September Meeting

Speaker - the Samaritans should be interesting.   Wasn't really looking forward to this talk - but it was very well done, thought provoking - not a job for many of us - but amazingly worthwhile.   The main credo being confidentiality - not an easy job - just 'listen, listen, listen' - how many of us could resist jumping in with a response!!

More names requested for committee - 3 going - 2 new names - amazing - on the way and a volunteer for President from our list of names - hurrah just got to find a secretary and treasurer - wow - fingers crossed.

Evening ended with a poem about Highclere - congrats to Ruth yet again - it was a marvellous day out.

Guiness Book WI record

Heh - what good news and it was fun - loved it!!

WI members knit their way into the record books

3,083 WI members knitted their way into the Guinness Book of World Records in May during the NFWI AGM at the Royal Albert Hall, London, by breaking the record for the most people knitting simultaneously for fifteen minutes to celebrate traditional craft skills.
The record attempt was undertaken with support from the Crafts Council and the UK Hand Knitting Association to commemorate the Crafts Club initiative, and saw members attending the AGM taking part in 15 minutes of dedicated knitting following a pattern promoted through the WI membership magazine WI Life. Members knitted individual loops that were joined together to form one long chain; representing the links formed by individual WI members throughout the UK. Click here to read Ruth Bond's comment about this tremendous feat.

This is what they did with some of the knitting - formed an anchor for this display.

What I want to know is - then what was it used for or did they just store the anchor for another event!!

September so far

Well September has been very varied - here are a few activities:   a few apologies for committee so meeting shorter than usual - heard that President/Secretary/Treasurer are giving up - whoops - WIA coming to oversee November meeting!!   Binegar need volunteers!!

Some members visited Oakhill Produce Show - saw A&O WI - spent lots on their stalls and won quite a few prizes!!  Weather OK as well - annual egg-throwing excellent success as usual.  Few entries but great - noticed Cranmore member Nicola made a fantastic felt handbag and a crown tea cosy for her Mum won a prize.

Other members helped make teas at the Binegar Playing Fields 'Teddy Bears Picnic' - marvellous photo in the Journal - Day went really well - congrats to the organisers.

Several members have tried out the film club in Wells  (so have Leigh on Mendip)  Angela and Eileen went to 'Anna Karenina' - - set in a theatre (?) fantastic - slightly weird but exotic presentation - very impressive - did Cynthia go to?  Really enjoyed it - well worth going.

Lunch Club were out too - very popular with many of our not so active members as well - this will thrive as long as there are enough drivers to get them there.

Big Walk, Little Splash - well some members have filled in their forms - BUT has everyone - Anne says it's not worth entering if we don't get 100% entry - this is probably highly unlikely but nevertheless walkers/swimmers have been busy - come on everyone!!

Eileen went to a 'Science meeting' in London at NFWI (hence apologies for committee as not home until after 9.00pm) - fascinating if not entirely what was expected - managed to call in for coffee and cup cake at 'The Hummingbird Cafe', South Kensington, - that was certainly fun - cake choice - red velvet - evidently their most popular!!  Coffee excellent - that and cupcake soon put paid to a fiver!!! - very enjoyable tho'.  Very trendy they have an catering van they take to shows and were recently at the Bristol Balloon Show and Bath Races!!  Brought hubby home some samples - but he thought the frosting was too thick!!  Personally I thought the ones I bought from Chewton Mendip once were better decorated - I still remember them fondly - a beautiful rose with scented shimmery petals - that was special!!   The bakery said it was made by a 'lady across the road' - very impressive!!