We had a very sociable time this afternoon at Miss Jones’ lovely café today! A very wide and varied range of topics were discussed! We have planned to purchase an actual Murder Mystery game which we will play on the afternoon of Thursday 28th April.
More information will be available when we have it! If you are interested in having some fun and doing something a bit different, save the date!
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https://www.denman.org.uk/at-home/courses/online-course-johns-talk-on-church-eccentricities-
An online talk on church eccentricities! Apparently one church had a congregation made of cardboard cutouts! #somethingforeveryone!
Today it was really as if we were swimming out across the bay to Torquay! Not just one, but two splashy men were flogging up and down! Thoughts were of Jean, probably swimming at the same time under a warm sun, much further south!
Barbara showed us how to make cards using ribbons and some bling! Lots of concentrating, and it was surprisingly quiet! Thank you Pat for making the tea, and thank you Barbara for bringing all the materials and organising it all.
What a glorious day to walk up to Berry Head and enjoy a coffee al fresco at the Guardhouse café!
Stoke Gabriel WI would like to invite ten Brixham WI members to join them for a Kingswear group meeting in Stoke Gabriel on 17th May 2022. This will be rather different to their offerings in the past as it includes a walk, a talk, and then a buffet lunch in the Church House Inn. Parking will be in the Church House Inn carpark, opposite the Castle pub. This is gated, but the pub supplies tokens to those who are visiting them, which gives free exit.
“We plan to meet in that carpark at 10.30am, from where a member of our committee, Denise Harvie, will lead a guided tour of certain historical parts of the village, before returning to the Church for a talk about it, by our very knowledgeable verger, Norman Betts. Norman is of a line of vergers, whose family have held the position for 400 years! Following his talk, at about 1pm, we will all walk on to the Church House Inn, which will be opening specially for us and are laying on a buffet lunch. The cost of the whole event is £6, which covers the buffet.
Denise has stressed that you do not have to join the walk if you don't want to, but she will need to know if this is the case. Please also let us know if anyone has any special dietary requirements.”
Please let me know immediately if you would like to take part. If we have more than ten names on our list, we will draw names out of a hat!
What do we have for your enjoyment this week, Brixham wI members?
Well, what a great meeting, despite lots of last-minute changes to our arrangements due to Covid striking both the venue and the planned speaker. St Mary’s Bowls Club came up trumps and we were able to use their clubhouse and all the facilities, so a huge thank you to Jane Morris and Mary Hall for making the arrangements and organising everything so well.
With open doors and windows for extra ventilation, we gave Jerusalem our all (through face masks of course) then listened to Lindsey Williams who told us all about Guide Dogs and their training. She was ably assisted by Labradors Gromit, Quarry and especially Legend, who kept us all entertained with his antics while she was trying to speak. Huge thanks too to Jayne Stone who arranged this at the eleventh hour when our original speaker had to cancel due to Covid.
Please remember that membership fees need to be paid by 1st April also that the Committee membership will be changing from then, so anyone interested in joining the Committee can contact Sparks for more information.
This year’s NFWI Resolution is Women and Girls with ASD & ADHD - under-identified, under-diagnosed, misdiagnosed, under-supported. We will be voting on this next month, but to give us something to think about, Sparks read us a very moving description of the condition written by her niece which will help members make up their own minds about supporting the resolution.
There was lots of information about upcoming craft opportunities and details of all these events will be posted online. To celebrate Brixham WI’s 50thAnniversary, Barbara has also been in touch with Pride in Brixham to offer a commemorative tree and asks members for photographs and memories of their first meeting, all to be displayed at the birthday party in May.
The flower competition was won by Ann’s camellia, with Tina’s Hellibore in second place and Jayne’s droopy tulip in third! Raffle prizes were won by Trish (beginner’s luck!), Sue M, Virginia, Sue E and Sheila. Next month we will be voting for “Woman of the Year” so have a think about who you would like to nominate and finally, Jill’s Thought of the Month reminded us that in this mad world we should be grateful for our blessings “Live your life and have no regrets
Thank you to the really lovely Brixham WI members who came along to our meeting today! As usual, lots of people did all sorts of things to make it work! A big thank you to Jane Morris and Mary H for making us so welcome, and pulling out all the stops to help. What a great speaker and friends, too! An excellent afternoon!
Such a fabulous walk this morning! We ended at the Redcliffe Hotel, on the terrace enjoying a very good cup of coffee. Great company and gorgeous weather! Thank you! Sue England Jean Bartlett and also to Tina Hemmings who joined us for the last leg.
Welcome to Winnie, knitted by Caroline Harris! Isn’t he cute?
