The lovely weather continues and hopefully you are all able to take some time out and enjoy the sunshine. Here are the dates for your diary if you would like to take part in any of the activities planned by the Market Harborough WI.

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Allotment – Every Monday

The Gardening Girls have started this years big project – moving the terrace and creating additional seating to accommodate our growing group. Nearly finished – we did some test sitting on the new pallet furniture last week – the table is still work in progress…

Planting will be starting in the next few weeks. The group meets every Monday (weather permitting) at 2pm so if you would like to join this season, please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com to get the access details for the allotment site on Stevens Street.

Walking Group – 3rd May

The May walk will take place at Coton Manor – just in time for the blue bells to come out! Information will be broadcast as usual through WhatsApp, so if you would like to join, please email Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com to be added to the WhatsApp group.

May Social – 6th May

The Social Event this month is a visit to Buckwell Organic Farm where we’ll have a tour and also the option of purchasing their locally made skin care products. If you would like to join, please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com or sign up at the Monthly Meeting.

Craft Club – 7th May

The Craft Club will be meeting at 7pm in the upstairs room at the Congregational Church in Bowden Lane for an introduction to Sashiko Embroidery with Lesley and Mags. More details will be broadcast via the WhatsApp group. Please contact fegraham1@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the group.

Coffee Meeting – 8th May

The May Coffee Meeting is booked from 2pm at the Greenhouse Cafe at the Langton Garden Centre. No need to book – just show up. Look forward to seeing you there!

Glooston WI Open Meeting – 14th May

Glooston WI have issued an invitation to their May meeting and a talk about the Laura Ashley Story. ‘A design for life’ will be presented by Jo Golby. Cost £ 5,- – please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com if you would like to attend.

Book Club – 20th May

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the The Swans at 2.30pm. This month topic is any book by Sally Vickers

Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join in.

MHWI Monthly Meeting –  27th May

The MHWI Monthly Meeting will be all about style with a visit from The Happy Stylist, Bridget Albano. The meeting will start as usual at 7.30pm at the Church Hall of Our Ladies of Victories Church in Fairfield Road. 

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The Market Harborough April Social Event took a group of our members to the Garden Centre at Wistow for a good browse around followed by a scrumptious afternoon tea. Judge for yourself – those sandwiches and bits on the cake stand look absolutely delicious!

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The April meeting of the Market Harborough WI Craft Club took that motto to heart and spent an enjoyable evening turning old greeting cards into birds to be used as gift tags, mobile adornments or Easter decorations.

Fiona had prepared templates and guided us through the astonishingly simple process. Some members then pushed the envelope and created variations on the theme – like the double sided version that also acquired some legs along the line. Thank you Fiona for a fun evening! 

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At their latest monthly meeting the Market Harborough WI enjoyed a cooking demonstration by Chef Anita from HobbyCooks, a cooking school in Northampton.

Anita cooked a lovely chickpea curry for our taster session for which she also supplied samples of typical Indian vegetable and salad side dishes (if you want something new to do with your sprouts look up her recipes!).

While cooking Anita also gave us an insight into the principles underlying the indian cooking traditions and the meaning behind some of the names of dishes we are all familiar with from our ‘tonight is curry night’ outings. From Rogan (ghee) Josh (boil) = stewed in clarified butter to Jhal (spicy) Frezi (stir-fry) = hot fried and where the word Curry actually comes from (originally ‘Kari’, a word for spiced dishes which was mangled by the English into ‘Curry’) we learned a lot during this fun and educational evening.

If you would like to find out more about Anita and HobbyCooks please see their website:

Our Story – HobbyCooks

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The 2026/2027 programme of monthly meeting speakers and social events has arrived! And if you missed the last meeting or did not have a chance to pick up a leaflet, you can check what is on our website: www.marketharboroughwi.org.uk

We hope you’ll enjoy the events!

Spring is upon us with some fabulous weather this week. We are also looking forward to a busy April – if you are interested in any of the events contact the person noted in the post or email Marketharboroughwi@gmail.com

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Allotment – Every Monday

The Gardening Girls have started clearing the plots and preparing for this years big project – moving the terrace and creating additional seating to accommodate our growing group. The group meets every Monday (weather permitting) at 2pm so if you would like to join this season, please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com to get the access details for the allotment site on Stevens Street.

Craft Club – 2nd April

The Craft Club will be meeting at 7pm in the upstairs room at the Congregational Church in Bowden Lane to make gift tags from recycled greeting cards. More details will be broadcast via the WhatsApp group. Please contact fegraham1@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the group.

Welland Valley Group Spring Meeting – 8th April

This year it is the turn of Medbourne WI to host the Welland Valley Group Spring Meeting. They will host the evening at Medbourne Village Hall starting at 7.30pm. As part of the evening Friars Farm Cheeses will give a talk about their products and offer some of them for tasting. The cost is £ 5,- (pay at the door) which includes refreshments. Please sign up at the next monthly meeting of the MHWI or email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com so that we can confirm numbers.

April Social – Afternoon Tea at Wistow Garden Centre – 10th April

The Social Event this month is a Afternoon Tea at Wistow Garden Centre. If you would like to join, please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com or sign up at the Monthly Meeting on Wednesday. The cost is £ 18,- pp for sandwich, cake of choice, scone, cream & jam and a drink of choice. Payment in advance so we can reserve the table.

Coffee Morning – 13th April

The April Coffee Morning is booked from 10 am at Esquires Coffee Shop on the Hight Street. Note: This is a revised venue & at a slightly earlier time. We’ve asked for the bench seating area at the back of the café on the right hand side to be set aside for us. Look forward to seeing you there!

Book Club – 15th April

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the The Swans at 2.30pm to discuss the book of the month – Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre.

Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join in.

Walking Group – 19th April

The first walk of the season will see the group meet in Hallaton at 10am. Information will be broadcast as usual through WhatsApp, so if you would like to join, please email Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com to be added to the WhatsApp group.

MHWI Monthly Meeting –  22nd April

This month Carol will be treating us to ‘Carol’s Capers’ – a funfilled presentation about her travels all over the world with her dog to support charity projects. The meeting will start as usual at 7.30pm at the Church Hall of Our Ladies of Victories Church in Fairfield Road. 

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The meeting will start as usual at 7.30pm at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road – Hope to see you all there!

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The Market Harborough WI Craft Club held their first crafting session this week. Plenty of members showed up to make name badges and/or show off some of their current projects.

The Craft Club programme for this year has now been uploaded to the website here – If you are interested in joining in, just email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com!

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At this week’s monthly meeting of the Market Harborough WI members turned the church hall on Fairfield Road into a flower arranging extravaganza.

With the help of Sharon Badger and her assistant our members turned their hands at making arrangements from basic supermarket mixed bunches of flowers. It was great fun and the aroma of the blooms in the room was amazing. The meeting was so well attended that there was no room to move or indeed photograph all of the amazing displays. So here are just a few impressions from the evening:

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Standing with Giants is a registered charity founded by Dan Barton, a community artist, who has been organising large scale rememberance displays to honor the soldiers that have fought and died for their country.

WIs from around the country have been supporting Dan by crafting poppies for the displays and at MHWI we have been asking members to make and donate poppies for this year’s effort. The deadline for handing them in was this week’s monthly meeting. We are proud to say that our members collectively have crafted over 80 poppies, which we will be sending to Standing with Giants

They look absolutely fabulous – thank you so much to everyone who contributed!

And if you would like to learn more about Standing with Giants and Dan’s amazing story, have a look at their website: standingwithgiants.co.uk  

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