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July 2009 – All Change
At our July meeting the watchword was ‘All Change’. Mrs Iris Hitchen, our president, was unable to take the chair due to the fact she was attending a funeral, so Mrs May Copping, our vice-president, stepped in. Also the speaker, Mrs Buckles, who had been booked to demonstrate flower arranging, was unwell so could not…
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Gardeners’ Visit to France 2009
Under the guidance of Johan (surely a candidate for Mr Speaker?), during 22–25 May 2009, we packed in a visit to Paris, gardens and châteaux en route and in the area. Les Jardins d’Evea in MaresquelVersailles (above)Monet’s garden at GiveneyFontainebleauLuxembourg Palace GardensA river trip on the Seine + coach tour of Parisand last but by no means…
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June 2009 – Four weddings and a funeral
June Meeting reportFour Weddings and a Funeral was the subject Mrs Jane Parker came to speak to us about at our June meeting. Mrs Parker is a registrar and works for the Suffolk Registration service which concerns itself with the births, marriages and deaths in the area. She feels it is an honour to fulfill…
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May 2009 – Resolutions
MAY MEETING REPORT On May 14th Kirton and Falkenham W.I. gathered at the Village Hall about an hour and a half earlier than usual in order to partake of a fish and chip lunch before our resolutions meeting. The first course was provided by Bounty Fisheries, the sweets by Mrs Judy Walker and to drink we…
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April 2009 – World of Shells
APRIL MEETING REPORT In the last few weeks we have been lucky enough to acquire five new members. I hope they are all going to enjoy their time with us and spread the word through the village about the many opportunities that the W.I. presents. We were very sad to hear of the death of…
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March 2009 – Fun with Herbaceous Plants + AGM
March meeting ‘ Fun with Herbaceous Plants’76, yes 76 members, an all time record for a village hall meeting, turned out in March. The reason – popular speaker Richard Ayres MBE, many years legendary head gardener Anglesey Abbey, Gardener of the Year 2000, and currently designing the gardens at Kirtling Tower for Lord & Lady…
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March 2009 – Jane Leffler
MARCH REPORT Unfortunately the speaker who was booked for our March meeting let us down without prior warning. If our programme secretary, Mrs Copping, had not had the forethought to check with her a few days previously we might have found ourselves twiddling our thumbs and humming ‘why are we waiting?’. As it was we…
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February 2009 – Antarctic odyssey
FEBRUARY 2009 REPORT Do you know where the port of Ushuaia is? Well, it is the most southerly town in the world and is situated in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. This where our speaker in February, Mr Parffitt, started his voyage to Antarctica. The holiday cost in the region of £7000 and covered a distance…
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January 2009 – Narrow Gauge Steam Railways in East Germany
JANUARY 2009 REPORT In January we welcomed Mr Woods as our speaker who showed us slides of Narrow Gauge Steam Railways in East Germany. Under communism they were run as a public service and not for profit so many more of them survive there than in the British Isles. They are mainly found in mountainous…