Just a quick reminder, that our monthly meeting is coming up on Wednesday, 20th November. This is a change to our normal meeting week and just an exception!

Join us at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road from 7.30pm for an evening of Christmas Crafting with Clare and a chance to catch up, sign up for the Ghost Walk social on the 27th November and the Carol Service on the 9th December.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

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It is 42 Days to Christmas Panic Day (23rd December), so the members of the Market Harborough Craft Club met last week to kick off the season with an evening of making felt jumpers for Christmas tree decoration.

Oodles of opportunity for creative designs using beads, buttons, ribbons and braid – and even twinkly lights. Fiddly at times, but great fun. And the results speak for themselves – not bad for a chatty evening’s work!

Next month’s Craft Club will be all about Furushiki, the Japanese art of wrapping gifts in fabric. Watch out for more information on the WhatsApp group or get in touch at marketharboroughwi@gmail.com if you would like to join in.

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The MHWI Social Event this week saw a group of members travel by community bus to the Golden Mile in Leicester.

We first visited Anokhi House of Sarees and had a peruse around their lovely shop. They told us about the history of sarees, when they are worn and showed us the different types. We even got the chance to try some of them on!

Our next stop was Vama jewellers. They showed us around the shop and explained some of the different styles of Indian jewellery and also some of the Indian traditions when the more elaborate jewellery is worn.

After all that we obviously had to have a good mooch around the shops before going to Bobbys restaurant for some delicious Indian food.

Many thanks to Ranju @anokhihouseofsarees, Nilesh of @vamacollectionsuk, the team at Bobby’s and of course a big Thank You to the community bus!

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We hope you have enjoyed our programme so far this year – here is what is planned for November:

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Allotment – Going into Hibernation

The Gardening Girls are closing the allotment down after a great growing season. 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 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 

Social Event: Visit to the Golden Mile – 6th November

For the November social event we are organising a trip to the Golden Mile in Leicestershire. We’ll be visiting a sari shop, a jewellers and have a meal afterwards. An opportunity to stock up on some fabrics if you are going to attend the Furoshiki Sustainable Wrapping session of the Craft Club in December! Watch the website blog for more details. Sign up by email to marketharboroughwi@gmail.com

Craft Club – 7th November

The Craft Club will be meeting at the Congregational Church to make Christmas Jumper Tree Decorations this month.

Materials will be provided at a cost of £3,- per jumper set. This includes the felt, hanger, ribbon and thread. Participants should bring some pins, a pair of embroidery scissors, needle and any of their own decorative items such as beads, embroidery thread or additional ribbons. 

Please subscribe via the WhatsApp group or email Fiona at fegraham1@gmail.com if you would like to join in.

Walking Group – Hibernating until Spring

The Walking Group has completed their programme of walks for this year. The next meeting will be for their Christmas lunch in 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.

Book Angels – 20th November

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the Three Swans at 2.30pm. This month’s book is Heartburn by Nora Ephron.

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

MHWI Monthly Meeting – 20th November 

Staying with the Christmas Theme we will have an evening of crafting with Clare.  And this is also a chance to sign up for any of our clubs and social events coming up!

Social Event – Ghost Walk 27th November

We’ll be starting at 7pm from the Old Grammar School on a Walk around town to discover the ghostly goings on and find out about ghosts, ghouls and poltergeist that haunt the historic buildings. Sign up at the next monthly meeting or send an email to marketharboroughwi@gmail.com

Eco Village Garden Reminder

The Eco Village garden is always looking for donations of seeds, seedlings, plants and compost for the garden and to raise funds. Please speak to Leslie if you have anything that may be useful. 

Preview: Carol Concert on 9th December

It is the MHWI’s turn to organise the Carol Concert for the Nene Valley WI Group. We will hold this at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road at 7pm on 9th December. Keep the date – More details to follow

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Just a quick reminder, that our monthly meeting is coming up next Wednesday.

Join us at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road from 7.30pm for a talk by the Leicestershire and Rutland Blood Bikers. This group of volunteers provide a free, “out of hours” courier service to public health bodies in Leicestershire & Rutland – often helping them save lives through their timely support.

If you are coming to the meeting also look out for the sign up sheets for our social events coming up: We are off to the Golden Mile in Leicester on the 6th November and there is a Ghost Walk on the 27th November!

We look forward to seeing you next Wednesday.

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Members of the Market Harborough WI Walking Group went on a walk at Laughton last Sunday.

This was the last walk of the season and the weather did its best to make it special. The sun was out and the walk took the group through some stunning scenerie. Even the local ‘wildlife’ was friendly!

The next meeting of the group will be in December for the annual Christmas Lunch and planning session for the next season. If you would like to join the group, just send an email to marketharboroughwi@gmail.com – we look forward to hearing from you!

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The Market Harborough WI Craft Club met last week to make the best of the autumn bounty to create some stunning autumnal wreaths.

Members collected and contributed leaves and other decorations that they attached to the wreaths provided and came up with some stunning designs. Keep an eye out for the beautiful door decorations as you walk around Market Harborough!

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There are still a few places left for our trip to the Golden Mile in Leicester on the 6^th November.

We have booked the community bus, which will take us there and back. We’ll leave Market Harborough at about 12.15 and plan to first visit Anokhi House of Sari https://anokhisarees.co.uk/about-us/ They will chat to us about the history of the sari, how to wear it and give us a chance to try one on. They also sell accessories so we can look around their shop while we are there.

After this, we will visit Vama Jewellers https://vamacollections.co.uk/pages/about-us who will talk to us about how they make their jewellery and we’ll have a chance to have a browse around.

We have then booked Bobby’s Indian Café at 4pm for an early dinner before we get back on to the bus at about 6pm to return to Market Harborough.

The WI is funding the community bus charge, so the only cost for participants will be the cost of their chosen meal (and any shopping you’ll do of course… :-))

To join in please email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com to secure your place on a first come, first served basis.

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Well – this picture says it all:

It was a wet and windy evening last Wednesday when 26 odd hardy members of the Market Harborough WI met at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road to hold their AGM and have some fun despite the weather…

The evening started with the business ‘bit’ of the AGM – After Notices Bridget, our President, talked about the past year and the plans for the next one and Clare, the outgoing Treasurer reported on the state of the MHWI finances. Both Bridget and Fiona (our Secretary) were confirmed in post and Michelle was voted in as the new Treasurer. This fills the statutary positions and allows our WI to continue for another year. In addition to Bridget, Fiona and Michelle, Carolyn has agreed to continue looking after the membership administration and Lynn and Mary are joining the committee to lend a hand in committee activities.  A number of members have also kindly volunteered to help at the meetings.  Thank you to you all for giving your time to the running of the MHWI. We can always do with additional hands on deck, so if you would like to help please talk to one of the committee members at the next meeting!

Next followed the fun part of the evening – helped along with free cake and prosecco. Tables were set up with traditional (and some newer!) games and members had fun chatting, playing Jenga, Kerplunk, Dominoes, Connect Four Qwirkle and Twister and may be even learning a game they had not tried before.

Thank you to everyone who came along despite the weather and congratulations to our committee members! 

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Just a quick reminder, that our Annual General Meeting is tomorrow!

Join us at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road from 7.30pm to elect/confirm the committee members for the coming year and enjoy an evening of entertainment, games and fun.

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