Swaffham Newsletter

Swaffham Evening WI
We met on the 1st March at
7-30pm in the Church Rooms.
We welcomed two guests and a new member.
One of our members opened the meeting
with a reading of two poems about spring. We
covered a bit of business and welcomed our
speaker for the evening. Rosie O’Grady runs
the Magpie Centre near Kings Lynn ,which is
a riding school for the disabled. There are a
number of “Riding for the Disabled” centres
in Norfolk but this is our nearest. Rosie
gave us a potted history of how the centres
came about and then went on to describe
the benefits “both mental and Physical“ that
her students enjoy. She was an enthusiastic
and knowlegable speaker and the members
enjoyed the talk very much .There were a lot
of questions afterwards.
We then had our refreshments and drew the
raffle and the meeting closed about 9-30pm.
Visitors and new members are always welcome,
if you are interested please contact our
secretary on 01760722879. Our next meeting
will be on 5th April when the Speaker will be
talking about the of “The Mary Rose”
Beachamwell & District WI
At its March meeting, Beachamwell
WI welcomed Louise Gayton, who
is a local magistrate. In a most
interesting and thought-provoking talk, Louise
described what it means to be a magistrate: how
they are recruited and trained, and how cases
are heard and judgements are arrived at. Some
lively discussion ensued. The members also
made plans for future outings, which include an
excursion to Castle Rising in April and our annual
celebration meal in June. Several ladies who
recently attended a workshop on the techniques
of wet felting, described what they had learned
and showed off the items they made.
Next month’s speaker will be Neil Chadwick,
who is a warden for the Hawk and Owl Trust at
Sculthorpe. He will be presenting an illustrated
talk about the work of the Trust and the birds
that can be seen at Sculthorpe. This meeting is
on Thursday, April 6th at 7:30 pm. As always,
prospective new members and visitors are very
welcome to come along.
Contacts: Helen 01366 328589 or Maggie
01366 327023.
Pickenhams’ WI
In February members were
treated to 3’s Company who
provided us with a thoughtful and humorous
session of readings and poems from their
collection.It was a truly memorable session
and lots of fun. We finished with cafe style Tea
and cakes.
In March we had another very good speaker. Mr
David Reeve talking about his job “Protecting
the Royals”. This gave us a very good insight
into family life with the Royals. It was extremely
interesting talk with a bit of humour added.
We have a very busy calendar ahead including,
cream teas, outings to gardens, cinema visits,
coffee and chat mornings in and around
Swaffham, lots of other advents.
Next Meeting- 11th April. 2pm in North
Pickenham Church. Speaker: Maureen Rispin
“A visit to Sandringham in 1919” -- A costume
Drama, with a difference. Visitors welcome -
please contact Melanie 01760 440 456.
Sporle WI
Our February meeting was a
good learning curve as we all made a piece of
jewellery. The instructor told us of the origin
of beads and how she came to be involved in
them – and then it was our turn! First we chose
the colour combination of our beads and then
proceeded to design the sequence of our colour,
size and shape of beads. We all came home
with an original “springy” bracelet. Midway
through our labours we stopped for tea and
cake, minutes, notices, raffle and a poem or two
closed our afternoon meeting.
A happy and friendly WI meeting and next
month’s title promise more info and interest –
The Art Deco Era. For more information please
call Celia on 01362 687316 or maybe just come
along to the community hall at 2pm on the 3rd
Tuesday of the month.
Royal Naval Association Quiz Night
RNA Swaffham will be holding a Quiz Night on
Tuesday, 16th May in the Conservative Club, 7.45PM
for 8pm.
£2.50 per head for tables of 4 plus £1 for table
top. Ernie Heritage will again be the Quiz Master
and we look forward to seeing all you quizzers
there then.
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