On Wednesday 27th July, 21 of us travelled to London to visit the State Room of Buckingham Palace to see the display of H.M. the Queen’s dresses and hats celebrating her 90th Birthday. We set off at 7.15am and had a pleasant journey with drivers John and Ron (of M&S Coaches) stopping for a coffee …
Category Archive: WI
Jun 11
Caynham Ashford WI June 2016
Unfortunately, due to illness, our May speakers were unable to attend the meeting and so two of our members were ‘encouraged’ to volunteer and elaborate on the two resolutions being taken forward to our 2016 Annual General Meeting. Sue Phipers and Jenny Daniel did really well at such short notice putting various points for and …
Jun 11
Caynham Ashford WI April 2016
After our president Chris welcomed us all and dealt with the business of the evening, she welcomed our speaker Richard Edwards, who spoke about Women in Parliament. Richard works for Parliamentary Outreach which is a service that raises the awareness of the work, processes and relevance of the institution of Parliament, with the aim of …
Feb 22
Caynham Ashford WI Feb 2016
When we scribble down our shopping lists, do we ever think what our handwriting says about us. Our speaker Anne Cummings, a graphologist, briefly told how the upper, middle and lower zones of our writing and the angle of slant define our personal traits and characteristics. She explained how graphology is used for psychological analysis, …
Nov 26
Caynham Ashford WI – December 2015
We didn’t have a speaker at our Annual Meeting on Wednesday 11th November in Ashford although there was a Fairtrade Stall. Our president Jenny Daniel stood down after three years in office and Chris King was elected. We are all looking forward to our New Age Kurling social evening which should prove a lot of …
Oct 11
Yarn Bombing
In celebration of the WI Centenary the ladies of Caynham Ashford WI, in conjunction with the Knit and Stitch Group, produced numerous artistic and humor-ous pieces of yarn bombing to decorate both Caynham and Ashford villages. There has been much admiration and many compliments for the ‘witty knitting’. It will be on display for the …
Oct 11
Caynham Ashford WI – September 2015
The guest speaker for our September meeting was unfortunately unable to attend so after the WI business, our resourceful Programme Secretary, Chris King, had prepared a cryptic quiz associated with Shropshire towns for us. It made us all think a bit and we really enjoyed the challenge. It was also the day when the Queen …
Sep 05
Caynham Ashford WI – August 2015
I think we all must have crossed our fingers for good weather for our August day out as we couldn’t have wished for a more beautiful day for our Llangollen trip. With a bus full of members, husbands and friends we left Ashford and took the scenic route to the Moreton Park Garden Centre in …
Jul 07
Caynham Ashford WI – June 2015
We had a full and busy June meeting as there was a lot to report and numerous of our members had attend-ed various meetings. At the beginning of June, our member, Sheila Bennett, attended the WI Garden Party at Buckingham Palace hosted by the Duchess of Cornwall. Although the day could have been a bit …
May 03
Caynham Ashford WI - March 2015
Although we had a few members missing, there were quite a lot of us present for the first meeting in the newly refurbished Ashford village hall. It really is a great improvement and felt a lot lighter and airier. The March bowling trip was a great success and the contest was a real nail biter …