Programme

AYLSHAM WI PROGRAMME 2023

Month

Speaker

Topic

Hostess

Table flowers

Birthday posies

Competition

Kitchen help

January 5th

Happy New Year!

Bingo and Biscuits

Resolution

Gill Ellis

Claire Alban

Jan Kerrison

Funniest

Christmas Card

 

February 2nd

Annual Meeting

Green hearts -climate

change campaign

activity

Becky Townsend

Joan Gorrie

 

3 top tips for being ‘green’

Angela Q

Susan

McM

March 2nd

Woolly

Weavers

Jean Rodwell

Linda Mears

Hazel Burgess

Members craft

exhibition

Jenny S Linda G

April 6th Easter raffle

Easter themed

Craft/Cookery demo

Becky Townsend

Hazel Burgess

Linda Mears

Kitchen utensil Easter

Bonnet

Mo

Jilly R

May 4th at

Friendship

Hall

The Committee

Resolutions

Carol Cross

Loretta Chaplin

Carol Cross

Bring and

Buy

Accessories

Deb

Raslan

June 1st

Jean Clarke

Head and Shoulders Yoga

Becky Townsend

Loretta Chaplin

Ann Mitchell

Craziest hairstyle

 

July 6th

Raffle

Birthday

Georgette Vale

Live history: an evening with a

famous lady

Jan Kerrison

Shirley Zaninneti

 

An old book

Lynn G

Mo

August 3rd

Maria Pennington

Pearls

 

Susan Grant

Hazel Collins

An item of pearl jewellery

June Carol C

September 7th

Sam Steggles

The Goat Shed business and cheese

tasting

Becky

Townsend

Jenny Spencer

Ann Mitchell

A goat: any medium!

Jenny S Linda G

October 5th

Jane Wells

Anyone can sing

 

Linda Mears

Sue Skews

Your favourite

song

Sue Skews

November 2nd

Nature/

Wildlife evening

Jean Rodwell

Linda

Graham

Claire Alban

Words out of the word

Hibernation

Lynn G Mo

December 7th Raffle

Christmas

Murder Mystery

Jan Kerrison

Vivien T

Vivien T

A Christmas Poem

The

Committee

Aylsham Women’s Institute Programme 2022 Visitors welcome, first time for free. Meetings start at 7.30pm on 1st Thursday of the month in Aylsham Town Hall (May at Friendship Hall, Cawston Road).

Celebrating 100 years 1922-2022

Month

Speaker

Topic

Competition

January

6th

Happy New Year

Jools Bond

Chi Gong

A New Year Resolution

February

3rd

Green hearts -climate change campaign activity

Resolutions

Discuss shortlist and vote

Something green

March 3rd

Peter Purdy

Bulb Planting

A pot plant

April 7th

Easter raffle

Urban Clay

Painting pottery

An ornament

May 5th at Friendship Hall

Resolution

Debate

Plant bring and buy

June 2nd

No Meeting

Centenary lunch on Saturday June 11th at Blakeney Manor hotel.

Bank Holiday Queen’s platinum jubilee!

 

July 7th

Raffle

100th Birthday

party

Line Dancing

Bring or wear a hat

August 4th

Jayne Andrew

Heritage centre visit/talk ‘A little history of Aylsham’

A WI memory

September

1st

Blythswood

Shoebox appeal

Your favourite shoes

October 6th

Tim Morton

North Norfolk Food Bank

An item for the foodbank

November 3rd

Stuart Banks

In the land of the giants: Blickling’s ancient trees

Picture of a tree

December 1st

Raffle

Christmas

Party

Christmas tree decoration

Aylsham Women’s Institute Programme 2020

Due to the present pandemic we are following Government guidelines and all meetings from April 2020 have been cancelled.

We do hope to meet again in 2021. All visitors most welcome to attend any meeting free. Here is our new programme for 2021.

Month

Speaker

Topic

Hostess

Competition

7th January

2021

New Year Get together activity evening

Resolution short list vote

 

4th February

Tax care and Toy Boys

Green Hearts activity for climate change

 

Something green

4th March

The return of Jools Bond

Chi Gong

 

A craft item

1st  April

Jayne Andrew

Heritage Centre visit and talk

 

An old photo

6th May at Friendship Hall

Resolution

meeting

debate

 

Accessories ‘bring and buy sale’

3rd June

TBA

Outing

 

An interesting  piece of wood

1st  July

raffle

99th Birthday party

Line Dancing 

A decorated bun

5th August

Food Quiz

Aylsham WI Produce Show

 

Exhibition of craft and produce

2nd

September

NARS

Norfolk Accident Rescue Service

 

A remedy

7th  October

The Boutique

'Style show'

 

A piece of jewellery

4th

November

Annual

Meeting

 

Exhibition of archives

2nd

December

raffle

Christmas

Carols/music and entertainment

 

A Christmas card