Windmills WI

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Windmills WI was started in . the meetings were held in the evenings.

Hallmark 2019. Windmill WI

By Ann Bartlett

Our first meeting of the year in February was both entertaining and interesting. Our speaker was Anita Osborne who organised a Silk Painting workshop for us. She supplied us with plain white silk scarves and cards which we all enjoyed painting with some lovely results. Also this month a few of us enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea at the Red Lion in Bradenham. This was our first visit there and we were all pleasantly surprised with the tasty home cooked scones and cakes.

Our knitting group is going well and we have just completed twelve baby jumpers. Some of us were caught in the snow in January and it took ages to get home after our meeting in Walters Ash.

March - it was time for our bi-annual jumble sale again, they seem to come round very quickly but we always receive a great deal of jumble! We worked very hard in the morning sorting the jumble and setting up stalls, then had a very welcome drink and lunch at The Black Horse. The afternoon passed quickly selling to the many customers we had. The amount we raised was well worth all the hard work.

Our speaker for this month was Peter Hague who talked about Yorkshire foods and traditions. This was a very interesting talk and we learnt all about Yorkshire Puddings.

Some of our members attended a Group Meeting at Flackwell Heath Methodist Church. The speaker was Christine Wallace talking about her time in the ‘Bake Off' tent.

David Dennis was our speaker in April talking about the butterflies of the Chilterns. David is the Chair of the local Butterfly Conservation Group and had a wealth of knowledge of the butterfly from the metamorphosis of the caterpillar to chrysalis and then the butterfly. He showed us some beautiful slides and gave us a really interesting talk. Some of us had a trip to The Peacock at Henton and had a delicious meal. We had a lovely time chatting and laughing.

We meet at Lacey Green Village Hall, the first Wednesday in the month, (except January) at 7.45pm. If you would like to join us you would receive a very warm welcome.

Forthcoming Events:

May BFWI Annual Council

Meeting at Aylesbury.

Guest Speaker, Simon King OBE