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WI Meetings 2009

WI – Christmas Party

Let the fun, games, laughter and good food begin at our Christmas Party.

First of all we had to get official business out of the way. Lynne gave the Secretary’s report and then we had the Ten Pin Bowling and Darts reports to date.. Reminders for the Carol Concert at Hingham on 14th December and subscriptions due in January. Then on to the fun part of the evening.

Delicious food was enjoyed by us all prepared by the Committee and then the glorious sweets prepared by members. We all ate far too much!!!

Gill - our Treasurer was presented with a gift for her sterling work
During the course of the year.

Competition results for the year

1st Louise - presented with the Messent Cup
2nd Sue - presented with a gift
3rd Joint - Pam Corne and Denise – presented with a gift

Bloom of the Month for the year

1st Pam Corne presented with a Cyclamen
2nd Sue
3rd Kay Farnborough

Table Arrangement Competition

1st Sue
2nd Lynne
3rd Margaret

We were pleased to welcome some guests for the evening and hopefully they will be joining us next year.

We then had a hilarious game of Blind Ignorance – sort of who am I game – and the statutory game of pass the parcel – with forfeits.
November meeting

Tonight was our Annual General Meeting so no speaker.

The accounts were presented and due to fundraising this year we are in a better financial position than last. Our President gave her report of thanks to the committee and helpers and committee members were proposed and elected. Pam Frogbrook gave a vote of thanks to the committee for their hard work this year.

Results of the darts and ten pin bowling matches were announced –
Some games still to play. A team darts so far have played 5 games and won four. B team darts have so far tied with Thetford and lost against Garboldisham. Bowling only one match played so far.

Birthday this month Wendy Edwards posy presented by Elsa.

Bring and share supper tonight with some super food and recipes of how to make. We all enjoyed some lovely dishes and sweets – and all ate far too much!!!

Competition – favourite Vase

1st - Sue
2nd – Helga
3rd – Dawn

Bloom of the Month

1st - Kay with a pansy
2nd – Dawn with a Fuschia
3rd – Pam Corne with a Chinese Lantern

Next Month – Christmas Party 7pm start

October Meeting

This month we started off with the meeting and welcomed two guests
as visitors. Forthcoming events Carol Concert at West Tofts 13th December 6pm – members to make their own way. Auditions day at Mundford – arrangements made for travel. WI advisors quiz – teams announced and arrangements made. Wendy reminded everyone of the Help for Heroes event in the village hall on 17th October.

Gill announced that the sponsored walk had raised £2000 and thanked everyone for their sponsorship. She said that a good day was had and Bernard Hill was present. - Well done Gill for doing the walk.

Birthdays this month – Daphne, Brenda,Denise and Lynn – posies made by Gill.

Darts competition Team A had lost a match and drawn a match so far. Team B first match is on 22nd October.

Demonstration this month by our own Elsa and Sue on “Christmas Flowers and Gift Ideas”. Elsa and Sue had both been florists and they gave us a demonstration on making Christmas table arrangements – Sue made a table wreath and a candleabra arrangement and Elsa showed us what beautiful displays you could make out of logs from the garden. They both used foliage from the garden and with the use of dried oranges,pomegranets,cones, conifer and holly they showed us how it could be done on a budget. I think everybody enjoyed it and some of the arrangements were raffled off at the end of the evening. Despite Elsa and Sue’s nerves they were quite pleased with the result.

Competition – a decorated parcel

1st Louise
2nd Pam Corne
3rd Margaret

Bloom of the Month

1st Pam Corne with a dahlia
2nd Sue with a trailing geranium
3rd Kay Farnborough with a pansy

Next month – A.G.M and nominations for committee. No speaker but a bring and share supper so better have a small dinner! Competition “favourite vase”.

September Meeting

Tonight was chocolate heaven. Pam and Margaret demonstrated the art of making cake boxes and then the chocolates that go in them.

We all had a go and finished up with lovely little boxes and nine chocolate truffles and coffee wafers to go inside. A very enjoyable time was had by all of us and we had a gift to go away with along with the recipes of how to make the chocolates.

Meeting took place after the fun and darts,bowling and various trips were discussed and fixed – looks like this autumn and winter will be full of fun.

Thanks were given to Wendy Edwards for hosting the August summer social which everyone agreed had been a lovely evening – and the weather had kept fine.

Two dates to remember- 26th September Helga is hosting a coffee morning in the village hall for McMillan Nurses and Wendy Chapman is hosting a Help for Heroes event on 17th October selling gifts, clothes with labels on between 10am and 1pm. Everybody was asked to look through their wardrobes for any new clothes that could be donated.

Birthdays this month – Dawn,Jenny and Stephanie - posies made by Pam Frogbrook.

Bloom of the Month

1st Pam Corne with a Rose
2nd Elsa with a Hollyhock
3rd Stephanie with a Verbena

Competition – A Biscuit barrel

1st Wendy Edwards
2nd - Lynne
3rd Stephanie

Next month's meeting October 8th Sue and Elsa with Christmas flowers .
Competition a decorated parcel. Christmas Bring and Buy.

July Meeting and Mystery Tour

We had a thoroughly enjoyable meeting and our speaker was Charlotte Philcox ‘Beyond the Potting Shed’. Charlotte talked about the fascinating history of gardening and gave us some very interesting facts. e.g. the runner bean originated from Virginia in 1615 and numerous other examples. She showed us loads of slides and had some lovely old gardening books on display.

Competition – A painted flowerpot

1st - Sue
2nd - Denise
3rd - Louise

Bloom of the Month

1st Margaret with a buddleia
2nd June with a begonia
3rd Judy with a Hydrangea

Next Month – Summer Social

Mystery Tour

On Saturday 18th July 29 of us met at the village hall and set off through some beautiful countryside taking in some gorgeous villages. We were obviously setting off to Suffolk somewhere.
First port of call was Snape where we had morning refreshments and had nearly two hours to browse around the Snape Maltings which is on the river and had a good array of shops.

Then on to Dunwich on the coast for a lovely lunch in the Café on the beach. The sun was shining and most of us headed to the beach for a sit down or paddle in the sea for the more adventurous ones!!!!

Duly refreshed back on the coach again to the East Anglia Transport museum at Carlton Colville near Lowestoft. This was a memorable trip back in time – we all rode on vintage trams, trolley buses and the little train. All tickets were punched by staff all of whom are volunteers. Afternoon tea was drunk and then back on the coach for a raffle and a ride home.

A lovely outing enjoyed by everybody – well done to all who organised the trip.

JUNE MEETING

Report on WI lunches – a good time was had and a good amount of money raised for funds. The winner of the grid squares was Alice Elvin. Henderson Quiz we came 2nd and 4th so a good attempt.
Denise gave a detailed report from the National AGM and said that the resolution for the Honey Bee research had gone forward. She reported that the RHS has a site to encourage all of us to plant Honey Bee friendly plants.

Restored Bench is now in the churchyard for all to sit on.

Thanks to Sue for replanting the village troughs.

Two dart teams were announced.

Reminders were given for the organised trips.

This month our speaker was Rosemary Jacobs “Experience of a Corset Consultant”. Rosemary was a Spirella consultant for about 10 years and gave us an insight into some of her encounters with clients. Some very funny and some very sad tales but all told with
compassion and humour. An interesting talk into the past as we can all remember if not us, our mothers and grandmothers, wearing such garments. A fascinating and interesting speaker.

Competition – A perfume bottle

1st- Pam Corne
2nd – Louise
3rd- Elsa

Bloom of the Month

1st - Margaret with a Paeonia
Joint 2nd – Pam Corne with a Poppy and
June with a pink Rose

Raffle – 1st prize won by Wendy Edwards

Birthday posies made by Wendy Edwards and presented to Sue,June,Gill and Patsy.

Next meeting July 9th – Speaker Charlotte Philcox “Beyond the potting shed” and competition “Decorate a flower pot”. Charlotte
has visited us before and she is a very interesting person with a wealth of wonderful ideas.

May Meeting

This month was the voting for the resolution for the whole of the W.I. There was only one resolution this time which was for the government to increase funding into research for Bee Health. It seems that it is an increasing problem that the honey bees are dying out and as they contribute so much to our society in terms of food, crops and plants this is a major problem. We all voted and it was unanimous that we all agreed. Our vote will be counted at the National Meeting in June.

We welcomed Rosemary as a visitor to our meeting and welcomed back Helga after her operation.

As we had no speaker this month Elsa had organised a very entertaining quiz for us – which was great fun.

Birthdays this month were Pam Corne and Ann – posies presented – made by June.

Competition – A Victoria Sponge – judged by Lynne by tasting them all!!!

1st - Judy
2nd - Sue
3rd - Jenny

Bloom of the Month

1st - Pam Corne with a Fuschia
2nd - Sue with a yellow Rose
3rd - Pat with an Aquilegia

Future events - Stanta visit now sold out with reserves

Mystery tour on Saturday 18th July – still tickets available.

Next Month June 11th Rosemary Jacobs “Experience of a Corset Consultant” and competition a perfume bottle.

ANNUAL BIRTHDAY DINNER

April saw us visiting the Chequers Inn at Thompson for our annual birthday dinner.

We had a lovely evening – nice and cosy room with about 20+ of us.
We all had a lovely meal and the service was good. Everybody was dressed for the occasion and a great time was had by all.

Birthdays this month were Wendy Edwards and Heather and posies were made and presented by Denise.

The raffle was won by Kay Dearling and she received a plant in a basket.

Everybody was reminded of forthcoming events including the Mystery tour in July and the lunches in May.

The Bingo evening was a success and raised a good amount of money.

Next month May 14th – Resolutions and Quiz Night and competition a Victoria sponge. Special Bring and Buy.

March Meeting

What a packed village hall tonight – who were all these people?
It seems that Scoulton W.I has ceased to be and their members had decided to join Caston – so lots of new faces. Welcome and we hope you enjoy being with us.

Members were reminded of forthcoming events – they being the Easter Bingo on 7th April, W.I. Lunches on 16th May (all open to anybody that would like to attend)

Members were nominated for the Henderson Quiz on 22nd May.

Our speakers tonight were Alison Williams and Emma Lloyd who run a company called A & E Style Consultants. They are professionally trained style and colour consultants who showed us how to look our best by wearing the most flattering colours and styles. Several of us were measured and informed whether we were short waisted, long waisted and whether we were in proportion. We were also shown the best shades of colour to wear to go in with our hair colour and skin colour.

A most entertaining evening – I guess we will all be studying our wardrobes now!!!

Birthdays this month – Elsa and Nina – posies made by Kay Farnborough.

Competition – Favourite Scarf

1st - Wendy Chapman
2nd - Helga
3rd - Pam Corne

Bloom of the Month

1st - Pat with a Hellebore
2nd - June with a miniature Iris
Joint 3rd - Pam Corne with a Fushcia
Alice with a Bergenia

Next Month – 9th April – Birthday Dinner at the Chequers Inn at Thompson

  February 2009

On a very cold and snowy evening – we wondered whether the speaker would turn up – but he didn’t let us down. We welcomed Mike Wabe who had driven from Thetford to give us
A fascinating talk on “Life in Medievel England”. He dressed up for the occasion and was a fighting templar Monk. He had brought along loads of weapons, armour and drinking and eating vessels and proceeded to tell us what life was like circa 1125.
All I can say is that life was alright if you were wealthy but if you were poor it was tough. A brilliant talk by him especially as he remained in character for the talk.

Onto the meeting . Unfortunately both of the bowling teams are now out of the competition – better luck next time! Everybody enjoyed the trip to West Side Story.

Fundraising – tickets to be sold for a £1 a square to try and raise some funds – prize of £25 to be drawn on 16th May.

All going according to plan in the Cator Cup competition.

Birthday Posy – presented to Pam Frogbrook made by Helga.

Reminder for the Easter Bingo on 7th April – prizes to be brought along to the March Meeting. Trip arranged to Stanta on 12th August - open to anyone that wants to come as we are having a coach – tickets £5 for non members.

Competition – Designing a Coat of Arms

1st - Denise
2nd – Sue
3rd – Kay Dearling

Bloom of the Month (not many entries due to snow)

1st – Denise with a snowdrop
2nd – Kay Farnborough with a viburnum
Meeting next month – March 12th – Alison Williams A & E Style Consultant
 

  JANUARY 2009

Malcolm Bellingham gave us a talk on Fire Safety in the home –
A very interesting and informative talk from a retired firefighter in how to keep safe when fire occurs – especially with regard to candles which have become increasingly popular in the home.

Competition – Candleholder

1st Stephanie
2nd Pam Frogbrook
3rd Louise

Bloom of the Month

1st Wendy Chapman with a primrose
2nd Pam Corne with a hyacinth
3rd Dawn Jessett with a Xmas Cactus

Sponsored Slim report from Wendy – successful in losing weight and monies collected.

Ten Pin bowling – Team B through to next round.

Cator Cup – theme picked and progress ongoing.

Birthdays this month – both the Kays and posies made by Helga.

Next Month Meeting 12th February – talk by Mike Wabe “Life in medieval England.