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Meet: Broughton Parish Room
7.30pm on second Thurday of each month President : Mrs Margy Horton Tel. 01785 280599 Secretary : Mrs Ros Langford Tel. 01630 620545 Programme 2012
County W.I. Trip to London Olympic Park
Some other W.I. & local events in 2012Sunday 13th May Sugnall Farmers’ Market Saturday 19th May WI Walking day (County) 24th May SFW.I. Golf Day at Lichfield Golf & Country Club 24th May Flower arranging Workshop in BPR 10.00 – 2.00pm 30th May NFWI AGM, Albert Hall London 30th May Olympic Torch reaches Stafford/Gnosall/Haughton 3rd June Diamond Jubilee Big Breakfast in BPR hosted by Croxton, Broughton Churches and Methodist Chapel 5th June Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 6th / 7th June Staffordshire County Show 10th June to 17th Stone Festival 16th June WI Walking day (County) 16th June Broughton Community Choir Concert in St.Paul’s Croxton 16th – 17th June Open Gardens - Eccleshall 16th / 24th June Eccleshall Festival Wednesday 20th June Broughton visit to Kedleston Hall 23rd June Eccleshall Street Market (Broughton WI Stall) 7th July - Croxton Well Dressing Launch day - Community Project 11th – 14th July Les Miserables School Edition (MYTS) Gatehouse Wednesday 18th July Pilates Workshop in BPR 10.00 – 12.00 Saturday 21st July WI Walking day (County) Monday 23rd July Broughton visit to David Austin Roses Friday 27th July 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony Sunday 12th August 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony 16th August Summer Celebration County Showground (County) Saturday 18th August WI Walking day (County) Broughton WI events in Italics (County) Staffs Federation |
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Our 12th April Meeting
Four new members were welcomed to this month's meeting. Members supported the idea of holding a fund-raising Barn Dance later in the Autumn, and were invited to contribute to a 'Pathway of posies' for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations on June 3rd. Mrs K. Hall , North West and Central Regional Development Manager for the NOS, gave a very interesting talk about the effects that this crippling disease can have on 2 in 5 women and 1 in 5 men, and how it can best be managed. A vote of thanks was given by Ruth Butter, and the competition was won by Michelle Justice.
Members were reminded about two new workshops Thursday 24th May - Flower arranging in the BPR (10.00 - 2.00pm with Beryl Roe) Wednesday 18th July - Pilates and Women's Health in the BPR from 10.00 - noon with Kate Ferneyhough S.F.W.I. Spring Council Meeting
In the middle of a March heatwave, nine of our members went to the County Showground for the County Spring Council meeting. There were two speakers lined up for the morning session. Firstly, as a follow-up to the 'Save our Libraries' campaign we were given a very informative talk about the operation and services provided by the Staffordshire Libraries Service. The second session entitled 'Chasing Paper Skeletons' gave us an insight into the work of Marion Armstrong, from the Staffordshire Birth's, Death's and Marriages Registry Office based in Leek. She gave us helpful advice, and some humerous anecdotes about tracing our ancestors through various 'paper' records.
After lunch, we were entertained by guest speaker Julie Peasgood (shown right). Julie grew up in Grimsby and is a successful and versatile TV presenter and journalist as well as an established actress. Warm, engaging, friendly and honest she gave us an acount of her career on stage, T.V. and as a presenter, and most recently as a writer. Her talk was both enlightening and funny and was concluded with an orchestrated, loud,... 'Birds Eyes Peas - POP!' ....from the 900 members in the audience. Broughton also found out that they had won the watercolour painting competition for the 'Rose Deag Rose Bowl', when Ros Langford's 'Sporting Theme' painting of hurdler Colin Jackson took first place. 
LINKS:
Staffordshire Federation W.I. www.sfwi.org Loggerheads Local Community Info: www.loggerheadsinformationshop.org.uk Broughton and Croxton Historical Society broughtoncroxtonlocalhistory.weebly.com |
