Poringland WI
Newsletter June 2024
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On our
May walk we visited the Goat Shed farm shop and were tempted by the vast
selection of local produce. The cafe menu is mainly snacks and delicious
looking cakes, not a proper lunch (unless burgers is your thing), but maybe
we can visit one day for afternoon tea Some
events to look forward to: |
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Pin Bowling sessions Namco. Next sessions: Friday 14 & 28 June @10am.
Next
Walk: Tuesday 18 June. Meet at 11am car park
by Ditchingham Village Hall. Lunch at the
Fleece Inn – St Mary’s street opposite the church Bungay. Please let Lesley
know if you will join us for the walk and/or lunch.
Singalong session
on Thursday 27 June & 18 July at 10.30am, @ Pam Lack’s. Hillcrest, Bungay road, lift available – ask
Lesley
Darts – Playing
friendly against Thurton at the George on 1st July and next meet at the Oak on
Tuesday at 2pm 25 June.
The next Tea/coffee pm is on Wednesday 26th June 2-3.30pm at the Octagon Barn on the Norwich Road. Just turn up for a chat and a cuppa.
Scrabble
session Thursday 4 July at the Feathers 11.30 – 3.30pm.
Please confirm attendance with
Liz on 558132.
Craft
Afternoon Monday 8 July (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!
If
you’re new and fancy any of these, talk to Lesley or the named member and we
will arrange for someone to accompany you or give you a lift.
Happy Birthdays for June to
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.
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.
Back by popular demand: Gliding Days are here again! At Tibenham Airfield on Friday
30 August picnic lunch included. Winch
launch £65 or Aero Tow (goes up to 2000ft) £140. Open to family and friends.
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
Craft Day at Norfolk County
Cricket Club Friday 13 Sept 10- 3.30 £25
includes materials and ploughman’s lunch plus dessert.
Cambridge Botanic Gardens
Wednesday 25 Sept £35. Includes talk and
90 min tour of gardens.
Pick up at Thickthorn.
Tubing, Coffee and Cake. Norfolk Snowsports Club Trowse. Thursday 10 October 10 – 12pm. £25, observers £5 Includes refreshments in the club’s Alpine
Bar. Experience the thrill of whizzing
down the slope, no experience necessary!
SEE BOARD FOR DETAILS. Application forms for all these available
from Lesley or in your magazine.
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Our House (or Office or
HQ), Evelyn Suffield House, 45 All Saints Green.
For new members, our house is open Monday to
Thursday 10.30am to 3.30pm and you are welcome to visit, to browse the items
for sale in the front office, to use the ‘facilities’ or just have a rest from
shopping, and make yourself a cuppa.
I can arrange a guided tour for anyone
interested in learning about what goes on there.
If you are attending a workshop at the House,
you can use the car park, situated to the rear of the building and accessed
from Surrey Street (alleyway next to what was the Surrey Tavern). You can also park when shopping or attending
appointments, but you must phone the office (01603 624580) to check that there
is no event taking place as the car park is quite small.
MINUTES OF PORINGLAND W
I MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY
9TH MAY 2024 AT 2.00PM.
In the Chair: Mrs Joan Fountain, President
APOLOGIES: from
Veronica Horsfall, Carol Hurren, Pam Cooper, Mary Stancer, Ann Webster,
Myrtle Bailey, Sue Cranmer, Liz Bussey, Janet Gudgin, Marietta Menzies.
NEWS OF MEMBERS: The President informed members that Mary
Stancer was very ill at present and a ‘Get Well’ card is available for members
wishing to sign. As it was also Mary’s
birthday, the card together with her birthday posy will be delivered to
her. Joan Porter had been ill and we
were glad to see her back at the meeting.
BIRTHDAY POSIES: presented to Christine Wise; Jean Gowing;
Susie Hinsley; Yvonne Payne Bacon and taken for Liz Bussey. The President then said that as Mary
Stancer normally makes the posies we now needed a ‘temporary’ person to take
over this task. Sue France kindly
offered to do this.
MINUTES:
of April meeting in the news letter and, if approved, will be signed.
Matters Arising:
A] Birthday Lunch: This was confirmed to be Wednesday 15th
May at ‘The Old Feathers’ to arrive about 12 noon for sit-down at 12.30pm.
MAGAZINE AND
EVENTS: The magazine had been distributed. Forthcoming events, local and Federation were
in the newsletter, plus invitations from other WIs..
JUNE MEETING: The speaker is Charles Lewis who will talk on
‘Emma and Nelson’. VOT Marietta
Menzies. Competition is ‘A Rose from your Garden’. Tea Ladies – Sue France and Susie Hinsley.
AOB names were requested
for next week’s walk/lunch and the scrabble day.
The President then
welcomed Sue Sursham who spoke, with pictures, of her cruise to the South
Atlantic and Antarctica. This was most enjoyable and ‘opened our eyes’ to the
fact that the weather in that part of the world is not all snow; wind; and very
cold! There were very many pictures of
penguins and other wild animals on shore and in the sea. Sue was thanked by Judith Finn. After which Joan Porter told us of her hair-raising
experience when going to the same destination.
Our refreshments today
included two cakes made by the President and Secretary to celebrate Poringland
WIs 104 birthday.
Competition was won by Joan Porter with her Antarctic picture. Raffle drawn and Meeting closed 3.55pm.
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Poringland Summer Fair
on
Mulberry Green, behind the Community Centre
Saturday
15 June 12 noon – 6pm.
Food
and drink, stalls, activities for the kiddies.
Dance
Displays and music by the Lee Vasey Band.
The May Walk at Honingham
The weather
was kind – cloudy but dry and just the right temperature. We set off from the Buck Inn at 11.15am. 3 strode out boldly, and 3 ambled.
The Amblers
took their time and checked out the gardens and the wildlife on the way. They did a gentle 2 mile and then had a rest
outside the pub.
Meanwhile
the Striders hastened ahead to get in as many miles as we could! Walked up through woods behind the ‘Earth
School’, picking elderflowers for ‘Fizz’.
We crossed
the Mattishall road, taking quiet lanes to the Goat shed and saw the goats in their
playground. This
pair were quiet and cosy.
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We then
took a wrong turn onto a lane that I had not tried and which turned out to be
not the lane I thought it was! So we
walked a mile further than we should have done, all good exercise. We made it
back to the pub just in time for lunch with the Amblers and 3 non walking members
who joined us for an enjoyable chatty hour or so. NB to
self – always check every path before the walk! |
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National AGM
Joan and I enjoyed the trip this year, on the way we stopped to shop at
Braintree, and drove along Embankment to see the sights. It is always a thrill to sing to the mighty
organ and 5,000 enthusiastic WI members in the Albert Hall.
The Resolution for Dental Health Matters was passed with a majority of
95%.
Our first speaker at the meeting was Nazir Afzal, a Solicitor who
prosecuted high profile cases relating to domestic violence, sexual abuse and
honour based killings, This set the tone as the other speakers were Mel B, who
had an abusive husband, and Tim Watson who played Rob Titchener in the Archers,
whose storyline was about the coercive control of his partner. Violence against women is one of our ongoing
campaigns but it made for a rather intense session.
Apart from that, we enjoyed meeting and chatting to other members from
Norfolk and around the country, picnicking in Hyde Park and visiting the lovely
gardens at Hyde Hall on the way home.
There are pictures of our visit on the Norfolk WI
facebook page.
This
week is Loneliness Awareness Week.
So why not practice
some Random Acts of Connection?
Chat in the queue/ on
the bus/ smile at a neighbour/ reach out to a friend.
Celebrate the
friendship we enjoy in the WI.
