo of yourself to be used in a guessing game.Trading Stall: miscellaneous NOVEMBER MEETING REPORT 2016The Arts and Crafts Fair at the church hall…
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October 2016
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Next meeting: Thursday Nov 10th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.AGM followed by speaker: Felicity KaplanSubject: Transcendental Meditation.Competition: Short sentence on ‘How I like to relax’.Trading Stall: miscellaneous If you’re new to the village, are of the feminine gender, and are wondering how you can become part of this…
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August 2016
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Next meeting: Thursday Sept 8th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.Speaker: Pauline BakerSubject: Frock Horror – Confessions of a costume designer.Competition: Photo of your own frock horror.Trading Stall: miscellaneous
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June 2016
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Next meeting: Thursday July 14th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.Speaker: Dr Stephen Ashworth, University of East AngliaSubject: Kitchen Chemistry – talk and demonstration.Competition: An Old Kitchen UtensilTrading Stall: miscellaneous JUNE REPORT 2016On June 9th a lady should have been coming to speak to us about the charity Debra…
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April 2016
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Next meeting: Thursday May 12th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.There will be a discussion and vote on the resolutions to go before the National AGM followed by gamesNo competitionTrading Stall: miscellaneous APRIL REPORT 2016I hope everyone will take a look at the advert for our trip to Newmarket’s…
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March 2016
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Next meeting: Thursday April 14th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall – visitors welcome.Speaker: Mark MowerSubject: Suffolk MurdersCompetition: An appreciation of a favourite ‘Who-done-it’ novel or thrillerTrading Stall: miscellaneous MARCH REPORT 2016On March 5th Kirton and Falkenham WI did its bit for the ‘Clean For The Queen’ campaign, an…
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January 2016
KIRTON AND FALKENHAM WI Next meeting: Thursday February 11th at 2.00pm in Kirton and Falkenham Village Hall.Speaker: Gilly BursnollSubject: Painting on flower potsCompetition: Best three attempts at painted potsTrading Stall: miscellaneous JANUARY MEETING REPORT 2016This is the time of year when we start planning our activities for the coming twelve months. Two outings are already…
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Kirton in 2015
KIRTON IN 2015 – HISTORY RECORDER’S ANNUAL REPORT Violet Gardens & The Paddocks – in June SCDC approved the application by Taylor Wimpey (TW) to build forty-three houses on land to the south of Falkenham Road previously occupied by B&M Concrete. This was despite the opposition of the Parish Council (PC) which had raised concerns about…
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Kirton in 2014
KIRTON IN 2014 – LOCAL HISTORY RECORDER’S REPORT On The World Stage – perhaps for the first time in its history, Kirton featured on the world stage on Friday 9th May while, in under four minutes, the Friends Life Women’s Tour swept through the village en route from Felixstowe to Clacton-on-Sea on the 56.3 mile, third…