MHWI’s Book Club will meet on March 18th 2019, at 8pm at The Angel Hotel, Market Harborough.
The group will be discussing Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.
New members are always welcome. For more information please contact Valerie Hitchcox on Vhitchcox50@hotmail.com
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‘Love and Romance in Art‘ was the topic for our monthly meeting on 27th February and our speaker, Grainne, led a fascinating session on exploring the details and secrets of famous paintings portraying couples. Grainne works for a charity called ‘Magic Lantern’ which uses works of art to help children and adults observe more closely the world around them. We certainly came away feeling that our eyes had been well and truly opened!
If you missed the session, here is a list of the paintings we explored together:
On Wednesday, 6th March, we also had our Greek Street Food evening in the Lounge at the Congregational Church when Margarita Pap came to talk to us and demonstrate three traditional Greek dishes – a Greek Salad, Tzatziki, and Courgette and Feta fritters. Margarita gave us many tips about choosing and preparing Greek food and we all had a chance to sample the delicious dishes she made at the end of the session. So authentic was the taste, that we could imagine ourselves whisked back to holidays relaxing by the shores of a sun-baked Greek island….!
If you missed the session and/or want to try out these delicious recipes, they can be found on Margarita’s website here:
www.margaritastastykitchen.com
Off to try out the recipes for dinner tonight!
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Great day at the allotment yesterday! Greenhouse frame jigsaw finally solved and erected thanks to our WI members and two ‘honorary members’, Richard and Mick!
The sun shone all day and a picnic lunch was enjoyed by everyone.
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Our next monthly meeting is this Wednesday, 27th February when our speaker, Grainne, will be talking to us about ‘Love and Romance in Art’. She will be showing us how to look more closely at famous paintings and explaining what the details can reveal. Sounds intriguing!
A few other things to remember are:
Details of how to pay can be found on our website here .
Also, we will be having a sale of books and jigsaws at our March meeting. If you have any books or jigsaws you wish to donate you can bring them along on Wednesday or in March. Monies raised from sale of jigsaws will go to support the cost of the new greenhouse on our allotment and sale of books will go into our WI funds.
Hope to see you all on Wednesday.
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MHWI’s Book Club will meet on February 18th 2019, at 8pm at The Angel Hotel, Market Harborough.
The group will be discussing The Ghost Road by Pat Barker.
New members are always welcome. For more information please contact Valerie Hitchcox on Vhitchcox50@hotmail.com
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Whilst it may not be the most inviting weather to be pottering around on the allotment, behind the scenes the enthusiasm for planning the growing season to come is thriving!
Members met earlier this month (indoors!) to chat about what they would like to do with the allotment. We have decided to try out some unusual or untried varieties. Aubergines, corn and kohlrabi were mentioned. Craft club have been asked to help make a scarecrow! Hopefully our greenhouse will be glazed by March.
We are trying to get a bit extra allotment space, ideally the adjacent plot to the north of ours.
We would love to plan social events at the allotment, both for us and other WI members. Let us know if you have any ideas you’d like to share.
We plan to sell seedlings at the March garden themed meeting.
Our next meeting will be on Monday 11th February at 3pm. If you are interested in helping out with the allotment or would just like to pop down to see how its coming along, drop Anne an email anneclayton@outlook.com
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MHWI’s Craft club will meet Thursday, 7th February 2019, between 7pm-9pm in The Lounge at the Congregational Church, Market Harborough.
In line with our ambition to reduce our consumption of single-use plastic, this month we are working on crocheting a reusable string bag. We have various experience levels in the group, from complete crochet novice to accomplished expert and all are itching to get started!
New members always welcome. There is a small charge of £2.50 for room hire. For more information, please contact Sarah Trappit on sarahtrappitt@btinternet.com
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The MHWI Walking Group set off last Sunday morning from Lubenham Village Hall for a bracing walk of nearly 4 miles. The sun managed to shine a little bit and everyone returned feeling invigorated by the fresh air and lovely scenery.
As always, our walkers managed to find a pub to relax in and enjoyed some well earned refreshments at the end of their journey.
Do come and join us on our next walk – details to be posted shortly. Remember walking is not only very good for your physical health, but can help your mental health too – a subject close to our hearts at present.
For further information, please contact Roseanne by e-mail, as follows:
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A big thank you to all our members for helping us through a very full and busy meeting last Wednesday.
First, we dealt with our subscription renewals. If you have not paid yet, please ensure we receive payment of £42 by our next monthly meeting on 27th February at the latest (details of how to do this contained in an early post).
Secondly, we discussed and voted on the 2019 proposed resolutions (campaigns). Votes submitted at the meeting have been forwarded to the Leicestershire and Rutland Federation. It is your individual votes that are added together with members’ votes from WIs around the country A shortlist of two resolutions will be produced for consideration and adoption at the National Conference of WIs in June. All resolutions are on-going so we can still continue to work on previous ones, eg plastic reduction, for as long as we consider appropriate.
Last, but by no means least, we all enjoyed a very social and energetic session led by the lovely dancers from the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, resplendent in their Scottish kilts and dresses! Very appropriate for forthcoming Burns night on 25th January. Fascinating bits of history were entwined with reels, Gay Gordon’s and an excellent demonstration of the Highland Fling. With the Scottish dancers’ guidance and much patience, we all managed to join in and keep going in the right direction!
Perhaps a new way to keep fit in 2019!
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This Wednesday the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society will be joining us to tell us a little about their history and demonstrate some of their dances. Then we will all have a chance to join in – tartan optional, but highly recommended!
Don’t forget, that your 2019 subscription of £42 is due this month. In order to expedite this process, please try to pay by bank transfer before the meeting. Details have already been sent out by e-mail to you or can be found here . Alternatively, you can pay by cash or cheque made payable to ‘Market Harborough WI’.
Also, we will be having a short discussion and voting on the shortlist for this year’s proposed resolutions (campaigns). All very important issues so try and make sure you have read the articles in your WI Life Magazine so you can consider carefully. (Pink cover, Issue 96, November/December 2018, p24-27). You can also find further information about the resolutions here . In brief, the resolutions are as follows:
If you want to attend our two forthcoming social events, you will need to make sure you have signed up and paid this Wednesday:
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