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Willow Weaving!
Today a group of us learned how to make our own willow baskets. We were taught by Lin Lovekin, a Cornish basketmaker, who brought some of her beautiful baskets with her – our efforts weren’t quite as good, but we did all have a great day.
In the end, we were all quite pleased with our baskets!
Thanks so much to Lis for organising the workshop, as well as providing delicious cake for everyone!
We hope to bring our baskets to the meeting on 15 October for everyone to look at!
What’s going on!
We had a great meeting on Monday evening with a talk by Suzy from Cornwall Air Ambulance. She had us all laughing and really did a wonderful job of sharing her enthusiasm for the Air Ambulance with us. I think we all left with even more respect and admiration for the work they do.
Just a reminder that the County Annual Council Meeting will be held at the Hall for Cornwall on Tuesday 16th October. Tickets are £6 per person and Helen needs your name and money by 10th September at the absolute latest. As this is before our September meeting, please get your cheque in the post as soon as possible.
For anyone interested, Gulval W.I. have invited us to join them on a trip to Plymouth to see a matinee performace of The Mousetrap at the Theatre Royale. The cost is £26 which includes both theatre ticket and coach transport. The contact for this outing is Gill.
If anyone wants to take part in Lis’s willow weaving workshop on Wednesday 3rd October, I believe there are one or two places left. The cost is £25 +£5 due on the day for extra materials. The workshop will take place at the Murley Hall and promises to be a really exciting day! See Lis to book or for more information.
Earlier this month, a group of our members went to the Wayside Museum in Zennor where they had a tour and saw some milling. Here they are enjoying a post-museum cup of tea:
Congratulations to Pam!
Congratulations to our own Pam Smith who was recently awarded The Queens Award for Voluntary Service for her hard work running the charity shop at The Centre in Newlyn.
The Newlyn Centre was one of only 112 volunteering groups across the UK to be honoured this year.
The Award was created to mark the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002 and is given for “outstanding achievement by groups of volunteers who regularly devote their time to helping others in the community, improving the quality of life and opportunity for others and providing an outstanding service.”
Well done, Pam. You deserve it!
(The Award is commonly known as the MBE for volunteer groups … should we all curtsey next time we see Pam?)
Mazey Day
Thanks to Julia’s hard work for Golowan, we were given a Mazey Day stall right on Market Jew Street in the thick of things!
We shared the stall with some lovely ladies from Germoe & District W.I. and, I must say, it all looked most impressive.
So many of us were busy baking during the week and we wound up with an incredible assortment of cakes, biscuits, brownies, muffins, flapjacks, macaroons and sausage rolls!
In spite of the early start and the hard work, there was still time for some laughs:
It was all hands on deck, with pairs of ladies staffing the stall throughout the day from 7am until the bitter end. (Apologies for not having any photos of those of you who worked later in the afternoon, but I’d gone home by then!)
By the end, we’d completely sold out of everything and we made £112! Now that’s a good day!
June meeting
On Monday, we were all treated to an informative and very amusing talk by Jan Shearn, who spoke to us about her experiences as a volunteer with the Tall Ships Youth Trust.
We also welcomed three new members – Diane, Pamela and Rona – as well as a guest, Margaret, whom we hope will become a future member.
A Day at the Royal Cornwall Show
Gill Gowland and Helen Kestle set off today to work as stewards at the Royal Cornwall Show, with a kind lift from Dorothy Oliver and her husband, Alan.
The W.I. tent was easy to spot …
… and our Crowlas & Ludgvan pennant looked lovely displayed with the others from all over the county:
Beth Marshall and Mary Venn were there too, wearing their CFWI hats, and County Chairman Kathy Reed manned the Chairman’s Table:
Before our first shift, we had time to have a look around at the Royal Cornwall’s flower show and were particularly taken with this cauliflower sheep:
We reported for duty and were provided with very official-looking sashes:
Meanwhile, both the Trading Post and the plant stall were doing roaring trade:
And our own Dorothy Oliver held painting demonstrations throughout the day:
The Jubilee-themed W.I. entries were all so impressive …
… but the winning entry from St. Breward was definitely deserving of the trophy:
Feeling exhausted and with aching feet, our only remaining dilemma was to try and remember where we’d parked the car!
Jubilee!
Although it was a rainy Tuesday, we all turned out for a lovely Jubilee party at Julia’s.
The refreshments were, as always, stupendous!
Some very entertaining raffle prizes were won:
And Her Majesty even dropped in!
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BREAKING NEWS!
The resolution votes are in! The resolution for more midwives was voted FOR by 96% of the delegates at today’s W.I. AGM in London.
We’ll have a full report of the AGM by Gill at our next meeting on 18th June.
Jubilee Garden Party!
Don’t forget our Jubilee Garden Party on Tuesday 5th June!
It’s at Julia’s from noon to 5pm. Tickets are £3.50. Please bring a plate. And remember to wear red, white & blue – and a tiara or hat if you have one!
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