We had planned to encourage more Whitley members to enter classes in the 2023 Show and were certainly not disappointed. We had the most entries for many years in the various WI competitions and also several members volunteered to help in the WI marquee with refreshments and stewarding. Our Craft group had been busy preparing a display in the Combined Craft competition with a ‘Once upon a Time’ theme. Our ‘Dick Whittington’ exhibit, with beautiful quilting, knitting and felting won 2nd prize. Many thanks to Annette, Melanie, Jackie and the team for all their hard work We also had a…

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The following is a brief summary, you can get detailed information about the different activities by looking on the subgroup page. Lots of our walkers joined a walk around Anderton Nature Park on a glorious June day, enjoying a picnic along the way. For more information and pictures have a look on the Walking subgroup page Craft group concentrated on entries for the Cheshire Show – have a look on the Home page to see how we got on! The Baking Beauties topic was ‘Summer Fruit Baking’, lots of mouthwatering bakes were enjoyed. The Book Group had a lively discussion…

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We had a lovely ‘flower festival’ main meeting in June. Our members were asked to bring along a vase of flowers from their garden, displayed in a jam-jar or similar. What a wonderful ‘free’ display of flowers we had, many thanks to everybody for their contributions. They were used as table centres during the evening, and formed the competition which was won by our newest member Ann Toll. Our speaker for the evening was Melanie Farrow who started to develop ‘Smelanie’s Flowers’ during the Covid Lockdown. She entertained us with pictures showing the journey from a barren field to 20…

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Our Walking group enjoyed a lovely ramble around Glazebrook – see the subgroup page for more information and a picture. Craft group met to put together their exhibit for the Cheshire Show but no pictures yet, you’ll have to visit the Show to see how we get on! The Baking Beauties topic on 26th May will be ‘Summer Fruit Baking’. The Book Group did not meet in May, due to holidays. The book for discussion at our June meeting is You People by Nikita Lalwani. The Art and Scrabble groups are taking a break until September.

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A group of our WI members, with friends and partners, enjoyed a fascinating visit to this nursery. For more pictures and information have a look at the Garden Interest subgroup page

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Our President Melanie welcomed 39 members, 3 visitors and our speaker. Richard Ortyl from the Cheshire Wildlife Trust gave is a very interesting illustrated talk about the work that they do around the county and the habitat and species they protect. He spoke about species which used to be common, but are becoming endangered due to loss of habitat. Some of their local flagship reserves near to Whitley are Hatchmere, Marbury Reed Bed and Warbuton’s Wood. Other local reserves are Abbots Moss and Poors Wood in Northwich and Owley Wood at Weaverham. Helen Carey, who has been a trustee of…

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25 of our members and guests enjoyed a beautiful sunny day on our annual May outing – this year we had a more local visit to Chester. We travelled by coach, where everyone was given a map of the centre and a short talk on different aspects of the history and layout of the city. We arrived at ‘the Groves’ in time to enjoy an ice-cream, a drink, or a short stroll before taking a trip on ‘Mark Twain’ which took us on a 2hr return trip along the river, passing many beautiful riverside dwellings and then through the Eaton…

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The Village Group held their annual Spring lunch which was well attended, and members enjoyed buying bargain handbags, jewellery and scarves – only £1 each. The next Group event will be held on at 7.30pm on Wed 18th October at Moore where we will enjoy a one woman drama entited ‘The Life of E Nesbitt’.

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Book Club read ‘The Perfect Guests’ by Emma Rous, and the Baking Beauties group had a theme of Muffins this month. Walking group enjoyed a lovely walk around Whitley – see the subgroup pages for more information. Our Craft and Art groups cancelled their April meetings because many of our members were away or had other commitments.

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Melanie welcomed 36 members and 2 visitors to the meeting, and reported the sad news of the death of Dorothy Thompson – a long standing member of Whitley WI. She will be missed in many ways, including her friendly face on the Welcome Desk or raffle and her wonderful flower arrangements. We were asked to remember her as we sang Jerusalem. We were delighted to congratulate our Darts Team who have had a very successful year. They won the North Cheshire Group Trophy, and also came second in their group in the County Darts championship. See the subgroup page for…

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