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 …
Category Archive: WI
Mar 27
Caynham Ashford WI - March 2015
Our guest speaker for the evening was Rachel Hawes assisted by her friend Jacs Collins and they gave an illustrated and amusing talk on Yarn Bombing. As none of us were quite sure what this was exactly, Rachel explained it was a type of graffiti or ‘street art’ that employs colourful displays of knitting, weaving, …
Mar 16
Caynham Ashford WI – February 2015
We had a good turn out for our February meeting in Caynham although parking and getting into the hall proved a little treacherous due to roadworks immediately outside the venue. A round of applause was given to two of our members who were presented with their Food Safety Certificates. In support of Age UK ‘Wear …
Nov 26
Caynham Ashford WI – November 2014
Our November meeting was very well attended and after a rousing rendition of Jerusalem we got on with the business in hand which was our Annual General Meeting. There were no alterations to the Byelaws and Decisions and then the Financial Statement was read by our treasurer Ann Morris. Ann has had a very busy …
Oct 24
Caynham Ashford WI – October 2014
After dealing with the business of the evening, the tables were set out with wine tasting glasses and savoury nibbles in readiness for our speaker of the evening, Paula Goddard. Paula is a wine and food writer, a speaker and a tastings organizer. She demonstrated the rudiments of wine tasting and explained that the cost …
Oct 09
Caynham Ashford WI - September
For our annual August outing we travelled to Llanfair Caereinion on the coach where we had coffee and a brief visit to Collinette Yarns before getting on the Llanfair Light Railway. We were very lucky with the weather and the fifty minute train journey took us through some beautiful countryside to Welshpool. Our coach then …
Aug 30
Caynham & Ashford WI - July report
Another really enjoyable WI meeting. Our enthusiastic speaker was Peter Hawthorne who gave us an illustrated talk on The Animal Victoria Cross. When he first became interested he was amazed to find that that there was very little information to be found on the subject so decided to do his own research and write a …
May 25
Caynham Ashford WI - May Meeting
The President, Jenny Daniel, opened the meeting Four of our members attended the Spring Council Meeting at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury on 15th May. Mrs Betty Meredith, our delegate, reported back to members on the agenda of the day and enthused about the morning’s keynote speaker Stuart Toulson who manages Oak Farm at Ditton Priors near …
Feb 02
Caynham Ashford WI January Report
A very wet and miserable evening didn’t deter our members from attending the first meeting of 2014 Our president, Jenny Daniel, brought us to order and wished us all best wishes and good health for the New Year, which seemed quite ironic as she was on crutches after breaking a bone in her foot. She …
Dec 09
Caynham Ashford WI November report
A rather unusual start to the evening began with the President introducing Edmond Hawen who showed us his display of baskets and explained the rudiments of basket making, he then continued making a basket whilst everyone turned around and the business meeting began. Jo Hall asked for individual application forms claiming the lottery grant, she …