Swaffham Newsletter

Sporle Afternoon WI
Tuesday April 16th Sporle celebrated
its birthday – no-one is sure exactly
how old we are but each year we have
a birthday tea party-sometimes at Sporle Community
Hall and sometimes out in a restaurant or café. This
year was no exception and two members prepared a
delicious cream tea for us all. All dainty sized morsels
of “naughty but nice” things from sandwiches to
cake and scones with cream and jam- no one went
home in the least bit hungry. We were entertained
by “3’s a crowd” but there was only 2 of them. One
lady was unable to make it but the two ladies gave
us an amusing, funny, thought provoking show and
all the poems and anecdotes made the afternoon
a very happy occasion. After the WI news and
information of forthcoming events the raffle brought
the meeting to a close and we look forward to June’s
speaker whose title is ‘The Life of an Author'.
P.S. Apologies to our May speaker for my error in
telling everyone she has 5 children when in-fact she
only has 3!
Sporle WI each 3rd Tuesday of the month 1.45pm –
4pm - visitors always welcome.
Swaffham WI
After a very interesting talk on the
Arctic Peninsular with photographic
presentation by Sue Gatuso from
the Swaffham Museum at our April meeting, May
was the month for discussion and voting on the WI
Resolutions to be selected at our National Annual
Meeting held in Bournemouth in June. This was
followed by a well-stocked Auction including a set of
Patio furniture, conducted with a lot of humour and
persuasion by two of our members!
A card-making workshop held recently proved so
successful and will be repeated in July.
Update On The Magpie Centre
The quiz with hog roast supper, held on April 27th at
Stowbridge Village Hall, was a fantastic success. More
than 100 eager trivia experts in 18 teams tackled a
wide range of questions, plus dingbats and mystery
pictures. Highlight of the evening was, of course,
the food: the hog roast, with vegetarian option, plus
salads and desserts made by volunteers. The evening
raised £1,000 for the Magpie Centre, home of West
Norfolk Riding for the Disabled Association, one-third
of whose £130,000 annual budget has to be raised
by events such as this, so we are hugely grateful to
everyone who participated.
Note for your diary: the next Quiz with Hog Roast will
take place at the same time and venue on Saturday
October 19. Watch this space for details of how
to book. Next up is the Magpie Centre Open Day,
scheduled for Sunday June 23 from 11.00 am to 3.00
pm at Wallington Hall, South Runcton, PE33 0EP. Find
us on the A10, about three miles north of Downham
Market. Admission is FREE and there’s plenty of
parking, so now’s your chance to find out who we
are and what we do. In a nutshell, we provide 130
riding and carriage driving lessons a week to people
of all ages and with a wide range of physical and
learning disabilities. The Open Day will feature pony
rides, carriage drives, demonstrations and lots of
fun for the children. Refreshments, including locallysourced
burgers, tea, coffee, cold drinks and cakes
will be available all day. What’s not to like? We look
forward to seeing you at the event.
SWAFFHAM
#COMMUNITY FRIDGE
Meanwhile a guided back-stage tour of the Theatre
Royal in Norwich has been arranged for this month
and a floral demonstration is on the programme for
Wednesday 5th June, 7.30pm.
Visitors very welcome, contact Secretary: phone
01760 722879.
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