The Bricklayer’s Arms at Kibworth is the venue for a WI Skittles evening on Wednesday 11 March. Simple, but tasty, pub suppers are available, too.
A great chance to relax and meet new people. Hope to see you there. Book your place at the February monthly meeting this Wednesday.
Join Sue Drage to get loads of clever crafty ideas on how to recycle rubbish. Click to read more about how Sue uses all sorts of materials and crafts to make reusable items to sell and for the homeless.
See you there – Wednesday 25 February, 7.30 pm at the Congregational Church Hall.
The local group of WIs next event is on Thursday evening 12 March 2015 at the Evangelical Church, Bath Street, Market Harborough. Guest speaker will be local ‘Bake Off’ winner, Frances Quin. Get your tickets (£10 each) from Fiona Thompson, Committee Member, at the February monthly meeting.
How about going along to the Leicestershire and Rutland Federation of WI’s Annual Meeting at the Grammar School, Great Glen? Speakers include Angela Rippon, reported to be ‘excellent’. Tickets £10 and opportunities for lift sharing.
Market Harborough WI member Vicky (not committee member Vicky) is entering the cooking competition. Gemma Underwood’s embroidered Centenary brick will also be on display. There will be activities, too, for visitors to join in. Contact a Committee Member at the February meeting to buy your ticket.
Let’s get networking with some WIs across the world in this Centenary year. Do you have a friend or family member who is in the WI or its equivalent (sometimes called Women’s Rural Institutes or Country Women’s Association) that would like to be in touch with Market Harborough WI? If so, maybe send them an email now, or use social media, and let a Committee Member know how you get on. We will need the contact details, too. Am sure we can make excellent use of our website/blog, Facebook, email and Twitter to make this idea happen.
Friday 22nd May at 7.30pm. Congregational Hall, Bowden Lane, Market Harborough, LE16 7JD – buy your ticket now!
We are delighted to announce that the Mikron Touring Theatre will be in Market Harborough in May with their specially written play to celebrate 100 years’ of WI.
Bunnington WI is a bit down-at-heel. Dwindling membership means they can barely afford the hall, let alone a decent speaker. So when a PR guru becomes a member, the women are glad of new blood. Initially.
The milk of WI kindness begins to sour when she re-brands them the Bunnington Bunnies. They’re hopping. With stakes higher than a five tiered cake stand, a battle ensues for the very soul of Bunnington, perhaps the WI itself!
On the threshold of one century into the next, this tale of hobbyists and lobbyists asks how much we should know our past or how much we should let go of it.
Above all else, like the WI itself, Raising Agents is a story of friendship.
Friday 22nd May at 7.30pm. Congregational Hall, Bowden Lane, Market Harborough, LE16 7JD . Full £12, £10 conc. For tickets please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com. Tea & Coffee/BYOB
Do you have skills that you could use to make items for sale at a craft fair? If so, you might want to get busy now and make use of the long winter evenings.
Your committee is planning a craft fair in the town as part of our celebrations for the WI Centenary. What better way to share members’ many and diverse skills?
Exact details of all aspects of this event and how it will work out will follow in the next few weeks. In the meantime, if you would like to be involved with helping to plan the fair or may be interested in running a stall or be able to donate items, let a Committee Member know or Contact Us or call 07547 890 756.
To celebrate 100 years of WI, we are planning to have a float at the Market Harborough Carnival on Saturday 13 June 2015. If you would like to be on the MHWI float and help with planning, too, then let Clare Farquahar, President have your name. You can also Contact Us or call 07547 890 756.
Gemma Underwood’s Centenary Brick for MHWI
Gemma Underwood kindly offered to decorate a ‘brick’ for Market Harborough WI. This will go to the Leicestershire and Rutland Federation of WIs to make up a panel of bricks for the whole county. We think she has done a superb job – what do you think?
Close up of the Old Grammar School, the focal point of Gemma’s Centenary brick
The WI Centenary year is just the time for members to share their many and varied skills. This could be a skill such as knitting, crocheting, DIY, gardening, hairdressing, nails, baking a cake or babysitting, the list is endless. You need to give 2 hours and the venue can be wherever you wish. You could even make it a social evening by sharing a bottle of wine while you help several members learn a new skill.
We need to prepare cards for the Skills Raffle at the March meeting, so please Contact Us, call 07547 890 756 or speak to a Committee member (we wear sashes at the monthly meetings) at the February meeting.
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