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April 2014
The highlight of this month has been the visit by the BBC’s Des Coleman to our WI. He entertained us with tales of his colourful life. Des has appeared in numerous stage musicals and played the role of Lenny Wallace in BBC's EastEnders. In 2007 he became the weatherman for BBC's East Midlands Today and now works on shows such as The One Show.
Several of our members went on an interesting day to enable us to set up a website for our WI. After many biscuits, chatter and laughter, we succeeded. If you would like to see what we did, log onto www.shelfordwi.weebly.com or follow us on Facebook and twitter.
Having made the decision to yarn bomb ourselves and a future event in Shelford, we then thought we ought to learn to knit. We spent a fun-filled evening going back to childhood knitting strange shaped objects with very big needles. We now have metres of knitted bunting in a variety of patterns and colours.
At our May meeting we discussed the National WI’s resolution, "We call on every member of the WI to make their wishes regarding organ donation known, and to encourage their families and friends, and members of their local communities to do likewise." On a more cheerful note we ended the meeting with a sing song.
We look forward to the meeting on June 5th when Caroline Kirk will be talking to us about, ‘ Climbing Kilimanjaro’.
Several of our members went on an interesting day to enable us to set up a website for our WI. After many biscuits, chatter and laughter, we succeeded. If you would like to see what we did, log onto www.shelfordwi.weebly.com or follow us on Facebook and twitter.
Having made the decision to yarn bomb ourselves and a future event in Shelford, we then thought we ought to learn to knit. We spent a fun-filled evening going back to childhood knitting strange shaped objects with very big needles. We now have metres of knitted bunting in a variety of patterns and colours.
At our May meeting we discussed the National WI’s resolution, "We call on every member of the WI to make their wishes regarding organ donation known, and to encourage their families and friends, and members of their local communities to do likewise." On a more cheerful note we ended the meeting with a sing song.
We look forward to the meeting on June 5th when Caroline Kirk will be talking to us about, ‘ Climbing Kilimanjaro’.