June W.I Meeting
Attendance at the Leigh and district WI meeting on June 10th was as usual excellent with a roll-call of 35 and including another new member and two ladies who are ‘interested’. We hope they will join us!
Jill Baggaley sent her apologies as she was taking part in the ‘Race for Life’ at Trentham Gardens. We are sure she did very well for this very worthy cause.
We had further reports from members who have attended their courses at Denman College. Molly and Sue Cotton enjoyed their “Fresh Air and Fine Houses” course while Glenys Matthews had a lovely time learning a new skill of Bobbin Lace making. Further to the individual courses at Denman that most of us have now attended, many of us will visit Denman College in Oxfordshire on Friday 20th June for a ‘Taster Day’. We expect to have a lovely day out.
The visit to Trentham Gardens on June 4th was much enjoyed by everyone and included a walk round the Italian Gardens and refreshments of strawberries and cream with Bucks Fizz at the Edinburgh Wool Mill.
Another rather exciting visit was reported on by Lorraine Penlington and Maureen Crosby-Kinson. They joined Kingston group for a visit to Highgrove, home of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales. They enjoyed their day so much that we will now try to apply to make our own group visit, even though we will have to wait a while as there is a 4 year waiting list !
Several new potential outings were announced. Visits to Blithfield Hall in July, Chatsworth in October and early notice of a trip to Tissington Hall in July 2009.
Our bi-weekly craft group is getting on well with the new catering aprons which we need in time for our institute’s big annual event, the summer lunch in August.
Several new events were announced including ‘Murder by Candlelight’ at Checkley Village Hall on 23rd October. This is advertised as “an evening of Mystery” and will include a 3-course meal with catering by our own, Leigh & District, Institute. There are also opportunities to attend a 6 week ‘Bowling for Beginners’ course in Stafford in September or a 2-day mixed media painting course at Sandon in November or even a ‘Pots of Silk” workshop at the county showground in October. So many interesting activities are on offer to us; it is often hard to choose which to do and how to fit everything in.
Entertainment for the meeting was provided by Mrs Kathleen Mason with a talk on “Embroidery around the World”. Very soon many of us were holding our sides with laughter as the talk was often most humourous and Mrs Mason had a delightfully amusing way of getting her message across. She brought with her many items of embroidery, from around the world and frequently dived into her suitcase to extract from its depths, yet another wonderful example of embroidery work from the far corners of the globe. In the space of an hour we travelled with her and her Pandora’s box of a suitcase, through many countries including India, Japan, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Canada and we were enthralled and also very impressed with the beautiful and varied embroidery. We were fortunate to have been entertained by such a talented speaker.
Next Meeting - July 8th – with speaker Mr Tim Cockin on the topic of “Staffordshire Folklore”.
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