Wednesday 24th June 2009
In the Pink - Walton St Mary’s Hall, Clevedon
This is intended to be a lighthearted event with a relaxed feel good factor, where you are invited to share your favourite poetry and prose. Your contribution may be your own work or a favourite piece by another person. You may read your chosen piece yourself, or if you prefer it may be read out by someone else. This event will be the launch pad for the planned anthology of poems as advertised in the February newsletter. The cost is £6.00 for members and £7.00 for family and friends. This includes soft drinks and nibbles. Your secretary has an application form, closing date is the 20th April.
Thursday 25th June 2009
Beginners Flower Arrangement Day, Falfield
If you would like to learn how to arrange those bunches of flowers you receive then come along and enjoy learning how at Falfield Village Hall. The cost for the day £16 plus £2 for materials. You will need to bring a choice of flowers. As usual the day starts at 10.00 and finishes at 3.30 Tea / coffee biscuits on arrival from 9.30am, tea/coffee at lunchtime tea/coffee and cake in the afternoon. The cost for this is £1.50 payable on the day. You will require a packed lunch. Closing Date 11th May 2009
Thursday 2nd July 2009
Walk - Pucklechurch.
Led by Pucklechurch WI on Thursday July 2nd, 10.15 for a 10.30 start, from Pucklechurch Community Centre this walk will be about 4 miles. Cost £1 to be paid on the day.
Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th July 2009
Out and About
FARMBOROUGH Village Hall Monday 6th July 2009 - 12.00 noon – 3.00 pm
REDHILL Village Hall Monday 6th July 2009 – 7.30 – 10.00 pm
WICK Village Hall Tuesday 7th July 2009 – 7.30 – 10.00 pm
Executive Members & WI Advisers will be ‘Out & About’ on July 6th and 7th at Redhill, Farmborough and Wick. Come along to meet us, have a meal & meet each other. Pick up tips on making the most of your WI, PLUS expanding your programme. If you have any suggestions for the Agenda on these days please send them to WI House.
Members only – Tickets £5.00, lunch or supper included. Closing Date: Monday 25th May 2009.
Monday 13th July 2009
Pastels Day, Chewton Keynsham
10.00am – 3.00pm. Join experienced tutor Mike Hoskins for a day school of landscape drawing in pastels. Bring your own materials, paper, pastels and a packed lunch to Chewton Mission Church, Chewton Keynsham near Redlynch Park Farm BS21 2SW. Coffee & tea available. Members only, £15. Please apply by Monday 1st June to WI House.
Friday 17th July to Sunday 19th July 2009
Federation visit to Denman.
Thursday 23rd July 2009
WI Sports Day - Chew Magna
To be held at Moorledge Farm, Moorledge Lane, Chew Magna BS40 8TL 10.30 am to 3.30 pm - Gates open at 9.30 am.
Five High Schools will be created from the members participating; each school will have a member of the sport and leisure committee as its head teacher. Each school will be invited to enter all sorts of games, like sack race, egg and spoon race; there will be games at all levels of ability from very easy to not much harder! Older girls who do not want to participate can come and watch and cheer on their school, there will be trophies and medals for the winners.
We will have a wonderful sports field to use weather permitting if not, there are PRISTINE BARNS available. We have arranged conveniences for you. Bring your picnic lunch, chairs, tables, gazebos, tents! There is ample parking. We could all dress up in our old school uniforms, if they still fit! If not track suits, shorts, daps, trainers, anything comfy so you can enjoy the day.
Competition for an old school photo, there will be a prize for the best.
So come along and have some fun and laughter, even if you have no one to join in the games come and watch the others, sit in the sun (hopefully) enjoy a lovely cream tea with fresh strawberries from the farm opposite (included in the admission price). Relive your old school sports days! Closing date Monday 15th June. Admission: Members £6 and Friends £7 (Sorry no dogs) to include cream tea.
Tuesday 28th July 2009
Cake Jewellery.
A new concept on Sugar Craft.- Tuesday 28th July 2009 in St Georges Church Hall, Easton in Gordano.
This new form of Cake Decoration using Beads is good for those special occasions ie Weddings, Anniversaries or special Birthdays.
Cost £16 plus there will be a charge of £2.50 for a Kit payable on the day. Tea/coffee served on arrival, lunchtime and afternoon cost £1.50 payable on the day. Packed lunch required. Closing Date 15th June 2009
Friday 7th August 2009
Walk - Oldbury on Severn.
This will be held on Friday 7th August,10.15 for a 10.30 start. Meet at the Anchor Pub, Oldbury on Severn and walk along the River Severn led by Falfield WI.
Monday 10th August 2009
Electric Blanket Testing
Just as the evenings are getting lighter and the weather is getting warmer I talk about electric blankets! I am sure that with the cold weather we have had this winter a lot of the blankets have been in use. Remember all electric blankets should be tested annually for your own safety. This year I have again asked our friends from ‘Trading Standards’ to come along with their testing kit.
If you wish to have your blanket tested phone the WI office at Keynsham (0117 9864782) to make an appointment. Be safe in bed next winter.
Wednesday 12th August 2009
Croquet Taster Day
We have had lots of requests for another taster day so do come along a join us on Wednesday 12th August at Lansdown Tennis and Croquet Club, Bath from 1.30 pm to 5.00 pm. Members only £10 including cream tea. Apply to WI House, Closing Date Monday 6th July.
Tuesday 25th August 2009
Outing to Althorp
Visit the delightful Spencer family home in Northamptonshire, where we will be able to see many magnificent rooms – including some of the private apartments – housing one of Europe’s finest private collections of furniture, pictures and ceramics. Also included are two exhibitions and extensive grounds with a separate picnic area. Please wear sensible footwear as there are some areas with uneven footing.
Leaving for home at 4.30 p.m. Open to family and friends. Members £25.50, non members £26.50 Your WI Secretary has an application form with pick-up places and times. Closing date Monday 6th July 2009
Thursday 17th September 2009
A Mozart Evening - Timsbury.
Peter Clarke’s musical lectures are renowned within the federation and nationally at Denman College. He returns to share his knowledge of Mozart – his life and his music, in a lecture illustrated with excerpts from Mozart’s works. We promise you a musical evening of particular delight.
Open to members Tickets £8.00 and non members Tickets £9.00. 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm, drink and nibbles are included. Your secretary has an application form and the closing date is the 17th July 2009.
Thursday 24th September 2009
Avon Federation Quiz - Portishead
It is that time of year again to put on those thinking caps and pitch your wits against other WI members. Teams of four are needed for our annual Quiz night. Come along and represent your WI, and enjoy a fun evening. £13 per team of four. 7.15 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. start finish at 10.00 p.m. Your Secretary has the Application Form – Closing date 3rd August
Tuesday 29th September 2009
Avon Federation Annual General Meeting - Weston-Super-Mare
We hope another informative and interesting day at Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare.
The morning agenda includes Valerie Wood-Gaiger W-Icon and author of ‘Grandma’s Guide to Great Days Out’
and a resolution put forward by Timsbury WI
This meeting urges HM government to require the Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to adopt the same safety regulations for children’s medicines as are applied by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) with regards to additives in children’s food.
In the afternoon our guest speaker is Bob Flowerdew gardening expert and member of the Gardener’s World Team with his talk ‘No Work Gardening’
Visitors Tickets £9.00 – Your Secretary has an Application Form – Closing date 17th August
Wednesday 30th September 2009
Safety at Sea - Easton in Gordano.
Come and hear retired ship’s pilot Robin Wall talk about his interesting working life safely guiding large ships into the docks. After coffee listen to Coxswain David Herbert explain about the work of the Portishead lifeboat, which is privately run as a charity. On Wednesday 30th September at St Georges Hall, Easton in Gordano.
Cost: Members £6 and non-members £7 to include coffee. Application form is with your secretary and the closing date is August 18th.
Monday 12th October 2009
Speakers Corner - Chipping Sodbury
Another evening is planned for you to listen to prospective speakers for the Year Book on Monday 12th October 2009 at the Carter Suite (upstairs) Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, Broad Street BS37 6AD. This will start promptly at 7.30 p.m. until 10.00 p.m. Please apply for up to two tickets only per WI as numbers are limited. Tickets £4.50 – members only. Your secretary has an application form. Closing date 31st August 2009.
Thursday 22nd October 2009
Parchment Day School - Keynsham
Did you see the lovely examples of this craft at the EGM? Would you like to make one? Well here is your chance. A Parhment Day School is to be held at WI House on Thursday 22nd October. As usual the day starts at 10am and finishes at 3.30 pm. Tea/coffee biscuits available on arrival, tea/coffee at lunchtime and tea/coffee and cake in the afternoon. The cost of refreshments is £1.50 payable on the day. You will require a packed lunch. The cost of the day is £16 which includes materials! The closing date of 7th September.
Tuesday 27th October 2009
Three Mens Company - Nailsea.
Once again three very talented gentlemen will entertain us with an evening of light-hearted verse, prose, songs and piano music all presented with wit and good humour. There could be a seasonal theme to the programme, also to the light refreshments included in the ticket price. Join us at the Methodist Hall in Silver Street, Nailsea from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Tickets: Members £8.00 and Friends £9 Drink & nibbles included. Your Secretary has the Application Form – closing date 14th September.
Tuesday and Wednesday from 27th October 2009
History Lectures, Roman Britain Part II Cleeve and Saltford
Garry Gowans will be continuing his talks on Roman Britain with the following subjects:
The Women of Roman Britain, their lives, fashions and accessories.
Tombstones provide us with the names of 154 women from Roman Britain and many have fascinating stories to tell, none more so than Regina married to a Syrian businessman.
The Vindolanda Tablets, Britain’s earliest writing
The remarkable Vindolanda Tablets add to this fund of knowledge, particularly the wife of the Commanding Officer at the Vindolanda Fort on Hadrian’s Wall-Sulpicia Lepidina.
By Land, River and Sea: Travel and Transport in Roman Britain
The importance of roads within the Roman Empire cannot be underestimated and Britain had its own ‘motorway’ system nearly 2000years ago.
Heavens Above: The gods and goddesses of Roman Britain<\li>
With over 400 known gods and goddesses, Rome’s tolerance towards religion of conquered peoples was quite amazing. Indeed they fused local gods with their own.
The lectures are held at Cleeve Village Hall on Tuesday 27th Oct, 3rd, 10th and 17th November 1.45-3.15pm and at The Wansdyke Room Saltford Hall, Salford on Wednesday 28th Oct, 4th, 11th and 18th November 7.30-9pm.
Cost-member£17 and non-member£19 Closing date is 14th September
Monday 7th December 2009
Christmas Markets of Bruges Brussels and Lille.
We board our Executive coach at one of the above pick up points and travel to Dover for our Channel crossing to Calais. We continue to Ostend and check in at the centrally located 3* Ramada Hotel where we stay for 3 nights. Dinner is served on the first evening in a restaurant close to the hotel and the remaining 2 nights are on a bed & breakfast basis. The tour includes Bruges, Brussels & Lille Christmas Markets – each on separate days.
Optional - Guided walking tour of Bruges. COST: - Twin - £269.00 per person, SINGLE SUPPLEMENT - £69 per person. Optional travel insurance - £29.00per person (Upper age limit – 85 years old) DEPOSIT - £75.00 pp along with travel insurance (if required) payable to ‘TAILORED TRAVEL’ by JULY 6th 2009 BALANCE to be paid by OCTOBER 1st 2009
Your secretary has an application form & brochure (with booking form). For more brochures please contact WI House. OPEN TO MEMBERS & FRIENDS
September 8th 2010 for 8days (7 nights)
Oberammergau Passion Play and the Austrian Tyrol.
Scheduled flight to Austria (airport to be confirmed at end of 2009) where we are transferred by our executive coach to a 3* hotel in Kirchberg for a 5 night stay on half board basis. On day 6 we travel to Oberammergau where we stay in Category 3 accommodation in various inns/guest houses in and around Oberammergau.
The tour includes: Oberammergau Passion Play tickets & package, Rattenberg & Tratzberg Castle, Kitzbuhel & Salzburg. Optional: Tyrolean evening, Achensee train ride & boat cruise, guided tour of Salzburg
COST: Twin - £999pp approx. Single supplement - £99 – but there are no single rooms in Oberammergau, so you will be required to share. Optional travel insurance - £36
1st DEPOSIT - £150.00 required by April 7th 2008 (This is fully refundable before June 30th 2009) 2nd DEPOSIT due by June 15th 2009, FINAL BALANCE by July 1st 2010.
Your Secretary has an application form & brochure (with booking form). More brochures available from WI House
Contact secretary@avonfwi.org.uk
for further information about any of these events
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