Cribbage news from Tina:

 Cribbage News.

Although it's the 1st Wednesday of the month this week, we are not meeting (for obvious reasons).

However, we will be having a cribbage session on the 8th January from 2pm to 4pm at Brixham rugby club, who have kindly allowed access. We're in the downstairs bar and newbies, experienced players and everyone in between are welcome. Please try to buy a drink to show support to the club.

In the meantime, look at this. The best hand you can ever get in crib. Please calculate the score ( and don't forget the one for his knob!)

Which one will you choose?

It is that time of our WI year again! The resolution shortlist has been published in the Nov/Dec issue of WI Life and on MyWI on the WI website. This is where you make your own decision and place your own vote at our January meeting. We count the votes and send the results to Devon Federation.

Here are your choices:-

1. Let’s talk about incontinence

It is estimated that 14 million people in the UK of all ages are suffering from bladder problems and a further 6.5 million with bowel problems. However, it is still a subject that is misunderstood and very hard to talk about. We call upon the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Wales’ Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to examine in detail all areas of health and wellbeing that are affected by incontinence issues. We call for the government to commit to an up-to-date audit to provide a national picture of incontinence care, offering a baseline from which to drive improved services. We call upon the members of the WI to raise public awareness, remove the stigma around incontinence, to help reduce the significant impact on people’s lives.

2. Bystanders can be lifesavers 

There are over 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests a year in the UK, and less than one in ten people survive. Women have a lower chance of surviving than men. Early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillating can more than double the chances of survival. We call on WI members to work together to increase public confidence and training in the delivery of CPR and to work with local organisations to help improve access to defibrillators in their communities to give every person the best chance of surviving a cardiac arrest.

3. Join the repair revolution 

There is a huge excess in clothing production which has devastating consequences for the environment. The WI calls on the UK Government to join the repair revolution and strengthen the law and investment to support a circular economy of clothing and fabrics in the UK, where repair and reuse are achievable, accessible, and affordable to all. We also call on WI members to promote clothing reuse and repair in their communities.

4. Eliminate landfill of medication packaging 

Medication packaging, due to its complexity, is not routinely recyclable through local authority collections, usually leading to disposal in landfills. We call on the WI to proactively raise awareness by encouraging additional collection points where empty packaging can be easily returned for recycling. Furthermore, we call on manufacturing companies to acknowledge their moral responsibility to reduce their environmental impact by exploring simpler packaging alternatives that are easier to recycle or have less impact on the environment. These steps can significantly improve recycling rates to move towards eliminating landfill.

 

This week:

 We are coming to the end of 2024! What will 2025 have in store?

Wishing you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year!

Thursday 2nd January: Colouring - contact Jayne Stone if you haven’t already done so, to book your lunch.

Friday: Book Share lunch

Photo taken at Galmpton Creek, January 2022

New banner photo!

 Making a Father Christmas at our 2021 Christmas party.

Something different for 2025

 Something very intriguing and interesting is going on here - and we can be part of it! Click on this link to read more:  https://www.southdevon-nl.org.uk/projects/life-on-the-edge/ 

 

 https://www.facebook.com/MusicAtTheEdge1

Did you miss our visit to the Grotto to see Santa? Take a look at this video which will give you a taste of what you missed! (We didn’t have the music, but we did have a chat with Santa who gave us all a lovely angel!)

This looks exciting!

 Dance With Danni is at St Pauls Church Paignton.

NEW LINE DANCING CLASS COMING TO PAIGNTON IN 2025!!

I'm super excited to let you know I'll be starting a new adult's line dancing class at St Paul's Church in the new year. It will be every Wednesday starting from 8th January.

If you'd like more information, please give me a message or if you would like to book head to my booking page www.bookwhen.com/dancewithdanni

On Mondays at 6.30pm there is a class at the Scala Hall. Might not be for beginners! Take a look at the booking page to decide for yourself!

Bookworms report from Rebecca

 Bookworms met Wednesday morning before our lovely afternoon. We had Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy and it was not one we liked/enjoyed or finished. Oh well let’s hope this months book the Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal is more for us.

Other books read this month include Kate Mosse the winter ghosts, coffee shop of Kabul and the mirror by Nora Roberts.

What’s on this week?

A visit to the Grotto where we will see Santa! Woo hoo!

The visit begins at 1 o’clock on Wednesday 18th December. At the Edge Building in Bolton Street (go past Hammer and Nails, keep on going up the hill on the opposite side of the road. There are steep steps up into the building. No parking close by!

If you haven’t paid to join us but really wish you had, just turn up on the day with £5 to pay on the door!

Our Christmas Party

 

Our meeting today was a great start to the Christmas season! A gorgeous array of food, Bucks Fizz, very generous donations to the Yes!Brixham food bank, delightful raffle prizes and excellent entertainment by Missin’ Tackle. They began by singing Jerusalem with us, and it was wonderful! Jean and Aldene won the handbag game in style and we all had a very sociable afternoon. Thank you to everyone for making it such a success!

Our Christmas party is looming!

Don’t forget to bring your name badge, mug, plate of food to share, £1 for the raffle (no charge for tea this month!) and something for the YesBrixham Edge foodbank. Also a cheery, Christmas atmosphere! Please also bring your handbag! Even if you don’t usually bring one!

Is anyone having goose for Christmas?

What’s On?

Diary Dates for this week:

Wednesday: 11 am Book worms

2 o’clock : our Christmas party! Missin’ Tackle are coming to entertain us! Bring a plate of food to share! Fun, festive and fabulous!

Click on this link!

 This is fun and fabulous! Take a look by tapping it clicking on this link. 

 If you aren’t on Facebook, it might not work. Give it a try, anyway! I will see if I can work out how to access it in a different way!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BJW62GCtw/

Committee goes out on the town!

 We enjoyed a great evening at the Upside Bar in Paignton (opposite the station and along a bit). The food was absolutely superb and the company top notch! So sorry Jan DW wasn’t able to make it. 

We take being on the committee very seriously indeed - as you can see! 😜

Cribbage on Wednesday, 2 o’clock.

 THE VENUE HAS CHANGED. TINA HAS ARRANGED FOR US TO GO TO 

BRIXHAM RUGBY CLUB PLAYERS BAR, as golf club has a big lunch on.

PLEASE LET TINA KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN THIS!

What is your score in this hand?

Tuesday coffee morning lunch - on Monday! 🤩

 Our monthly coffee morning regulars enjoyed a very lovely time over lunch at the Berry Head Hotel. We thought that next year we might transform the November coffee morning into lunch instead of December, as all of us had at least one more Christmas meal ahead of us this week. Not so much going on in November, so that could be preferable!

We covered a wide range of topics, as usual, including Christmas food in the 70s - look out for cheese and pineapple hedgehogs, vol au vents and black forest gateaux on our Christmas party table next week!

This beautiful card; could it be the subject of a craft afternoon next year?

A message from Jayne about Thursday:

 If anyone coming to colouring would like lunch, please let me know. I need to liaise with the golf club.  

WhatsApp or email or my phone.

A few of the Santas look very familiar….! fabulous!

 

What’s On?

 The Christmas season is upon us! Santas will be running (or walking) around the harbour today! Good luck to each one of them!

What do we have on our calendar for this coming week?

Monday: 12.30 lunch at the Berry Head Hotel. The monthly coffee at Lupton House regulars are keeping to tradition by turning the December one into lunch. We’ve moved it to Monday as well for this month, as you may notice. Please come along to join us if you wish!

Tuesday: the regulars won’t be at Lupton House café this time! Just so you all know!

Wednesday: 2pm cribbage afternoon at the Golf Club. Please let Tina know you are coming.

6pm Committee Christmas meal

Thursday: 2pm colouring at the Golf Club.

2pm: committee meeting

Our Queen of Hearts

Interested in BSL? Or how to wrap a gift?

 New courses - free - all sorts available on the WI Learning Hub! https://learninghub.thewi.org.uk/at-home/courses

There are plenty to choose from!

Book Share - from Jayne

 Bookshare met at the golf club today. Most people enjoyed Louis and Louise, which led to a discussion on modern times, differences(or not) on the lives of girls v boys and how events impact them. The new book is A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf and next month’s bookshare will be Friday 3rd January 2025.

So many books recommended at bookshare today.  

Apples Never Fall and A Husband’s Secret (Liane Moriarty) - recently on TV; who done it books by Felix Francis (Dick Francis’ son); Rough Music (Patrick Gale) a family saga; Mystery books by Louise Penny, whose latest book is The Grey Wolf; Midnight in Blue a Rebus book by Ian Rankin; the Figurine and One August Night, a follow up to the Island (Victoria Hislop); If no one speaks of Remarkable Things - an unusual book based on a street (Jon McGregor); A Christmas Carol, Hard Times and Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens); The Space Between Us (Doug Johnstone); Dry Hard- a laugh out loud book (Nick Spalding); Frank and Red (Matt Coyne); Demon Copperhead (based on the story of David Copperfield) (Barbara Kingsolver); the Dry by Jane Harper; The Whalebone Theatre - highly recommended (Joanna Quinn); the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers (Samuel Burr); Gilead (Marilynne Robinson).

Pewter workshop

We had a brilliant afternoon, hardly had a moment to speak or even breathe sometimes! There was a lot to do and the results were absolutely superb! I haven’t taken photos of all of the frames, so please will you add yours if it isn‘t here?

Thank you to Pat for showing us the one she made ages ago, which inspired us to do it. Thank you Sheila for organising, and to Jenny and Kate who were able to step in at the last minute when some couldn‘t make it. We hope you all feel better very soon. Our tutor, Jackie Bufton did a great job. (She must have been shattered!)

 

Pewter workshop

 Pewter workshop people!

Our tutor Jackie has not given a list of anything to bring - so maybe an apron if you are a mucky worker! You might want to bring a drink as we may not have time for a tea break.

Wasn’t this one clever? I loved it!

YES Brixham

It’s Reverse Advent Calendar time again!

Grab a box - decorate it if you wish! - then each day for 24 days follow our guide to collect food and hygiene products.

All items will go straight into our food bank and Christmas hampers which we provide to locally supported families. You can choose to start now, or wait till the first of December; it’s a great way to start feeling festive and give back to the community!

When you’ve finished, pop it along to us at The Edge on Bolton Street, thank you!