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February/March 2023

February started with tea and cake at The Stove Café in Bourn to brighten up a very dreary February afteroon.

Our monthly meeting on 15th February saw many members and visitors come along to listen to a most interesting talk and presentation given by Maggie James about her experiences when living and working in Saudi Arabia back in the 1980s.  Maggie quoted passages from her new novel ‘No Way Home’ and brought along signed copies for members to purchase.

 

Over 30 ladies enjoyed a great evening out to the Peterborough Key Theatre to see the wonderful ballet of ‘Beauty and the Beast’.   A thoroughly enjoyable experience with wonderful costumes and music.

COMING UP: NOT TO BE MISSED

  MARCH 15TH 2023

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

7.15 for 7.30pm at The Studio, Pendrill Court, Papworth Everard

All ladies over the age of 18 welcome

Following the business a fun evening of Bingo will follow with fantastic prizes!!!

We look forward to seeing you there

 

 

PAPWORTH EVERARD WI REPORT FOR NOVEMB ER 2021

PAPWORTH EVERARD WI –          NOVEMBER 2021

 

Pudsey Bear again this year found himself on the Top Table at our November Meeting when much money was so generously donated by our members for Children in Need.

 

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We all enjoyed a fabulous Demonstration by Madelaine Bradley: Demonstrator, Tutor and Freelance Florist.   Madelaine made six amazing arrangements, and at the same time chatted about how she first got hooked on flower arranging after joining a local flower club many years ago.  She gave much advice on how we can use plants and greenery from the garden to create our own arrangements.

 

The arrangements were donated by Madelaine as raffle prizes so many lucky ladies went home very happy at the end of the evening.

Our next meeting is our Xmas Bash on Wednesday 15th December – we look forward to seeing you there.

 

ALL LADIES WELCOME

 

PAPWORTH EVERARD WI REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2021

 

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We kicked off the Festive Season with a great Xmas Meal on Friday evening, 3rd December at the George and Dragon at Elsworth.   The food was excellent and, as you can see, the members had a really good evening getting into the Xmas Spirit.

 Several ladies made beautiful items for the Community Group’s  Xmas parcels again this year and this is a sample of some of the lovely items made:

 

Our last face-to-face meeting of the year was held on 15th December when members enjoyed a fun social evening with the them being a  Reindeers.  Traditional Christmas fayre of mince pies, mulled wine, sweet biscuits and chocolate reindeers were enjoyed followed by a hilarious game of Reindeer Drive.

 Our first meeting of 2022 will be on Wednesday 19th January, we look forward to seeing you all again then.

 From all the ladies of Papworth Everard WI we wish everyone a very happy Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2022.

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PAPWORTH EVERARD WI JULY/AUGUST 2021

Celebrations were the order of the day when we met for the fist time since Lockdown restrictions were lifted.    We arrived, armed with chairs, food and drink for a Picnic in Papworth Park on Saturday 31st July.   Around 20 ladies gathered to enjoy a lovely afternoon, with lots of chatter and catching up with what had been going on during lockdown.  Celebration cupcakes were enjoyed by all to finish off the afternoon and all agreed it was great to get back to some kind of normality after such a long period of time.

We look forward to meeting ‘inside’ for our first Members’ evening on Wednesday 15th September at the Studio for a Social Evening giving all a chance to enjoy the company of others.  Please bring along any crafts or makes/bakes or ideas that have come during Lockdown to share with us all.

Remember the date:  Wednesday 15th September 2021 – new members/visitors welcome

PAPWORTH EVERARD WI REPORT FOR MAY 2021

We had our third full Zoom Members’ meeting on Tuesday 18th of May, and happily saw lots of smiling members join us.

Our speaker for the month was Chris Hickey a very knowledgeable plant and vegetable grower, having worked for Frosts Garden Centre for some 16 years. Chris told us she got her love of gardening from her Father, he  had “green fingers” and specialised in growing Dahlias and Geraniums. Chris herself has a compact and very colourful garden along with an allotment for growing vegetables.  We were given lots of tips on which type of composts to use, growing and storing bulbs, types of Clematis and one of her favourites, the Alstroemeria flowers/plants.

Regarding vegetables Chris suggested members could put some  compost into a container, set some lettuce and spring onion seeds, then when they grow the leaves can be freshly picked as and when required.

Chris was  a very entertaining speaker and considering she was suffering from a bad back she still  kindly joined  us from her granddaughters bed, for which we were very grateful.

Still on the subject of gardening, here are some lovely words from Daphne with supporting pictures from her garden.

‘Having experienced exceptionally hot weather after so much rain over previous weeks it inspired me to take a few photos of the wonderful blooms just showing their colourful faces to bring us joy and a smile on our faces.   We live in a great area with lots of places and gardens to enjoy; so enjoy the outdoor life and explore our surroundings.

OUR NEXT ZOOM MEETING IS ON TUESDAY 15TH JUNE  AT 7.30PM WHEN WE HAVE SPEAKER KATE KIRK TALKING ON THE SUBJECT OF:

 CICILY SAUNDERS THE CAMBRIDGE PHENOMENEN

 Kate Kirk is a writer and communications consultant . She currently focuses on management and entrepreneurship, and is co-author of The Cambridge Phenomenon: 50 Years of Innovation and Enterprise. A niece of Dame Cicely, Kate volunteered at St Christopher’s Hospice in her youth. She is also a trustee of the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity in Cambridge and volunteers for the hospice in a variety of roles.

 

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL FOR ANOTHER GREAT EVENING