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Tour of Normandy, France 2011
Friday We left the green at 7am on Friday 27 May, passed under the Channel (La Manche) and collected Johan, our Guide, from the terminal at Calais.Then on to Honfleur for a quick tour and refreshment (the th/first of many…) Saturday We visited Le Jardin des Plants in d’Avranches, not much in bloom (camelias, azaleas…
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May 2011
MAY REPORT On Thursday 5th May Kirton and Falkenham W.I. gathered at the Bowls Club in Felixstowe for a fish and chip lunch arranged for us by Mrs Pauline Swift who is a Bowls Club member. The food was excellent and everybody enjoyed themselves. Many thanks to Pauline and to Iris Hitchen, our president, who…
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April 2011
APRIL REPORT At our meeting on April 14th Mr Pip Wright came to talk to us and show us photos on the theme of ‘Exploring Suffolk by Bus Pass’. As most of us are of an age to own one of these things we were eager to get information about how to use them in…
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March 2011
MARCH REPORT At our recent committee meetings we have been busy planning activities for the coming year. Several of us went to the Federation AGM at Trinity Park on the 8th of March with our president Iris Hitchen acting as delegate. Then on April the 12th we will be attending the Annual Group Meeting at…
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February 2011
FEBRUARY REPORT Hintlesham Hall had special rates on lunches and teas for W.I.s in January. Although we were not given much notice we managed to get a group of eighteen together, including one man, our president Iris’s husband (what a brave chap!), to give the lunch a go. It turned out to be a splendid…
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January 2011
JANUARY MEETING REPORT Dr Geoffrey Kay who came to speak at our January meeting on the Crystal Palace and the Great Exhibition had just acquired a new digital projector with all sorts of potential to go wrong, he told us. In fact there was some bother with Windows appearing, informing him that his virus protection…
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Kirton in 2010
KIRTON IN 2010 – LOCAL HISTORY RECORDER’S REPORT The political and economic situation set a dark back-cloth to the year. The election in May led to the Coalition – copies retained of all literature. Planned cuts and actual price increases especially in basic essentials – heating oil for example rose from 40p to 70p in…
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December 2010
DECEMBER MEETING REPORT As our December meeting is the last one before Christmas we usually make an effort to go a bit festive, so last Thursday we had mince pies as well as sausage rolls, scones and éclairs with our tea and our president provided us with crackers and chocolates. Despite the cold weather there…
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10th birthday
Cake decorated by Jen Richmond-Hardy and sponge base made by The Bread Basket, Walton.
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November 2010
NOVEMBER MEETING REPORT In November the Kirton and Falkenham W.I. holds its Annual General Meeting. This part of the afternoon did not take long as there were no changes either to the officers or the committee members. The secretary and treasurer gave their reports and everybody was thanked for the sterling work they had put…