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.
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’.
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.
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 more information about our Darts group.
Our speaker was Peter Sykes, a retired consultant surgeon. His talk concentrated on the complexities of performing keyhole surgery to remove a gallbladder. He was ably assisted by Ann, and we were kept entertained as she donned sterile robes, mask, etc as needed to conduct an operation.
Monies were collected for the May outing to Chester, the group Spring Lunch, the Literary Lunch and subs. Upcoming events also include gardening trips to Smith’s nursery and show gardens, theatre trips, visits to Safety Central, craft workshops, a writing competition and making a Royal greeting card.
The competition for ‘an unusual bottle’ was won by Alison Morton
In March members baked ‘All things Irish. See the subgroup page for more information and pictures
CFWI launched their ‘Jigsaw Race’ competition this March. Each team of 4 was given a 500 piece jigsaw with a time limit of 90 mins to complete it. The winner was the first to complete their puzzle, or the team with least pieces left at the end of the 90 minutes. Our team of Ann, Annette, Jean and Susan were the overall winners, completing their jigsaw with 19 minutes to spare and the only team to finish within the 90 minutes. They were each presented with a lovely campanula pot plant.
A very enjoyable and sociable occasion, more similar events are planned.
