Just a reminder that our next social evening will take place on Thursday, 16th October from 6-8pm at The Paint Pottle in the Eco Village on St Mary’s Road. 

The special two hour painting session will take place in the cafe area. The Village Cafe Bar will be open for participants to purchase hot and cold drinks and the Wood Oven Pizza Van is due to be at the Village should anyone fancy a pizza whilst they pottle. Payment for the pottery items, food and drink is on the night and directly to each supplier.

Any questions – please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com. Hope to see you there! 

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The Market Harborough WI held their AGM at the September monthly meeting last week.

The AGM offers the opportunity for the President and Treasurer to deliver their annual report to the members on behalf of the committee and discuss any plans they have for the development of the WI Group going forward.

The AGM is also the time to elect new committee members to replace those that are stepping down and to confirm the remaining committee in post. This year the role of Secretary was open for election as Fiona Tomlin has decided to take a step back after three years. In her place Hilary Bufton has been elected and will take on the role as of 25th September. Congratulation Hilary on your election and a big Thank You to Fiona for her dedicated service to our WI. 

Meet your committee (from left): Michelle (Treasurer), Mary, Bridget (President), Hilary (Secretary), Fiona, Lynn, Susan, Di and Diane. Carolyn, Jane and Julie were unfortunately unable to attend the photo shoot, but you’ll meet them at the next event for sure!

The remaining committee members were unanimously confirmed in post. 

You can read more about what our committee is doing on our website here. The website is also where you can get the latest news and reviews. Why not have a look around? 

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It is definitely getting autumnal out there but there is hope for a bit more sunshine to come. Here is the line up the Market Harborough WI has planned for you in October:

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Allotment – Every Monday

Harvest time continues at the Allotment – the courgettes are nearing the end, but there are all sorts of other fruit and veg ready for harvesting – it has truly been a bumper year! The Gardening Girls meet every Monday as long as the weather is not too wet from 2pm (until they run out of steam…). If you would like to join please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com to get the code for the gate.

Craft Club – 2nd October

This month the Craft Club will get their hands dirty with a Cake Decorating session lead by Fiona. More details will be provided nearer the time through the WhatsApp group. Please contact Fiona at fegraham1@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the group.

Walking Group – 5th October

The Walking Group will meet at 10.00 am at Fox Wood, Lubenham for a Sunday morning walk. The final meeting place/parking directions will be send to members via the Walking Club WhatsApp group. If you would like to join the group, please email Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com

Book Club – 15th October

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the Three Swans at 2.30pm. The book of the month for October is

Ikigai by Hector Garcia and Francesc Mirales. Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join.

October Social Event – 16th October

Our next social evening will now take place on Thursday, 16th October from 6-8pm at The Paint Pottle in the Eco Village on St Mary’s Road. The special two hour painting session will take place in the cafe area.

The Village Cafe Bar will be open for participants to purchase hot and cold drinks and the Wood Oven Pizza Van is due to be at the Village should anyone fancy a pizza whilst they pottle. Payment for the pottery items, food and drink is on the night and directly to each supplier. You can sign up for this event at the September monthly meeting or by email to marketharboroughwi@gmail.com

MHWI Monthly Meeting – 22nd October

In October we will host Jo Golby who will take us into the world of upstairs/downstairs with tales of life as a ladies maid. .The meeting will take place as always at the church hall in Fairfield Road and start at 7.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

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And if you are not a member of the Market Harborough WI yet why not take the opportunity and join us to see if you like what we do?

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September is the month for our Annual General Meeting when we elect/confirm our committee members and have some fun with games, quizes and a raffle.

After the voting for the new committee, Michelle will be our quiz master for the evening. There will be a prize for the best team as well as a raffle of gift vouchers donated by local businesses. All of this will be followed by a Dutch Supper – so bring a plate of food to share with your fellow member. Prosecco and soft drinks will be provided.

The meeting will take place as always at the church hall in Fairfield Road and start at 7.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Not quite an astronaut’s journey, but at the last Market Harborough WI meeting our members were certainly treated to a new perspective – both of the room and of our home town.

Drone photographer Terry Eato and his colleague Andy talked drones – what they are, how to fly them, the rules that apply – and gave a demonstration flying one around the room!

Terry and Andy gave a very entertaining talk about their exploits – from the fun of experiencing the world from a totally different angle to the story of a drone getting lost on the roof of a high-rise block of flats where it had to be rescued from a ventilation duct. As one of our members said: It was great fun to listen to them ‘droning on’! 

The two of them had also taken some spectatuclar photos of Market Harborough and of the Church Hall in Fairfield Road to show us.Terry has a page on Facebook – have a look if you would like to follow them!

So – if you are not a member yet, you now know where we are every 4th Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm! Why not come and join us to see if you would like to be part of the group?

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This month get ready to learn about drone photography. Terry Eato will show us drone footage from around Market Harborough that he has recorded and also demonstrate how to fly one of these ‘eyes in the sky’ . 

The meeting starts at the usual time of 7.30pm at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road. Hope to see you there!

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We hope you are all having a lovely summer! Here are the dates for the diary for September:

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Allotment – Every Monday

Harvest time has started at the Allotment with especially the courgettes beating all expectations! The Gardening Girls meet every Monday as long as the weather is not too wet from 2pm (until they run out of steam…). If you would like to join please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com to get the code for the gate.

Craft Club – 4th September

This month the Craft Club will do a ‘Show and Tell’ evening where participants  bring the projects they are working on or have finished recently to show the other members. There will also be a session of making name badges to wear to the WI Meetings.

Felt, beads and pins will be provided, but please bring any special fabrics, thread or decorations you may want to use. More details will be provided nearer the time through the WhatsApp group. Please contact Fiona at fegraham1@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the group.

Walking Group – 7th September

The Walking Group will meet at 10.00 am at Wistor for a Sunday morning walk. The final meeting place/parking directions will be send to members via the Walking Club WhatsApp group. If you would like to join the group, please email Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com

Book Club – 17th September

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the Three Swans at 2.30pm. The book of the month for September is

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibson. Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join.

MHWI Monthly Meeting – 24th September

September is the month for our Annual General Meeting where we elect/confirm our committee members and have some fun with games, quizes and a raffle. This year the committee has organised gift vouchers from Bridge 67, Plant Man and Essentially Blended as raffle prizes and there will be some serious chocolates for the winners of the quiz. The meeting will take place as always at the church hall in Fairfield Road and start at 7.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

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And if you are not a member of the Market Harborough WI yet why not take the opportunity and join us to see if you like what we do?

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Slightly later than originally planned, our next social evening will now take place on Thursday, 16th October from 6-8pm at The Paint Pottle in the Eco Village on St Mary’s Road. 

The special two hour painting session will take place in the cafe area. The Village Cafe Bar will be open for participants to purchase hot and cold drinks and the Wood Oven Pizza Van is due to be at the Village should anyone fancy a pizza whilst they pottle. Payment for the pottery items, food and drink is on the night and directly to each supplier.

A sign-up sheet will be available at reception at the August and September monthly meetings – please add your name to the list if you are looking to attend so that we can get an idea of numbers.

Any questions – please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com. Hope to see you there! 

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First the heatwave and as soon as anyone says ‘hosepipe ban’ it starts to rain… Let’s hope summer finds a bit of a balance in August. If you have some spare time, why not join us for some of the activities planned for this month?

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Allotment – Every Monday

The Allotment is coming along nicely with lots of seeds and plants in the ground. The Gardening Girls meet every Monday as long as the weather is not too wet from 2pm (until they run out of steam…). If you would like to join please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com to get the code for the gate.

Craft Club – Summer Break

There is no craft club this month – see you back in September!

Walking Group – 6th August

The Walking Group will meet at 6.30 pm in Husbands Bosworth for the heritage walk that was cancelled last month. The final meeting place/parking directions will be send to members via the Walking Club WhatsApp group. If you would like to join the group, please email Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com

Book Club – 20th August

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the Three Swans at 2.30pm. This month members will read a novel of their own choice for light reading. Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join.

MHWI Monthly Meeting – 27th August

For our monthly meeting at the church hall in Fairfield Road we will have a practical demonstration of a drone by Terry Eato and look at examples of drone photography over Market Harborough. The meetings starts at 7.30pm and we look forward to seeing you there!

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And if you are not a member of the Market Harborough WI yet why not take the opportunity and join us to see if you like what we do?

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At the July Craft Club session Annie Bisiker from The Colour Studio (The Colour Studio) showed the group how to make stunning jewellery from paint skins. Paint skins are sheets of dried paint left behind in the paint tray after Annie’s paint pouring art projects are completed. 

To give us an idea how the paint skins are generated, Annie gave a demonstration of how the paints are mixed, layered and poured – definitely a job that requires gloves and an apron!

After that, the hardest bit was to choose what type of jewellery to make and which colour paint skin to use from the pile that Annie had provided. In comparison to that, actually making the pieces was easy under her expert guidance. 

The results were amazing – judge for yourself! Great fun and great results – thank you Annie!

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