Whitley WI is a large and lively group of women. We have a busy programme of meetings and events which are designed to attract and involve the varying ages and interests of all our members. For a flavour of what we do please see our monthly newsletters.
We are always delighted to greet new members and can assure you of a warm and friendly welcome. Our committee members will introduce you to fellow members and make you feel really at home.
Our meetings are held at 7.30pm in Whitley Village Hall on the first Thursday of every month. Drop in and be sure of a welcome.
Annette and the Craft Group have been very busy making poppies over the last couple of months, painting ‘bottle ends’, adding black buttons and attaching 100 poppies to a board. Our giant poppy is now in place by our ‘centenary tree’ at the Nature Reserve on Raddel Lane.
The first part of the meeting was our AGM. Pat presented the financial position and Susan gave us the Annual Report, illustrating her talk with various pictures taken during a busy year of activities. Melanie was confirmed as our President for 2024. On behalf of our 56 members Helen H thanked Melanie, the committee and the subgroup leaders for everything they do.
Annette, our craft guru, then showed us how to make a Christmas Bauble. With the help of Craft Group members she had prepared individual ‘kits’ with a polystyrene ball, pre-cut fabric pieces and other accessories. There was a real ‘buzz’ in the room as everyone set about making their own bauble
Remarkably almost everyone was able to complete their bauble before our refreshment break.
This was a real fun and productive activity, many thanks to Annette.
After tea Jean reminded members about our website, and the wealth of information available. With Melanie’s help she gave a live ‘demo’ on how to access and find the way around it – information has been sent out to all members for reference.
There has been lots going on this month. Click on the links below to find out what we have been doing, and to have a look at some more pictures of our activities
Book Club discussed ‘The Chilbury Ladies Choir by Jennifer Ryan
Walking group chose a lovely Autumn day to walk around Neumann’s Flash in Northwich
Scrabble group enjoyed an sociable evening
Craft group finished off their Remembrance Poppy display
Art group had a go at making their own Christmas Cards
Baking Beauties had a ‘ Halloween and Bonfire Night’ theme
The Village Group Autumn meeting was held at the Milner Institute at Moore
Members were entertained by Alison Neil portraying the author E Nesbitt in her own one woman drama. The audience were drawn into this amazing lady’s interesting life, quite bohemian in parts and definitely ground breaking in writing books specifically designed for children to read themselves.
Two of our members, Annette and Jean, attended this event, organised by CFWI at Crowton Village Hall.
You can see more information and pictures on the Craft Subgroup page – click to see this
