Does it feel like 2 steps forward and 1 back to you or is that just me! We were trying to take little steps toward some sort of new normal and now we are back to the new lockdown.
Don’t forget the poppy appeal, no door to door collection this year. Poppies are in shops now, please don’t forget yours.
Dear All
So sad to realise we have lost 7 months of the year without being able to hold any WI meetings and be able to meet up with our friends and fellow members.
I have had several phone calls from WI head office in Norwich discussing how we have managed to keep in touch with our members. Thanks to Lesley producing such a marvellous news letter each month we have managed much better than many WIs it seems. Unfortunately I do not think judging from talking to them that every small WI will survive this pandemic due to age of members or struggling to get a President or Treasurer, a disappointing thought.
Mary and Liz have both had operations during October, Mary has suffered 2 setbacks but is progressing well now. After 9 months of constant pain from a broken hip joint that was missed by the hospital in January Liz is now doing marvellously pain free and raring to drive and get out and about again. Unfortunately Liz had to have Rosie put to sleep in October as she was in so much pain in the end with her rear legs. Liz would like to thank everyone who has rung her, visited her and helped keep her going through all the last months, she has really appreciated it.
At our last Zoom committee meeting we agreed that we would cancel our Christmas entertainment which unfortunately has proven to be the right decision.
The programme for 2021 has been arranged and all we can do
is try and stay positive that life might return to some sort of normal next
year.
Warmest wishes to you all and continue to stay safe.
Pam.
Only one Birthday this month - Happy Birthday to Hilary
Annual Meeting business – this is very important as we cannot hold a physical meeting this year.
Please can you check the enclosed Accounts and Annual Report and contact me with your approval, questions or disagreement.
We need at least 18 replies so that we can tell the Charity Commission that we have consulted everyone and got a majority agreement. The present Committee have agreed to continue for another year, and we have no further nominations. The present Officers of Pam as President, Joan and Carol as Vice Presidents, Lesley as Secretary, Hilary as Treasurer, plus Gail, Zelia and Liz, will continue to look after you as best we can, so no need for you to vote.
You can email or phone your response to me (Lesley) on 492155. Thank you very much.
Remember
the WI belongs to us all but there are a few rules we must follow, if we want
to keep it going for our future enjoyment. Please keep believing that we
will get back together sometime.
Autumn - Another poem by Lesley
Sights
The starlings social distanced along the wire,
Tractors in the stubble fields
Darting mini helicopter dragon flies
The Bronze and gold of autumn leaves,
Sounds
Branches creaking in the gale,
The sickle swifts go screaming by,
Acorns crunching under foot,
RAF planes roar across the sky., Scent
The earthy smell of new ploughed soil,
Smokey bonfires burning bright,
The musty smell of autumn leaves,
Boiling Blackberries- jam tonight.
Feel
Damp grass round your trouser legs,
The conkers prickly off the trees,
Dog wet nosing at your hand,
Shuffling through the fallen leaves.
Here is a new word for you Cockwomble.
Definition: a person, usually male, prone to making outrageously stupid statements and/or inappropriate behaviour while generally having a very high opinion of their own wisdom and importance.
Now which leader could that apply to do you think? This is apparently a genuine Scottish word. Thank you Scotland the English language is in your debt.
Now for some Dad jokes shamelessly pinched from the EDP.
Nelly the Elephant tested positive for covid. When asked where she caught it she said ‘Trump, trump trump.’
My friend composes songs about sewing machines. She is a Singer songwriter or sew it seams.
My wife tells me I have 2 major faults, I don’t listen ..... and something else.
Do you remember these puzzles? at one time they were everywhere.
Example 3=BM. Is 3 Blind Mice.
64 SOAC
12 DOC
3CITF
88=TFL
10GBHOTW
3WM
90=DIARA, TTT= 9
1 PIAPT
57 HV
5 GR
29DIFIALY
16 OIAP
7 DS, 39 = S
2 GOV
11 LAL
TTT=100
13= BD
60 MIH
Answers to last month’s quiz, name that year.
1 What century was Hadrian’s wall built 135 AD
2 Venta Icenorum was finally abandoned when the civic centre moved to Norwich in this century 800s
3 The Battle of Hastings 1066
4 The Magna Carta was signed by King John 1215
5 The Spanish Armada 1588
6 Charles II was welcomed home after Cromwell died 1660
7 The great Fire of London when Samuel Pepys buried his cheese. 1666
8 The Act of Union with England caused riots in Scotland - 1707
9 Victoria became Queen at the age of 18. 1837
10 King Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson – 1936
11 The Battle of Britain won by RAF 1940, Princes Margaret married Antony Armstrong Jones – 1960
12 The Beatles had their first no 1 with ‘I wanna hold your hand’ 1961
13 Concorde made her maiden flight in April and Apollo mission landed on the moon 20July 1969
14 Margaret Thatcher became first female PM1979
15 John Lennon was shot in NY at age of 40 1981
16 The first Eurostar train ran through the new Channel tunnel . 1994
17 The twin towers of the World Trade Centre were demolished by terrorist planes 2001
18 Strictly first danced across our screens. 2004
19 We first met the inhabitants of Downton Abbey in September 2010
