LOCKSIDE WI CHIPPENHAM
2022
25TH
JANUARY
WATERCOLOUR PAINTING WORKSHOP WITH ANNE
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What a great morning learning with Anne's workshop on watercolour painting. We all managed to produce a landscape picture and really enjoyed the experience. Lots of fun and chatting and for most it was our first experience of watercolour painting. Hopefully this will lead to a new hobby for some of our ladies. Thank you Anne for such a great morning.
22ND
FEBRUARY
TALK ON ST KILDA BY BOB ROGERS
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It was really fantastic to welcome Bob to give us a talk on St Kilda today. It was interesting to hear all about their lives and how simple their existence was. There was no crime on the Islands, no greed and no money, everybody just did their best for all the Islanders until they could not carry on supporting themselves in 1930. They were then transported to several parts of Scotland and did not return to the Island. The last person to live on the Island from that community died 6 years ago. The end of a way of life, hard but simple.
22ND
MARCH
26TH
APRIL
24TH
MAY
ANNUAL MEETING & BOBBY VAN VISIT
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After our Annual Meeting, Will from the Bobby Van came and gave us an excellent talk on security in the home. He gave us all kinds of interesting ideas and things to keep us safe. He also gave us information about staying safe online. Anybody over 60 years old can invite the Bobby Van to their home for an assessment of their needs and there are a lot of things free of charge to keep us safe.
TALK ON CHEESE AND CHEESE TASTING - BRINKWORTH DAIRY
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What a fantastic meeting with Ceri from Brinkworth Dairy. We learnt all about cheese and cheese making and how Brinkworth Dairy has changed and adapted to new situations. We then had an opportunity to taste the cheese and it was delicious. Thank you very much Ceri for a wonderful talk and tasting session.
CRAFT MORNING WITH TRUDA
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Unfortunately Sue was not able to come and give us a talk on Upcycling/Recycling as she was ill, but I am hopeful she will be able to come along later in the year.
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Thank you very much to Truda for organising and sorting out a Craft Morning at very short notice. Unfortunately I was not able to attend but I understand it went extremely well and the ladies made some lovely things. Thanks also to Bobby for helping out and everybody else who made this morning a success.
28TH
JUNE
26TH
JULY
17TH
AUGUST
PLATINUM JUBILEE CELEBRATION MEETING
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What a fantastic morning we have had, thanks to the Jubilee Committee for all their hard work making this such a success. We had a great quiz by Alan Cooper which did test us, my team did not do that well but we enjoyed it. Thanks to Daphne for doing a good raffle. Also Jeanette for making and decorating a fantastic cake. For all the ladies who put on such lovely food and all the cakes. There will be pictures in the 'News' section.
FAMILY HISTORY WITH TRUDA
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Thanks very much Truda for a very interesting talk this morning about your Aunt Weeks. It was great to see her letters and find out who she was. It was very interesting to find out how you went about finding out about your family history and giving tips to the ladies. After the talk we had a very good chat with coffee and cake!!
TRIP TO WARWICK TO VISIT NORTON LINDSEY WI
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We had a fantastic day, Norton Lindsey WI made us very welcome. When we arrived we had coffee and homemade biscuits, then we had a tour and talk about the village, a lovely lunch and lot of chat. In the afternoon we went into Warwick and Julie and Karen took the ladies on a tour of the town giving them the history of Warwick. Michael our minibus driver was waiting in the park and we set off for home at about 4.15pm after a nice cup of tea in the cafe, arriving back exhausted at about 6.15pm.
23RD
AUGUST
THE MEN'S SHED MEETING
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We really enjoyed having The Men's Shed coming along to our meeting to tell us all about their activities. They are very busy in Chippenham, firstly fund raising for a new Shed next to the Rugby Club and also meeting every Tuesday afternoon with lots on offer for the men and some women to do. They have a Website - Chippenham Men's Shed CIO with all the information about their club. Thank you very much for coming along to meet out ladies and some gentlemen who were invited to the meeting.
6TH
SEPTEMBER
CROQUET SESSION
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Thank you so much for Kington Langley Croquet Club, we had a wonderful session of Croquet at the beginning of September and even the weather stayed dry! There were eight ladies who played and really enjoyed the experience and one or two of us who just watched. Afterwards Cynithia provided cream teas in a special box with cream and jam and a cup of tea - perfect.......
27TH
SEPTEMBER
VISIT TO CHIPPENHAM MUSEUM AND WALK
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Thank you so much to Chippenham Museum, we had a really fantastic time. I think we all learnt so much about Chippenham. Thank you to them for the refreshments.
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In the afternoon some of the ladies went on tour of Chippenham Town Centre and visited St Andrews Church and the Yield Hall and learn many more facts on the way. Thank you once again.
25TH
OCTOBER
WILLOW WEAVING WORKSHOP WITH GEOFF TRAVERS
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Thank you very much to Geoff and his two helpers. We had a fantastic morning and thoroughly enjoyed the workshop, we even managed to all make something, quite an achievement for beginners. Geoff also does workshops where you can make a basket in a day, anybody interested, please contact me for details.
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Thanks again to Geoff for his patients and help. See the news blog for photographs of our morning.
29TH
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER MEETING & CHRISTMAS MEAL
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We had a lovely meeting with a Christmas Quiz, cake (made and iced by Jeanette), secret santa, raffle of hampers (done by Daphne G and helped by Wendy G) and Christmas Play with Truda, Bobby, Cyn, Jeanette and Barbara, thanks to everybody who made this such a lovely meeting.
At noon we walked to The Old Lane Pub where they put on a really good, hot Christmas Meal for us with crackers and good company it was really great and a fantastic end to the WI year for us. Thank you.