MHWI is supporting NFWI Sports Week from 12 to 18 September 2016. It’s your chance to come and try something new.
There’s Pilates with Jane on Wednesday, 14 September 2016,
5.15 to 6.15 pm or there’s Hoola Hoop on Friday evening 16th September 2016 (start time tbc later this week).
Both events in the large hall at the Congregational Church, Bowden Lane, Market Harborough. Bring your own refreshments.
Queries? email: marketharboroughwi@gmail.com
This has come my way from a friend in Kibworth and MHWI members may be interested in attending. I plan to go. Contact details in the message
Hi lovely people
I hope you don’t mind a mass mail out, but I am doing a push for a fundraising event we are organising at our village hall in Kibworth on Tuesday 27 September and wondered if you, or someone you know might be interested in coming along?
My cousin Julie Summers is an author and wrote a book called Jambusters about the history of the WI, that ITV then turned into the drama Home Fires which ran on ITV for 2 series on a Sunday evening. As part of our efforts to raise money for the hall, she is coming to give an illustrated talk on Tuesday 27th September. Doors open at 7 and Julie will be talking at 7.30. It won’t be a late night and should be finished by 9. Tickets are £5 each and all proceeds are for the Hall.
I am biased as she is my cousin, but she is a very good speaker and worth a listen if you are free that night? I do appreciate that it might not be your thing, but if you know anyone else who is a fan of the WI and may like to be there, please do pass on my mobile number 07919 410512 or email me back. We have sold lots of tickets already, but I would really like it to be a full house if possible.
If you want to know anything else about the evening, please do come back to me. Kibworth Ladies Choir will be performing while guests arrive and there will be refreshments available. It’d be lovely to see you there if you have a gap in your diary at all that night.
Many thanks
Erica
Thank you to everyone that contributed to this collection. It was a huge success. Thank you all for your kind donations. In total we donated 130 bras and 47 pairs of pants!
Collection ready for boxing and despatch
‘Let’s put Market Harborough WI even more firmly on the map: win a competition.’ That’s the challenge set to Clare, our President on behalf of members. So, come on ladies, there’s several to choose from, whatever your hidden skills – writing, art, gardening and crocheting: competitions
Link to crocheting craft workshop at Salisbury museum:
The Mikron Theatre team: Claire Burns, Stephanie Hackett, Matt Jopling and James McLean
Yes, Canary Girls was another hit by this year’s Mikron Theatre team: Claire Burns, Stephanie Hackett, Matt Jopling, James McLean. They sang, played a variety of musical instruments and nimbly managed costume changes to perform the story of sisters, Rose and Liz, who instantly gave up their jobs as maids at the outbreak of World War One to take on board new challenges. These took them to a local bomb making factory, where conditions were harsh, leading to one sister stepping out of her comfort zone to take up the challenge of seeking a safer work place and the other (whose skin turned yellow from the chemicals) to earn more money, intending to save and move to France to be part of the war on the front line. Interwoven with this were the characters of midlady Millicent, her son Francis and the factory owner.
Many thanks to Fiona Thompson for organising this successful event, and to the rest of the team from Market Harborough WI who supported her. Visitors from 20 other WIs attended the evening.
The performance was held in the pleasant surroundings of the Evangelical Church in Bath Street, Market Harborough. Market Harborough WI members baked a wide variety of delicious cakes for visitors to sample.
Taking their final bow!
Just a reminder that we will be running lots of events during the National WI Fitness Week 11 to 18 September 2016. They will be in the day and evening. Details will be available over the next few weeks.
The first date to put on your calendar – Sunday 11 September – family treasure hunt (around Market Harborough)
Members might like to support this petition: Home Fires petition
Details of how you can apply to be on this popular programme hosted by Jeremy Vine: Eggheads, May 2016
Your help is needed, please, with the Mikron Theatre’s performance of Canary Girls on Friday 10 June, so that we can make it as much of a huge success as last year’s event. Please email: marketharboroughwi@gmail.com if you can help with any of the following:
Thank you to everyone who supported this event: making items, having a stall, helping to plan and run the event and by just popping in on 16 April. We made £150 for MHWI funds.
We hope this will be just the first of our craft fairs. We learned some things, too, and will be working on these for the next one.
Again, many thanks everyone!
Market Harborough WI 