Earlier today, a group of Crowlas & Ludgvan WI members had a lovely time making padded coat hangers with expert tuition from Jane Twose.
Once we had been shown the techniques we chose our material and started personalising our creations. It was a lovely relaxing day. Thanks so much to Lis Davies for organising it.
(Jane also provided some excellent homemade orange and caramel cake which, appropriately, was cut with a pair of sewing scissors!)
Our own talented Hazel Brown is going to have some of her paintings on display at Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery from 6-16 March, with a preview on 9 March.
Don’t miss it!
Our Book Club meets tomorrow evening to discuss Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief.
If you’d like to join the group, send us an email on crowlasludgvanwi@gmail.com and we’ll make sure you have all the details of this and all upcoming meetings!
While sorting through a box of old W.I. papers, I came across this little programme from Ludgvan W.I.’s 1968-69 year.
Do you remember any of the ladies on the committee?
And what about bringing back the ‘Funniest shaped potato’ competition!?
On Tuesday evening, we faced the alleys at Country Skittles in Hayle.
After a much-needed drink in the bar to fortify ourselves, we split into two teams and had a go at the pyramid game.
There were lots of giggles and plenty of complete misses before we hit our stride. Congratulations to the winning team of Allison, Kathy and Val!
A group of crafty Crowlas & Ludgvan WI members met last week to create some beautiful greeting cards.
Putting their cutting, stamping and glueing skills to use, they made enough cards for a year’s worth of WI birthdays!
I’ll be you can’t wait for your birthday now!
Tonight’s Feast meeting was a real treat.
The Murley Hall was transformed with lovely crisp white tablecloths and beautiful vases of flowers. It’s never looked so good!
The company was great and we welcomed guests from several nearby Institutes as well as Advisor Liz Anderson.
We all enjoyed delicious beef stew (or vegetarian lasagne) and, of course, our usual fabulous array of sumptuous desserts.
After the meal, we were entertained by magician Philip Southwood who had us all in stitches!
A big thank you to all who helped make this a wonderful evening.
Click here to see more photos.
Our book group continues to thrive, thanks to Colleen’s hard work, and is now heading into its 11th year!
Here is a list of the books to be read over the first few months of 2014:
January: The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen
February: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
March: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand byHelen Simonson
April: The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah
If you’re not a book group member but like the look of these titles, let Colleen know you’d like to join the group!
Colleen has put together a complete list of everything the book group has read, since it’s inception back in 2004. Click here to see the full list.
By all accounts, our Christmas evening meal at Penventon was a huge success. The food was delicious and, of course, the company was beyond compare.
Thanks to Joy for capturing the festive atmosphere so well in her photographs. For a few more photos, click here.
Crowlas & Ludgvan W.I. wishes all our members and their friends and families a most happy Christmas. If you’re travelling over the next week, please be safe. We’ll see you all in January!
Just for your information, we thought we’d pass on Cornwall Council’s holiday schedule for collecting rubbish and recycling.
For a summary of dates, click here.
Rubbish collections will be suspended on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Residents will receive a double collection the following week.
Recycling collections will not take place on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. If your collection is due on either of these days, it will be collected on Saturday 28 December.
Garden waste collections will not take place on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. If your collection is due on either of these days, it will be collected on Saturday 28 December.
Christmas trees
Real Christmas trees will only be collected on weeks commencing 6 January and 13 January. Place your tree out for collection on your rubbish collection day, on the alternate week to your recycling collection. The trees will be collected for free, then shredded and composted.
Other Christmas Questions
Christmas cards
There are a number of charity collections for Christmas cards, but if you wish to dispose of them using the kerbside recycling collection, they should be placed in the cardboard sack.
Envelopes
White envelopes should go in the paper sack; coloured or brown envelopes should go with the cardboard.
Wrapping paper
We can accept most wrapping paper but shiny paper is difficult to recycle as the water in the paper mills cannot penetrate the fibres. So if paper is coated with foil or plastic, we cannot take it. Please put all non-shiny paper in the paper sack and remove all sticky take, string and ribbons.
Cardboard
Over Christmas there are a lot of extra cardboard boxes. The boxes should be flattened and put into the orange cardboard bag. If the boxes are too big, flat pack them, tie them in a bundle and put them out next to your recycling. If you have very large amounts of cardboard, you can either take it to the household waste and recycling centres or put it out for the kerbside collection over a couple of weeks.
Chocolate and biscuit tins
You can put chocolate and biscuit tins out for recycling in the sack for plastic bottles and cans. We can only accept metal sweet and biscuit tins; we cannot take plastic tubs.
Additonal recycling
If you have more kerbside recycling than usual, please put it out in carrier bags. Please be extra careful with glass bottles and place out for collection in a rigid box.
Household waste and recycling centres
The sites will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. The normal site opening times are 9am to 4pm.
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