Monthly Meeting Monday 12 September

Barbara welcomed members back after the summer break.  During this time various events had taken place, including the party at Kilmersdon WI, a walking tour of Frome and the President’s evening (a very enjoyable social time with some lovely food).

The Annual meeting is on 22 October at Taunton.  Caroline & Shelagh will be attending.  Members were asked to donate items for the YMCA Christmas Shoe box appeal for both male and female young adults. Small toiletry and household items are required, as well as some chocolates and food treats, socks, gloves, etc.  Any items to Caroline by 17 October at the latest.  Members were encouraged to sign up for the Defibrillator training in the Village Hall on 21 September.  Other events to look forward to are the Autumn Group Meeting at Beckington on Monday 3 October at which the Frome Town Crier will be present.  There is an ACWW Coffee morning in Binegar on 19 October.  Further ahead Christmas activities include – the Group Carol Service on 2 December at Kilmersdon and our Christmas meal to be held at The Bell on Thursday 8 December.

Barbara welcomed our speaker, Steph from Dorothy House.  She gave an interesting talk on the history of the organisation.  It is a registered Charity and was set up in 1976 in a house in Bloomfield Road and was able to care for 6 people at a time.  In 1995 they moved to their current home at Winsley.  There are only 9 bedrooms as well as facilities for day patients.  Predominately care is carried out in the person’s own home.  They cover an area of 700 square miles and last year cared for over 2000 patients.  Everything is free of charge and although they do receive some NHS funding the majority is from their own fund raising.  In total they need £12K per day.

Our speaker next month will be giving a talk on ‘Living Out of a Skip’!

Monday 11 July Meeting

We started our July meeting with a fire drill, partly as we had not had one for a while but also as we had 2 ladies with us from the now closed Oakhill institute. The village fair had been financially successful with a bigger pay out for all groups than recently and Barbara thanked again all those who took part or donated items.

The National AGM had taken place and the voting raised an issue as to whether we should in future leave the decisions on the resolutions to our group delegate so they can take into account the information and views of the formal speakers at the event.  Often the resolutions are not clear or comprehensive enough and a more informed vote would seem to be sensible.

We had a reminder about Denman courses with both a one day taster and a Federation weekend listed in the County News. We still have a bursary to give out for a course and it was suggested that if wanted this could be shared between two members, maybe attending the taster day which is already good value. Let a committee member know if you are interested.

Our entertainment came from Victoria of Angel-Oh! who specialises in a range of treatments including massage and nail care. She gave us an in depth nail care session including the recipe for a homemade hand scrub, demonstrations of nail and cuticle care and hand massage both for ourselves and others. Several people were the guinea pigs for some parts of the evening while we all joined in with the massages.

The President’s evening will be at Barbara’s house on Monday 8^th August with a knife and fork supper, now to start at 7.30. At the September meeting there will be a talk from Dorothy House Hospice.

Garden Party at Beckington

On Tuesday 28 June 9 members from Leigh on Mendip went to 
Beckington Village Hall to join a 90th Birthday Celebration for 
the Queen.  We were served Bucks Fizz, with scones, cream, 
strawberry jam and fresh strawberries.











The ladies all looked lovely in their posh frocks and hats.  We raised our glasses to toast the Queen a Happy Birthday.  Our brains were put to work to complete a Picture Quiz of 'Guess Which Royal' in 20 photos.

Entertainment was provided by the Frome Town Youth Band.

Many thanks to all the organisers. 

Glastonbury 2016

Well done to these Somerset WI ladies who braved rain, 
mud (and more rain & mud!) to run the WI Refreshment Stall at 
Glastonbury.  They received donations of cakes from WIs all around Somerset (including our own Leigh on Mendip).

I'm amazed they still found time and energy to sing 'Jerusalem'. I'm sure some Festival goers went away with a different impression of us WI Ladies!

Leigh on Mendip Summer Fair

Saturday 18 June was our Village Summer Fair.  The WI ran a Home Produce Stall - cakes, puddings, bread, jams, etc.  Thank you to everyone who helped with baking, setting up and serving.  It was a great success - not just our Stall but the Fair as a whole.  And for those who still had some energy we enjoyed an Evening of Music, Dancing & just chatting with friends. Our share of the funds will help with running our WI for another year.

Don't they look tasty!!

Our Wonderful Fashion Evening

Similar Outfit

but 2 different

fashion ways.

Casual & Smart

Off to the 

beach

or

to a

Wedding!

Thank You

to our

very own

WI Models







And Thank You to Anna Perra from Shepton Mallet for a fun Fashion Evening.

Monthly Meeting 13 June 2016

LEIGH ON MENDIP WI

Lots to look forward to at our June meeting with the village fair just days away and various other events in the pipeline. Not least of these was the President’s evening which will be on Monday 8^th August from 7pm at Barbara’s house. It will be a similar format to last year with everyone bringing a plate of food to share but this time we are having a knife and fork supper so please bring something suitable for that, either savoury or sweet, whichever you did last year, if you can remember! An added attraction that evening will be seeing the recently completed scrapbook.

Other events included the Garden Party in Beckington on June 28^th, a party at Kilmersdon on July 14^th and our own walk in Frome on July 27^th.

We then had an interesting talk from fashion business owner Anna Perra, followed by a short display of some of her clothes showing how the same items could be worn in different ways. Six of our own members were the models. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening and it was good to learn that attractive, affordable and individual clothes can be bought so close at hand, Anna’s shop being in Shepton Mallet. She also runs an online business.

The next meeting will be on Monday 11^th July at 7.30pm, with a speaker on Hand and Nail Care.