Newsletter December 2022
Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year.
8 members enjoyed a morning or two painting in the Willow’s gallery and produced some lovely pots. Here are a few samples.
Well done ladies. Please let Lesley know if you missed out and would like to try or want to have another go in 2023.
Local Events
The next Tea/coffee pm is on Wednesday 28 December 2pm at the Octagon Barn on the Norwich Road opposite the Barracks. If you are at a a loose end in that gap between Christmas and New Year, why not come along for a chat and a cuppa.
Singalong Next session to be arranged in January
Next bowling session at Namco – 10am Friday 13th January.
Next Walk of Tuesday 17 January. Weather permitting meet at the Cellar House Eaton at 11am for walk around Cringleford. A Different walk to our October disaster. Lunch in the Cellar House at 1pm. Any members who would like to join for the walk or just for lunch, please let me know for lunch numbers.
Scrabble session TBA for January.
Centenary Salver meeting 10am Wed 25 January at the home of Joan Fountain to discuss our display. Ideas and crafty people welcome!
Happy Birthday for December to
Gail, Ann Webster, Marietta and Catherine
Poringland Community Cinema at Poringland Community Centre
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
FRIDAY 13th JANUARY Cert 15 Drama/Thriller Stars Daisy Edgar-Jones
Tickets £5 (includes tea or coffee) on the door
Doors open at 6.45pm, Film starts 7.30pm
Please wear a mask when moving around the centre.
Federation Events
Please note that the Federation Office (Evelyn Suffield House) will be closed
from Thursday 22 December reopening Tuesday 3 January 2023. Except for:
Walking Treasure hunt is back – Friday 30 December (postponed from Sept) Starting at Evelyn Suffield House 10am. £3 per team. Family and friends welcome. Enjoy a cuppa, hot sausage roll or mince pie afterwards. See form on board.
Nosh and Natter at the house – now booking for 2023 – Friday 3 Feb
/3 March. See board for menus. Puddings look good!
Macramé Workshop. Thursday 9th or 23rd February, in the office 10.30-3pm. Welcome and coffee at 10am, light lunch of soup, roll and dessert. £25
Bridge Day with lunch at Fed Office, Wednesday 15 March 10am to 3.30pm.
Quiz Night Bawdeswell V Hall NR20 4RU, Friday 28 April prompt start 7pm. £8 pp includes ploughman’s Supper with choice of cheese, ham or Paté.
If you would like to journey further afield – Floral Arrangement Demo by Nick Grounds, followed by light refreshments at the Memorial Hall Snettisham on Wed 3rd May 1.30 for 2pm. Cost £12.
We are pleased to announce that a GLIDING DAY will be held at Tibenham Airfield on either Wed 17 May or 7 June (fall back day as flight is weather dependent). Cost £60 includes 15 minute flight and picnic lunch. Family and friends welcome to come along to support and enjoy a picnic lunch for £10.
See Board for details of all these events.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF PORINGLAND WI
held on Wednesday 9 November 2022
In the chair Mrs Joan Fountain, President
Apologies for absence: Maureen Scott, Pam Cooper, Veronica Horsfall, Joan Porter, Pat Linstead, Liz Bussey, Jean Waters, Jeannette, Carol, Anne Wilcox
Minutes continued:
Joan welcomed Janet Gudgen as a Visitor
News of Members. Jean W and Joan P are both ill.
Birthday posy was presented to Hilary Lark
Minutes of September meeting were signed, October meeting were printed in the Newsletter, and will be signed next month.
Matters Arising. Joan explained that after the intrusion of the 2 young men at our last meeting, we had consulted the Parish Clerk. They were also concerned about young men wandering about the car park and building in the evening. We have now been instructed how to lock the doors once other groups have left, in such a way, that we can exit but no one can get in.
Nfk Mag. Labelled for distribution members were reminded to take any to deliver to their absent friends.
Federation What’s on – see Newsletter and board for more information.
December Meeting
Juyna Lewis – a Merry Christmas to all. Thanks by Susie
Please bring a plate of food and Committee will provide the drinks
Tonight’s speaker
Unfortunately, Margaret C has gone down with Covid, so we arranged a games evening. Most tables opted to play scrabble, and one group played card games. After which, Lesley and Joan served teas and cake to members.
Competition a Depiction of Scorpio was won by Sue Cranmer, Mary Stancer second
AOB
Events were organised:
Several members would like to attend Ditchingham evening on 1st December.
8 would be pottery painting on 22 or 23 Nov. and reminder that singalong session would be held in the Octagon on Monday 21st.
Members were also reminded of the walk on 28 Nov at Southwold.
The next Centenary Salver meeting will be on Wednesday morning 30thNovember.
After the raffle was drawn, the meeting ended with the singing of Jerusalem and closed at 9.25pm.
Walking Group in November
For a change, we had no dramas this month. After a very foggy Monday, Tuesday was just overcast, and brightened up the nearer we came to Southwold. We could not say it was warm – after all it was November and we were on the East Coast. We parked on the Common, near the Golf course and walked back through the town. Joan was our guide with information about various buildings, a bit of history etc. We passed the tiny museum, and visited the church, admiring the brasses, the enormously tall font cover, which, along with the pulpit and lectern is highly decorated and gilded. We eyed up Southwold Jack and searched for builders’ marks on the pillars. It is a lovely building, light and airy as there is not a lot of stained glass. We then followed the road to the front, passing the lighthouse and reading room. The sea was very calm as we walked along to gun hill with its 6 proud cannons guarding the coast.
After this we retired to the Red Lion for a pleasant lunch, made jollier by banter with the barman. Some of us (no names) managed the pudding of fruit crumble and custard. Warm and full we meandered back through the town, checking out the bakeries and browsing in the Adnams shop. We drove home as the sun was setting, making a bright line over the flooded marshes.
We have had more than our share of road closures, but this is a step too far!
Not Dead, just cone before - the chap who puts the cones along the motorway.
While Evan drives the van at speed I’m ready in the back,
And with a shout of ‘Cones away!’ I go on the attack.
With massive cones of red and white I give the roads a glow,
And me, it is, who coined the phrase “Beware the contra flow.”
If I can drop a hundred cones where five would be sufficient,
I get a bonuis from the boss, for being so efficient.
And if i’m told to close a lane for fifty yards, my style
Would be to close another one and go the extra mile.
One day, though Evan thought it rash, I got a little bolder,
I coned off every single lane, and then, for luck the shoulder!
When I awoke, guess where I was? Back in the van with Evan,
Together we were on the road that leads you up to heaven.
We knew it pointed heavenward, for all the cones, God love em,
Had little clouds beneath their feet, and halos up above ‘em.
And now we ride God’s motorway, set free from earthly strife,
And place along it only cones who’ve led a blameless life.
Peter Davies Fressingfield, Suffolk
