And before you know it, the first month of the year is aleady half gone… Here are the Dates for your Diaries for the coming month. As always – please send an email to marketharboroughwi@gmail.com if you would like to join any event or group that you are not yet a member of.

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Allotment – In Hibernation

The Gardening Girls have now closed down the allotment until spring next year. There will be a few planning meetings (involving a decent amount of cake and tea for sure) in the next few months before meetings start again in spring every Monday (weather permitting) from 2pm (until we run out of steam…). If you would like to join in next season please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com 

Craft Club – 6th February

The Craft Club will be meeting at 7pm at the Congregational Church in Bowden Lane on the first floor to make wine bottle lights from empty wine bottles.

Participants should bring a bottle with the labels removed and a pair of sharp scissors. Everything else will be provied. Costs for the session are £1.50 per bottle kit and £ 3,- per person for the room hire. If you would like to join the MHWI Craft Club, please contact Fiona at fegraham1@gmail.com

Walking Group – 16th February

The Walking Group is currently in hibernation, but is holding their annual planning meeting a Delight (the Turkish Restaurant in Market Harborough) on the 16th February at noon. If you would like to join the group, please email Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com

Book Club – 19th February

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the Three Swans at 2.30pm. The book of the month is The Vegetarian by Hang Kang. Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join.

MHWI Monthly Meeting – 26th February

This month we will have a talk about sausage making as well as a cheese tasting session at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road at 7.30pm with Jill of Bridge 67 in Kibworth . 

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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Just a quick reminder, that our monthly meeting is coming up on Wednesday, 22nd January!

Join us at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road from 7.30pm for an evening of all things Wellness. We have a fabulous line-up of consultants from Manor Walk Wellness

There is Laura, who is a holistic massage therapist. She’ll be joined by Tracy, an aestethics nurse, Sarah a naturopathic food nutritionalist and Jo, who specialises in Hypnotherapy. We’ll also have Mary – an accupuncturist, Iwona, who is a beauty therapist and Izzy, who’s speciality is massages. They will all talk to us in small groups and offer some demonstrations as well. This promises to be a really informative evening to get us all on track to start our wellbeing journey into 2025. 

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

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Just a reminder that that there is still time to sign up for our Darts & Skittles evening on the 15th January. We will be meeting at The Royalist Pub in Western Avenue at 6.30pm for an evening of fun and competitions. It is free to play and the pub have put together a menu to order from for any players that would like to keep their strength up…

If you would like to join us, please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com to get added to the list. We look forward to seeing you on the 15th!

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Time to get those shiny new diaries out and make a note of what will be happening at the Market Harborough WI in the New Year.

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Allotment – In Hibernation

The Gardening Girls have now closed down the allotment until spring next year. There will be a few planning meetings (involving a decent amount of cake and tea for sure) in the next few months before meetings start again in spring every Monday (weather permitting) from 2pm (until we run out of steam…). If you would like to join in next season please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com 

Craft Club – 9th January

The Craft Club will be planning the line up for the 2025 crafting calendar, so bring your ideas along to the meeting at 7pm at the Congregational Church in Bowden Lane! If you would like to join the MHWI Craft Club, please contact Fiona at fegraham1@gmail.com

Book Club – 15th January

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the Three Swans at 2.30pm. The book of the month is Middlemarch by George Eliot which will be continued from December. Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join.

Walking Group – in Hibernation

The Walking Group is currently in hibernation. A planning meeting will be arranged in February, so if you would like to join the group, please email Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com

January Social – Darts & Skittles 15th January

Our January social event will be a Darts & Skittles evening at The Royalist pub in Western Avenue. We’ll be meeting at 6.30pm, it is free to play and food will be available to order. Please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com if you would like to sign up!

MHWI Monthly Meeting – 22nd January

After after the hectic time over Christmas the January meeting is designed to bring some calm and relaxation with an evening all about Wellness with a number of practitioners presenting. The meeting will be at the usual time of 7.30pm at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road.

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At the final Market Harborough WI Craft Club session for 2024 the members learned about Furoshiki – the Japanese way of wrapping items in fabric.

The class started with an overview and some time learning the correct way to tie the Mamusubi square knot – at bit like a reef knot. Not as easy as it sounds, but really important if the recipients of the gifts are to stand any chance of undoing the wrapping.

After wrapping simple rectangular boxes with the basic knot we went through some alternatives that not only look great, but are also convenient solutions should the furoshiki wrap be either slightly too large or slightly too small for the item to be covered. And the final part of the session dealt with the usual suspects causing trouble in the grift wrapping department at Christmas – round tins and bottles. 

The results speak for themselves! Furoshiki wrapping is easy to learn, sustainable and creative and (as one participant noted happily) without a single bit of sticky tape in sight… 

The next Craft Club session will be a planning meeting on the 9th January where we will decide on the crafting sessions for 2025. If you are not yet a member of the MHWI Craft Club and would like to join please send an email to marketharboroughwi@gmail.com and we’ll add you to the WhatsApp group. 

It has been a great crafting year – thank you to all those who worked hard to make the sessions happen. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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… before the Market Harborough WI Christmas Party on Wednesday, 11th!

We hope you’ll all join us for the December monthly meeting – we are planning an evening packed with seasonal fun: 

Charlie Fit will be teaching us a bit of Bradway Dancing with some dances from her Easy Steps Class before choreographing a fun routine invJolving top hats. Don’t ask – you’ll see!

As always we will be having a dutch supper, so please bring a plate of food for the buffet. We’ll provide a glass of free prosecco to help you recover from the dancing…

And just so that there will be gifts a-plenty for everyone there will be an extra special raffle (Tickets £2,-) which will include some super prizes and a Secret Santa – please bring a gift of no more than £ 5,- in value for Santa’s bag. 

So get those Christmas outfits ready, put your dancing shoes on and join us on Wednesday!

And if you feel like an extra dose of Christmas celebration to get you into the mood why not come to the Carol Concert at the Church in Fairfield road on Monday evening at 7pm? We’d love to see you there.

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We will be welcoming members of our neighbouring WIs to the Carol Service of the Welland Valley Group on the 9th December at 7pm at the Church of Our Lady of Victories in Fairfield Road in Market Harborough.

After the service everyone is invited to the church hall for seasonal refreshments and a good natter. We hope you’ll join us to meet fellow members and celebrate the season and what makes the WI so special.

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The Market Harborough WI November meeting offered the members a fun session making Santa Christmas Cards.

This friendly fella has a tummy that opens up for a message, but can also happily brighten your room sitting on a shelf as a decoration.

The session was led by Clare and the members had a lovely time crafting, chatting and spending a couple of hours away from the rush outside.

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The Christmas Season is upon us filled with the smell of freshly baked cookies and the rustle of shopping bags. Hopefully you will all have a bit of space left in your diaries for this month’s MHWI activities:

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Allotment – In Hibernation

The Gardening Girls have now closed down the allotment until spring next year. There will be a few planning meetings (involving a decent amount of cake and tea for sure) in the next few months before meetings start again in spring every Monday (weather permitting) from 2pm (until we run out of steam…). If you would like to join in next season please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com 

Eco Village – 1st December

The Eco Village are having a Christmas Fair from 10am to 3pm selling plants and Christmas Crafts. Why not pop along and see if there are any gifts you may fancy?

Book Club – 4th December

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at Turkish Delight at 1pm. The book of the month is Middlemarch by George Eliot which will be continued through to January.

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

Craft Club – 5th December

The Craft Club will be spending an evening learning about Furoshiki, the Japanese Art of wrapping items in fabric.

It is a sustainable way of using up left over materials and offers a myriad of different ways to dress up a present. Details will be posted on the Craft Club WhatsApp Group – please email Fiona at fegraham1@gmail.com if you are not yet a group member.

Walking Group – Christmas Lunch 8th December

The Walking Group has completed their programme of walks for this year. The next meeting will be for their Christmas lunch on the 8th December.  Details will be posted on the Walking Group WhatsApp group closer to the date – please contact Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com if you would like to join.

WI Carol Concert – 9th December

This year it is our turn to organise the Christmas Carol Concert for the Welland Valley Group of neighbouring WIs. The service will be at the Church of our Lady of Victories in Fairfield Road at 7pm followed by tea/coffees, mince pies and yule log in the Church Hall. Please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com if you’ll join us so we can make sure that there is enough cake to go round…

MHWI Christmas Meeting – 11th December

Our annual Christmas meeting will see out the year with fun, a dutch supper, a raffle, secret Santa and a session with Charlie Fit who will teach us a basic broadway dance routine. Dress for the season – Hope to see you all there!

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And that’s it for 2024. Thank you to the committee members and club leaders for organising such a varied programme of meetings and activities for us this year. And thank you to all of you for taking part – the Market Harborough WI would not exist without you. Wishing you and yours a lovely festive season and see you all in the New Year!

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