A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF. WHITLEY WOMEN s INSTITUTE

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1 A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF WHITLEY WOMEN s INSTITUTE 2017

2 members We currently have 81 members 74 full and 7 dual Really sadly we lost Beryl Medland in April and Sarah Snow in November

3 JANUARY We were welcomed into 2017 by our President Joan Blackshaw

4 and our wonderful Committee

5 JANUARY A Great Start to the year Keith Yearsley My life in Music

6 FEBRUARY WHITLEY 79 years

7 BIRTHDAY MEETING Cake Made by Anne O Neil cut by a smiling Joyce Astill We all wore green hearts to bring awareness of Climate Change

8 SPEAKER was Derek Poulson he talked to us about LOVE

9 CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS by wearing green hearts

10 DENMAN BURSARY Won by Ann O Brien CONGRATULATIONS

11 MARCH Wellness and Wellbeing Hazel Burgess

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13 APRIL A Floral Demonstration By Village Florist

14 MAY Darren Walter First Aid

15 JUNE VICARAGE ALLSORTS Rev Alan Jewell

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17 And that garden party to raise funds for Denman Thank You to Helen and Nick Carey for opening up their wonderful garden

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20 JULY Steve Halliwell Gresgarth Hall and Gardens

21 AUGUST Evening at Arley Hall Thank You Ann Brock Ann Tolsen Lorna Bettles

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23 SEPTEMBER

24 OCTOBER

25 MANY THANKS to: OUR MAGNIFICENT MEMBERS Sue Roberts Eleanor Evans Ann Cookson Joyce Doyle Sue Mazurkiewicz Helen Carey Jane Gleave Mary Highmore Barbara Grace (hope I havent missed anyone) Annette Minor

26 What a treat! World Championship Worm-Charming by Gordon Farr. Has taken place in Willaston every June for 37 years. World record is for 567 worms to be charmed out of a 3m X 3m square in 30 mins Champion is a 10year old girl

27 Its NOVEMBER OUR ANNUAL MEETING And then

28 TONIGHT we look forward to Chifando African Sewing Machine Charity

29 In DECEMBER Our Christmas Party Don t forget to sign up and pay tonight

30 WHITLEY WOMEN s INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES 2017

31 BOOK CLUB Many Thanks to Helen Carey and Joyce Barber for their excellent hospitality hosting these monthly meetings

32 WALKING GROUP Many Thanks to Ann O Brien for all her work, Not just organising the walks, but checking the routes out in advance and for locating a really nice place for lunch

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34 WI CULTURE CLUB

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36 DARTS TEAM Thank you all so much For all those Winter Evenings when you represented Whitley WI ESPECIALLY Ann Tolson their inspiring Captain GOOD LUCK for 2018

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38 BOWLS WHITLEY WI run 2 teams, so lots of members take part THANKYOU to you from all the members of WHITLEY WI

39 WINNER CONGRATULATIONS To Ann Tolson Winner of the Adelaide Hough Trophy

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41 CHESHIRE SHOW CONGRATULATIONS to ALL who entered on behalf of Whitley Women s Institute ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

42 SUCCESS Annette Minor Pat Sharp Susan Lynch Ruth Stobart ALL ACHIEVED 2 nd Prizes SO LETS GO FOR GOLD in 2018

43 VISITS

44 THE MIDLAND HOTEL Enjoy a Tour and Afternoon Tea at this prestigious hotel Monday 6 th February Tour Starts at 1.30pm Includes transport from WVH

45 Plas Cadnant hidden gardens and Llandudno MAY OUTING special thanks to Ann T, Ann B and Lorna

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47 Coffee and Welsh Cakes

48 GROUP LUNCH Enjoying time with our group WI friends Antrobus, Moore and Daresbury, Halton, Dutton and the newly formed Runcorn

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50 Spring Group Meeting

51 GROUP TRIP CASTLE HOWARD

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55 At the AUTUMN COUNCIL Meeting John McCarthy

56 HALLOWEEN BINGO Oct 2017

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58 Pat received her Adviser Certificate from Jean Harding

59 LOTS and LOTS went on in 2017 We ve tried to cover everything. Huge apologies if We have missed out anything IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR ALL

60 Into 2018

61 NEXT YEAR s PROGRAMME Sally has put together another fantastic programme, lots of good speakers and things to look forward to

62 See you there! Thanks for listening