Adderbury & District WI

Adderbury Christmas Market
2023-11-25 09:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

Discussion Group
2024-02-26 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-05-27 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.

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.

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.

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
2024-04-04 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 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.

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’.

Members' Meeting
2024-05-02 19:20 - 21:30
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.

Wednesday Book Group
2024-05-08 19:30 - 21:00
Mary is our host for this evening and our book this month is The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson. We read and enjoyed another of her books’ ‘The Summer Book’, some years ago. If you are not a member of this group but would like a list of titles for this year or previous ones please contact Bernice.

Craft Group Meeting
2024-05-13 14:00 - 16:00
Rebecca is kindly hosting the group this month. If you are interested in crafting at whatever level you are most welcome to join us. Speak to Rebecca or Gill at the April WI meeting to find out more.

Fund-raising Coffee Morning
2024-05-22 10:30 - 12:00
Caroline is kindly offering Holly House for a coffee morning to enjoy each other’s company, coffee and cakes while raising funds for our WI. Volunteers to provide cakes needed!! Do come and enjoy some time with other members over refreshments while supporting our funds. £3 per member. if you have an article you would like valued please bring it.An auctioneer will be present and for a small fee will provide a valuation.

Monday Book Group
2024-05-27 18:30 - 20:00
We will meet as usual at the Bell. If you would like to join this group please contact Margaret for further details.

June Members' Meeting
2024-06-06 19:20 - 21:00
Our speaker at the Institute this evening will be Phil Isherwood who is an experienced genealogist. Phil will tell us about his own research and the methods he has developed and encourage us to explore our own families’ forebears. There will be a short business meeting and, as always, a selection of cakes, tea and coffee.

Craft group meeting
2024-06-10 14:00 - 16:00
This month we will meet at Sarah’s house from 2pm. New members are always welcome. Whatever your level of skill or particular area of interest do come and join us. Our entry on the Groups page of the website describes what we have done in the past and any project we are currently working on. Contact Pat Smith for more information.
