Poringland WI Newsletter April 2024

 

Time to celebrate again with our Birthday Lunch on May 15th. Be sure to give Hilary your menu choice and payment asap. The meal will be subsidised. So the cost to you is £15 for 2 courses or £20 for 3 courses.

Events to look forward to

10 Pin Bowling sessions Namco.

Next sessions: Friday 12th and 26th April @10am. 

Next Walk.

Tuesday 16 April. Meet at 11am at St Mary’s church Shotesham (church off the Saxlingham road, by the ruined St Margaret’s church, not the one by the War memorial).  Lunch will be at 1pm at the Rural Kitchen, High Green Brooke. please let me know if you would like to join us for the walk and/or lunch.

Singalong session.

Thursday 18 April at 10.30am, @ Pam Lack’s.  Hillcrest, Bungay road, lift available. No vocal ability necessary!

Darts.

Meet at the Oak on Tuesdays at 2pm. Next date 23rd April.

Tea/coffee pm

Wednesday 24th April 2-3.30pm at the Octagon Barn on the Norwich Road.  Just turn up for a chat and a cuppa.

Scrabble session.

Thursday 30 May at the Feathers 11.30 – 3.30pm. Please confirm attendance with Liz on 558132.

Craft Afternoon.

Monday 13 May (Second Monday) at Joan’s, 74 Poringland road Stoke HX.  If you would like to join us to help make small items to sell in aid of funds, please contact Joan 493036

Gym Sessions.

Would anyone like to join us at the Gym Group (next to Asda on Hall road).  Speak to Pat or Lesley, who currently have an hour long session each Wednesday morning at 10am.  It’s very friendly, with all ages, shapes and sizes so no need to be shy!

Happy Birthday for April to Joan Fountain

Subs

Subs are now due, £48.  Cheques to Hilary please

Federation Events

LADIES THAT LUNCH on first Friday, enjoy a 2 course lunch for £12.  Single applicants only as spaces are limited.  See board for menus.

Edible Hanging Basket Workshop. New Buckenham Village Hall Tuesday

30 April 12 – 4.30pm.  Lunch of ‘Build your own ploughman’s’! Dessert Apple crumble & Custard.  Cost £30 includes hanging basket kit - compost & plants.

Lunch with Giggly Pigs! Mon 20 May 12 – 4pm – a Bad Essex girl turned good, from prison to the pig farm.  Norfolk Cricket Club Horsford £30 includes lunch of pasta bake – see flyer.

Murder Mystery Evening with Ploughman’s supper Wed 15 May 6.30 – 9pm at North Wootton V Hall.  £18pp.  Individual or group applications.

National AGM 5 June 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall

Auditions Day at Norwich Cricket club, Horstead, Monday 17 June 10.30 – 4pm.  5 Speakers plus lunch of Quiche followed by Fresh fruit salad. £20.

Hampton Court Palace Visit.  Friday 21 June £65 includes a 2 hour private tour of house and free access to the Palace gardens

Watercolour Workshop.  Friday 19 July at Evelyn Suffield House 10am to 3.30pm.  £30 includes materials.  Coffee from 9.30, bring a packed lunch, tea and cake provided.

Design a Card for any occasion.  See board for entry details.  Winning entry to be reproduced and sold for Federation funds.

Back by popular demand:  Gliding Days are here again!  At Tibenham Airfield on Friday 10 May and Friday 30 August picnic lunch included.  Winch launch £65 or Aero Tow (goes up to 2000ft) £140.  Open to family and friends.

RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, Friday 14 June 9.45pm – 1pm.  £5 for Guided walk. Entry to reserve £4.50 or free for RSPB members.

Relief printing Workshop Tuesday 9 or Saturday 20 July am or pm either day.  £15 for session coffee provided.

Puddings, Plonk & Pop with the Squeegees, Wed 31 July Coronation Hall, Mundesley 7 – 9.30pm £20

SEE BOARD FOR DETAILS.  Application forms for all these available from Lesley or in your magazine.

 

2 Competitions to enter

Creative Writing Competition 2024.  A piece of writing with the title ‘Behind the Curtain(s)’.  See details on the flyer if you are interested.

Rose Bowl Competition 2024.  ‘Have you got the Midas Touch?’  The Federation will provide you with a virtual £20.  What imaginative or unusual ways would you fundraise to increase your £20 and benefit the members.

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Invitation

Ditchingham WI invite you to their meeting on Wed 8 May @ 2pm to hear Jayne Hogger with Memoirs of a Bluebell Girl.  £5 inc Cheese & Wine.

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At the Federation Annual Meeting in March, we had a talk by Stephen Maunder of the Norfolk Trading Standards about scams and keeping yourself safe on line.

This one is a phishing scam that was reported back in November and mainly aimed at businesses, but may appear, if you have a WI Facebook page or, indeed, it may appear on your personal Facebook page. 

Below are the messages, (but with the hyperlinks removed so you can't click them by accident!)  If you see one, the advice is: PLEASE DON'T REACT TO THEM OR CLICK THE LINKS IN THE ORIGINAL MESSAGES.

 If you need any help or advice, contact us via the Federation Facebook or the Digital Team (winorfolkdigitalhelp@gmail.com).

 This is what the Scam Message may look like.......

Guest 4311

Important Notification:

Your Facebook page is scheduled for permanent deletion due to a post that has infringed upon our trademark rights. We have reached this decision after a thorough review and in accordance with our intellectual property protection policies.

If you believe this to be a misunderstanding, we kindly request you to file a complaint seeking the reinstatement of your page prior to its removal from Facebook.

Request for Review: {{****}

We understand that this situation may impact your ongoing business operations. However, please be informed that if we do not receive a complaint from you, our decision will be final.

Your cooperation and understanding are greatly appreciated. Should you have any inquiries or apprehensions, please feel free to reach out to us.

Sincerely,

Facebook Support Team

This and other scams are proliferating, so do be careful if you are not sure of any emails it is safest to delete them.  Its not just on line, your bank will never ask for passwords or other information on the phone or send a recorded message about money going out of your account.  Also don’t forget to be careful of opening your door to a stranger.  Lock any other doors and put the chain on if you must answer.  But it is your property and your choice whether to answer or not.  So you are within your rights to ignore them!

I know we have said all this before, but it is better to be safe, and don’t forget scams and dodgy workmen are THIEVES out to get your hard-earned cash.

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Oh to be in England now that April’s here,

And whoever wakes in England

Sees, some morning, unaware,

That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf

Round the elm tree bole are in tiny leaf

While the chaffinch sings on the Orchard bough

In England – Now!

                                   Robert Browning

Don’t forget St George’s Day Tuesday 23 April.  Hang out the England flag, sing ‘Jerusalem’ or ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ if you want.  If the Scots, Irish and Welsh can be proud of their flag, why can’t we?  It’s not just for football fans!

Poringland WI Newsletter March 2024

 Poringland WI Newsletter MARCH 2024

This is a few of our intrepid walking group completing the last section of the City Walls in Norwich ‘Over the Water’.  This long section of wall with the remains of a tower, is at the junction of Barrack street and Bull Close road, and is the site of the Pockthorpe gate.  Located not far from the church of St James Pockthorpe (now the puppet theatre).   Continued on back page.

Our events to look forward to:

10 Pin Bowling sessions Namco. Next sessions: Friday 22 March @10am.  

Next Walk:  Tuesday 19 March.  Meet at 11am in the gravelled layby at Topcroft Church, NR35 2BH.  Lunch will be at 1pm at the Dove Inn.  

Directions for those without satnav: from Wootton take the Hempnall road (B1527) after about 3½ miles turn left onto ‘Oxnead road’ this is the second turning on the left after ‘short new road’ and will take you straight to Church road, Topcroft.  

please let me know if you would like to join us for the walk and/or lunch.

Singalong session on Thursday 21 March at 10.30am, @ Pam Lack’s.  Hillcrest, Bungay road, lift available. No vocal ability necessary!

Darts – meet at the Oak on Tuesdays at 2pm. Next date 26th March.

The next Tea/coffee pm is on Wednesday 27 March 2-3pm at the Octagon Barn on the Norwich Road.  Just turn up for a chat and a cuppa.

Scrabble session Friday 5th April at the Feathers 11.30 – 3.30pm. 

 Please confirm attendance with Liz on 558132.

Craft Afternoon Monday 8 April (Second Monday) at Joan’s, 74 Poringland road Stoke HX.  Please contact Joan if you would like to join us – 493036

Gym Sessions.  Would anyone like to join us at the Gym Group (next to Asda on Hall road).  Speak to Pat or Lesley, who currently have an hour long session each Wednesday morning at 10am.  It’s very friendly, with all ages, shapes and sizes so no need to be shy!

Happy Birthday for March to Sue France

Federation Events

LADIES THAT LUNCH on first Friday, enjoy a 2 course lunch for £12.  Single applicants only as spaces are limited.  See board for menus. 

Preloved Handbag sale Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 April at Evelyn Suffield House 10.30 – 3.30pm.  Donations of no longer loved/second hand handbags can be dropped off at the office or handed to Lesley.

Resolutions information meeting Mon 15 April in the office 10.30 – 12.30

WI Advisors quiz night Friday 26 April at Bawdeswell Village Hall. Prompt 7pm start. Teams of up to 6, family and friends welcome.  £10 Per person, includes a ploughman’s supper.

Edible Hanging Basket Workshop. New Buckenham Village Hall Tuesday 30 April 12 – 4.30pm.  Lunch of ‘Build your own ploughman’s’! Dessert Apple crumble & Custard.  Cost £30 includes hanging basket kit - compost & plants.

Lunch with Giggly Pigs! Mon 20 May 12 – 4pm – a Bad Essex girl turned good, from prison to the pig farm.  Norfolk Cricket Club Horsford £30 includes lunch of pasta bake – see flyer.

Murder Mystery Evening with Ploughman’s supper Wed 15 May 6.30 – 9pm at North Wootton V Hall.  £18pp.  Individual or group applications.

National AGM 5 June 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall

Auditions Day at Norwich Cricket club, Horstead, Monday 17 June 10.30 – 4pm.  5 Speakers plus lunch of Quiche followed by Fresh fruit salad. £20.

Hampton Court Palace Visit.  Friday 21 June £65 includes a 2 hour private tour of house and free access to the Palace gardens

Watercolour Workshop.  Friday 19 July at Evelyn Suffield House 10am to 3.30pm.  £30 includes materials.  Coffee from 9.30, bring a packed lunch, tea and cake provided.

Design a Card for any occasion.  See board for entry details.  Winning entry to be reproduced and sold for Federation funds.

Back by popular demand:  Gliding Days are here again!  At Tibenham Airfield on Friday 10 May and Friday 30 August picnic lunch included.  Winch launch £65 or Aero Tow (goes up to 2000ft) £140.  Open to family and friends.

SEE BOARD FOR DETAILS.  Application forms for all these available from Lesley or in your magazine.

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Invitations

Ditchingham WI invite you to a silent auction on Wednesday 20 March 2pm £2 including light refreshments.  Also Wed 8 May to hear Jayne Hogger and Memoirs of a Bluebell Girl.

Denton WI would like to invite you to a meeting Tuesday 2nd April 7.30pm at Denton Village Hall.   Speaker is Richard Powell OBE. He was previously Regional Director for the RSPB and National Trust. Talk about setting up a reserve from scratch and his role at the RSPB.  £4pp. including refreshments.

Thurton Ashby and District WI would like to invite you to an Open Evening on April 4th 2024 at 7.30 pm at Thurton and Ashby Village Hall.  Speaker Mel Sambells who is the publisher of Mardle Books.  Followed by tea and coffee with refreshments plus a raffle and trading stall.

The Boudicca’s Way Group invite you to a meeting at St Andrew’s church Scole on Thursday 18 April 7.30pm to hear Charley Haylock on the History of Surnames. <><><><><><><>

Did you identify the origin of the quote from last month?

‘All that glitters is not gold’

The Bible, not in so many words but many warnings are given against the lure of material things.

‘All that Glisters is not gold, often have you heard that told?’

Are the first lines of a poem which appears in the Merchant of Venice.  When Portia’s suitors have to find a picture of her hidden in one of 3 caskets (Gold, Silver and Lead) to see if she will marry them.  That poem is in the gold casket, but her picture is in the lead one.

‘All that is gold does not glitter’

Is the first line of a poem in the Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring and is left by Gandolf for Frodo.  It foretells the return of the king (Aragorn) and sets him on his quest with the ring.

This is the full poem:

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all who wander are lost

The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost

From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring

Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be King.

Completing our City wall walks.

We began our third walk at the Adam & Eve pub and crossed the river by the new pedestrian bridge.  There is a newly exposed section of wall between the river and Barrack street which was previously within Jarrold’s factory site but now has been cleaned up with a pleasant walk beside it.  From the site of the Pockthorpe gate on Barrack street, Bull Close and Magpie roads follow the line of the wall, with several sections visible.  

The only occasion when the walls were called upon to provide a defensive barrier for the city was during Ketts rebellion and Magdalen gate was one site where gallows were erected for the execution of hundreds of men who had taken part in the uprising.  Justice was brutal in those days!

This part of the wall ends back at the river behind the ‘Old Dun Cow’ Pub in Oak street (now a house), which is built over the wall.  We completed the walk, returning along the river and Colegate, visiting St George’s Church on the way.  Unfortunately, the Adam and Eve do not take bookings so we adjourned to the White Horse pub in Trowse for lunch.

This was the first and most impressive section of wall we investigated when we started our trio of City wall walks. It is located at the top of Carrow hill and goes all the way down to King street and the river. Why not take a look yourself.  But be warned there are a lot of steps! That tower was at one time used to house plague victims.

Compare this with the other picture – wouldn’t it have been impressive if we still had the complete wall around Norwich?

See April’s Norfolk Magazine for full report of our city wall walks.

Poringland WI Newsletter February 2024

 

February events to look forward to:

10 Pin Bowling sessions Namco. January sessions Friday 16 Feb & 1 March @10am.  Car sharing can be arranged.

Next Walk:  Tuesday 20 February.  Meet at 11am at the Car Park next to the Adam and Eve pub off Bishopsgate Norwich.  Parking £3.50 for 2 hours – car share if you can.  We shall be walking the remaining sections of the old walls in ‘Norwich over the Water’ and back along the riverside paths.

Unfortunately as the pub is tiny, they do not take group bookings, so we propose to drive back to Trowse for lunch at the White Horse pub.  Please let me know if you would like to join us for lunch.

Singalong session on Thursday 15 February 10.30am, @ Pam Lack’s.  Hillcrest, Bungay road, lift available. No vocal ability necessary!

Darts – meet at the Oak on Tuesdays at 2pm. Next date 13 Feb.

Scrabble session Friday 29 February at the Feathers 11.30 – 3.30pm. 

 Please confirm attendance with Liz on 558132.

Craft Afternoon Monday ?? at Joan’s, 74 Poringland road Stoke HX.  Please let Joan know if you would like to join us - 493036

The next Tea/coffee pm is on Wednesday 28 Feb 2-4pm at the Octagon Barn on the Norwich Road.  Just turn up for a chat and a cuppa.

Happy Birthday for February to Sue Cranmer

Poringland Community Cinema in the Community Centre

A HAUNTING IN VENICE

FRIDAY 9th FEBRUARY

Cert 12A Drama/Whodunnit Stars Kenneth Branagh & Michelle Yeoh

Tickets £5 (on the door includes tea/coffee) Doors open 6.45pm, Film 7.30pm 

We are very sorry to hear that John Henson is ill.

Future films and BV Nights are cancelled until further notice.

Invitation

You are invited to join the Boudicca’s Way Group meeting at St Andrew’s church Scole on Thursday 18 April 7.30pm to hear Charley Haylock on History of surnames

Federation Events

LADIES THAT LUNCH on first Friday, enjoy a 2 course lunch for £12.  Single applicants only as spaces are limited.  See board for menus. 

To mark International Women’s Day a ‘Women’s Matters: Home and Abroad’ is planned at Mattishall Community Hall on Thursday 7 March 10.30 – 3.30pm.  Morning speaker is Norfolk Crime and Prevention Commissioner discussing ‘how and why’ to keep ourselves safe at home and out and about.  Afternoon is Casey Daudelin of ACWW changing landscape of Women’s affairs across the world and updating on ACWW initiatives.

Federation Annual Meeting. At the Theatre Royal on Monday 18 March.  Headline speaker will be Janet Street-Porter.  Delegates free, visitors £12

WI night at the Theatre Royal to see Calendar Girls musical Wed 3 May.

We will be sending round a board as soon as we know the details.

Preloved Handbag sale Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 April at Evelyn Suffield House 10.30 – 3.30pm.  Donations of no longer loved/second hand handbags can be dropped off at the office or handed to Lesley.

Resolutions information meeting Mon 15 April in the office 10.30 – 12.30

WI Advisors quiz night Friday 26 April at Bawdeswell Village Hall. Prompt 7pm start. Teams of up to 6, family and friends welcome.  £10 Per person, includes a ploughman’s supper.

Edible Hanging Basket Workshop. New Buckingham Village Hall Tuesday 30 April 12 – 4.30pm.  Lunch of ‘Build your own ploughman’s’! Dessert Apple crumble & Custard.  Cost £30 includes hanging basket kit - compost & plants.

Lunch with Giggly Pigs! sounds fascinating – a Bad Essex girl turned good, from prison to the pig farm.  Norfolk Cricket Club Horsford 12 – 4pm Mon 20 May £30 includes lunch of pasta bake – see flyer.

National AGM 5 June 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall.  Attendance can be free by zoom or in person as an observer at a cost.  We will probably not need a delegate this year as we are fourth on the linking list.

Back by popular demand:  Gliding Days are here again!  At Tibenham Airfield on Friday 10 May and Friday 30 August picnic lunch included.  Winch launch £65 or Aero Tow (goes up to 2000ft) £140.  Open to family and friends.

MINUTES OF MEETING OF PORINGLAND WI

held on Thursday 11 January 2024

In the chair Mrs Joan Fountain

Apologies for absence were received from, Marietta Menzies, Bridget Durrant, Pam Cooper, Maureen Scott, Sue Cranmer, Jeannette Chapman.  Also Linda Daniels, Rosemary Wain and Catherine Biggs who resigned from the WI because of the change of meeting day.

Welcome Visitors Kirsty Long and Yvonne Payne-Bacon.

Members stood in silence for one minute in remembrance of ex member Elise Fletcher who had died recently at the age of 99 years, before singing Jerusalem.

A Birthday posy was presented to Mary Stancer and also a pretty plant as prize for gaining 25 points in the monthly competitions.

Minutes of Nov meeting were signed as correct, having been printed in the Newsletter.

There were no Matters Arising.

Nfk Magazines are labelled for distribution please take one to deliver to absent friends.
Federation What’s on are listed in Newsletter with details on the board.

The meeting broke for the speaker, Peter Goodrum, who gave a very interesting and amusing talk, illustrated with slides, on the History of the Norfolk Broads. He was thanked by Liz Bussey.  Refreshments were then taken, Mary Stancer volunteering to help Veronica Horsfall serve the drinks.  

The meeting resumed:

February is the Annual Meeting and Nominations are required for committee. 

Members were reminded to consider standing, as without a committee, the WI will cease.

There will be Social time and a short competition announced on the day.
Tea hostesses are Ann Webster and Gillian Braiden.

AOB
Voting took place on the Resolution to go forward to the AGM in June.  

With the result:

That number 1 – The shortage of Dentists gained 14 votes, and the other 3 proposals gained 2 votes each.

Lesley Sanders was the only entry for the Display of sea/navy memorabilia
The meeting closed at 3.50pm.