Adderbury & District WI

Members' Meeting
2024-05-02 19:20 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Our programme for the year is almost finalised and details of the social event for this evening will be available shortly. The first part of the evening will be our opportunity to discuss the Resolution proposed for adoption at the NFWI’s Annual Meeting, decide whether we wish to support it and agree on what discretion our representative will have on the occasion of the vote.

Annual District meeting - POSTPONED
2024-04-30 19:30 - 21:00
This year Deddington WI will be hosting our District meeting at the Windmill Centre in Deddington when the speaker will be Janine Kilroe. She will share her ‘Photographer’s Tale – Thirty Years in the Business’.

Wednesday Book Group postponed
2024-04-10 19:30 - 21:00
As several members are unable to come to our planned meeting this month we have postponed our discussion of The True deceiver by Tove Jansson till May.

Members Meeting
2024-04-04 19:20 - 21:30
Our speaker this evening will be Dr Muriel Pilkington. Dr Pilkington will give us the background to the Mitford family whose origins were in Northumbria but who from 1804 lived in the Cotswolds. She will tell us about the idyllic childhood in the early twentieth century of the famous six sisters and their brother Tom and then focus on the subsequent lives and careers of these remarkable women..

Wednesday Book Group
2024-03-13 19:30 - 21:00
Su will be our host this evening when we will be sharing our thoughts about a modern novel: ‘Peculiar Ground’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. The book has been described as breathtakingly ambitious, haunting and beautifully written.

Members Meeting
2024-03-07 19:20 - 21:00
As well as the ordinary meeting for the month, we also have our Annual Meeting this evening when we elect our President and committee members for the following twelve months. Our current President gives a brief address and we receive reports from our Treasurer and our Secretary. There will also be a social activity arranged by the outgoing Committee. This is the last meeting of our 2023/24 year and subscriptions will be due by 1st April.

Monday Book Group
2024-02-26 18:30 - 20:00
We will meet at the Bell as usual. New members are always welcome. Just contact Margaret if you would like to join us.

Discussion Group
2024-02-26 14:00 - 15:30
Do join us for a cup of coffee and perhaps a slice of cake as we meet to discuss topics of current interest to members. The upstairs room at Harpers is an excellent venue for these get-togethers.

Craft Group Meeting
2024-02-19 14:00 - 16:00
Craft Group members will gather at Meriel’s home at Deddington for our next meeting on Monday 19 February from 2pm. Members are encouraged to come with ideas for Easter and bags of enthusiasm. Thank you xxx

Wednesday Book group
2024-02-07 19:30 - 21:00
Our discussion this evening will be about the non-fiction book ‘Operation Mincemeat’, This is an account of an extraordinary part of the defence of Britain in World War Two, written by Ben Macintyre who specialises in the history of this period. It has been made into a play and a film, Wendy has kindly offered to host this meeting.

Members meeting
2024-02-01 19:20 - 21:30
This evening will be an opportunity to learn more about Chinese New Year with David Yip. An actor who starred in the series ‘The Chinese Detective, David lives in Adderbury. He has worked at the National Theatre and has made documentaries and given presentations about the Chinese community in Liverpool where he was born. This evening has been planned as a social occasion to encourage members to get to know each other and there will be Chinese nibbles and fortune cookies! A recent email from our President included instructions for making simple Chinese lanterns, Craft group have already made some and members the committee would love members to make one or two and bring them to the meeting.

Discussion Group
2024-01-29 14:00 - 15:30
Our next get together will be at Harper’s Coffee House. Do come and join us there at 2.30pm. We are always pleased to welcome members to our informal discussions of current issues. We will be in the room upstairs at Harper’s. Just turn up!

Monday Book Group
2024-01-22 18:30 - 20:00
As usual we will meet at the Bell at 6.30. Please contact Margaret for details of the books we hope to read in 2024. New members are always welcome.

Craft Group Meeting
2024-01-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Janet’s House
We are to make lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year with David Yipp and create and dress, with favourite waterway scenes, our green heart display board for the Show the Love event at our 1 February Members’ Meeting. We are to meet at Janet’s house.

Wednesday Book Group
2024-01-10 19:30 - 21:00
Our first meeting of 2024 will be hosted by Tricia. We will be talking about The Professor by Charlotte Bronte, written before Jane Eyre but only published the year after Charlotte had died. We will also decide on the programme for 2024, including the titles we plan to read and the venues for each meeting.

Members Meeting
2024-01-04 19:20 - 21:30
Our speaker this evening will be Dr Lyndsey Appleyard, Assistant Professor at Coventry University, who will explain the concept of financial wellbeing and the importance of conversations about money.

Monday Book Group Christmas party
2023-12-18 18:30 - 21:00
Meriel has very kindly offered to host members of the Monday book group for a Christmas get-together.

Wednesday Book Group meeting
2023-12-13 19:30 - 21:00 | 18 Henge Close
For our final meeting of 2023 we will be sharing out thoughts on a novel by an American author, Elizabeth Strout. My name is Lucy Barton is the first in a series of books about many of the same characters over s long period of time.. It was recommended by Bernice and Dawn has kindly agreed to host our evening.

Christmas Tree Festival
2023-12-08 - 2023-12-10
We have now paid for our tree and the craft group are busy creating the decorations for it. Times for each day’s opening are to be confirmed. Help may be needed to set up and to dismantle the tree.

Christmas meal
2023-12-07 19:00 - 21:30
We do not meet in December but enjoy each other’s company and good food at our Christmas meal. This will again be at the Institute with the food provided by the caterers we have used recently. Please make sure you have put your name on the list if you would like to come and have added your choice for each course. Payment by cash, cheque or Bacs is needed by 15 November. Tinsel may be worn!

Discussion Group - please note change from usual date.
2023-12-04 14:00 - 16:00
Our next discussion group meeting will be on Monday 4 December, a week later than our usual date. Do come and join us at Harpers. Your contribution to the topics will be much appreciated.

Monday Book Group
2023-11-27 18:30 - 20:30 | The Bell PH Adderbury
The book to be discussed this evening is ‘The Frequency of Us’ by Keith Stuart, Please contact Margaret if you would like to join us in the Bell from 6.30pm.

Adderbury Christmas Market
2023-11-25 09:00 - 16:00
We will have a stall at the Christmas Market in St Mary’s church as usual, selling cakes, biscuits, jams, chutneys….. all contributions welcome! Produce presented as Christmas gifts always sells well. Please remember to label items with allergy advice. Theresa has kindly agreed to receive donations at Beehive Cottage. Helpers to set up, run and dismantle the stall will be needed and there will be a sign-up sheet for this at the November members’ meeting.

Wednesday Book Group
2023-11-08 19:30 - 21:00 | 2 Long Wall Close
Our title this month is Anthem, a novella by Ayn Rand, which was recommended by Dawn. We will meet at Bernice’s for our discussion of the book – and probably much else!

November Members' Meeting Please note the earlier start time of 7.20pm
2023-11-02 19:30 - 21:30 | The Institute, The Green, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NE, United Kingdom
Our speaker for this evening, Liz Woolley, will introduce us to the life of Olive Gibbs, a significant figure in many aspects of Oxford life and in local education. She is remembered among much else for her role in preventing the proposed ring road being built across Christchurch Meadows and as a founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
We will be trialling an earlier start time and a new layout for the chairs . The committee members will welcome feedback.
There will be sign-up sheets for help with setting up the furniture for our Christmas meal, for donations of items for the Christmas Market stall and for help on the day. Payment for the Christmas meal (£22) can be made at the meeting and must be received by 15 November.

Craft Group Meeting Monday 30 October at 2.30pm at Sarah's
2023-10-30 14:30 - 17:00 | Sarah’s House

Monday Book Group
2023-10-23 18:30 - 20:00
Our title this month is Madame Bovary, the classic French novel by Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856, and met with fierce controversy, It is the story of Emma Bovary, a doctor’s wife whose romantic ideas, boredom and dissatisfaction with her life lead her into lies, debts and entanglements and eventually to suicide. We will meet at the Bell as usual from 6.30 pm. New members are always welcome to join us. Just contact Margaret to let her know you would like to be involved.

Discussion group
2023-10-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Harper’s Coffee Shop, Adderbury, The High Street, Adderbury'
Do join us at Harpers for another opportunity to share our thoughts on issues of current interest. New faces always welcome! Please let Margaret know if you would like to come.

Wednesday Book Group
2023-10-11 19:30 - 21:00
Sheila has kindly agreed to be our host for this evening when we shall be sharing our thoughts on a murder mystery, a genre we have not included in our programmes before. The Devil and the Dark Water is by Sturt Turton. Set in 1634 it features a detective trying to solve a series of inexplicable crimes aboard an East Indiaman ship.

October walk at Broughton Grange
2023-10-11 10:00 - 12:00
Sheila P has kindly arranged to lead a walk at Broughton Grange, followed by optional lunch at Ells Lane garden centre. Please sign up at our members’ meeting or contact Sheila if you would like to join the walk but won’t be at Thursday’s meeting. Lunch must be pre-booked and the menu will be available shortly. If you would like to join us for lunch but not for the walk, you will be very welcome, but please let Sheila know as soon as possible. As usual we will meet at the Institute for car sharing. Timings to be confirmed.
