Adderbury & District WI

Garden Morning at Katharine House Hospice
2020-03-12 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/London) | Katharine House Hospital
An hour to work on the areas of wild flower growth we maintain in the Hospice grounds. Just come along if you would like to join us. Our seeds are provided through the Kew Royal Botanic Garden Grow Wild Seed outreach project
No Garden Morning today as Team leader going to Newbury

March book group
2020-03-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Aldous Drive Bloxham, Aldous Drive Bloxham
This evening we will be discussing The Silence of the Lambs by Pat Barker. Sandra has kindly offered to host our meeting.

WI Annual General Meeting
2020-03-05 19:30 - 21:30
This is the evening of our Annual General Meeting, when we receive reports from our Secretary and Treasurer and we elect our President and Committee for the year ahead. Members will be welcomed with a glass of wine or soft drink and there will be our usual break for refreshments after the business part of the meeting. This will be followed by a fun activity.

February book group
2020-02-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Croft Byre
Our title for this meeting, which will be at Tricia’s house, is The Tinman by Sarah Winman.

Snowdrop walk near Barton Abbey
2020-02-10 09:30 - 12:00
Janet is kindly leading this walk to see the snowdrop display. The walk is approximately two miles long. Meet at the Yurt for coffee at 9.30.

February Members' Meeting
2020-02-06 19:30 - 21:30 | The Institute, The Green, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NE, United Kingdom
This evening a member of the OFWI support team will advise us about the safe use of the internet.

January book group
2020-01-08 19:30 - 21:30 | 44 Waller Drive, 44 Waller Drive
For our first meeting of 2020 we will discuss The Matioka Sisters by Jumechiro Tanazaki. This is the’book in translation’ in our current programme. Mary is kindly hosting the evening.

Members' meeting
2020-01-02 19:30 - 21:30 | The Institute, The Green, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NE, United Kingdom
This evening we will be entertained by the Adderbury Ukelele Group.

December book group
2019-12-12 19:30 - 21:00 | The Minstrels
At our meeting this month, kindly hosted by Pauline, we will share our thoughts about The Cut-Out Girl by Bart Van Ess

Carols at the Adderbury Community Market
2019-12-12 19:00 - 19:30 | The Institute, The Green, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NE, United Kingdom
We hope to sing Carols during the market this evening. Times yet to be confirmed.

Christmas Sing-along
2019-12-10 19:00 - 20:30 | The Old Barn, High Street, The Old Barn, High Street
An opportunity to sing carols together, kindly hosted by Janet at The Old Barn.

Members Christmas social
2019-12-05 19:30 - 22:00 | tba
This evening we will meet at The Joiner’s Arms for our Christmas meal. As last year members are asked to bring items to be donated to a local food bank. More information about suitable products will be available later.

Decorating our Festival Christmas Tree
2019-12-05 13:00 - 15:30 | St Mary’s Church
Meet at the Church to decorate our tree.

Adderbury Christmas Market
2019-11-30 12:00 | St Mary’s Church
We will once again have a stall at the market, selling cakes, biscuits and preserves.

National Needlework Archive training day November 2019
2019-11-28 08:30 - 18:00
Training for those members wishing to participate in the conservation of the original Adderbury & Milton banner held at the NNA in Newbury. We will leave Adderbury at 8.30am and hope to be back before 6pm.

Christmas cake decorating and other items to complete
2019-11-25 16:00 - 19:00 | Holly House
Continuation of cake decorating session and other items to complete/decorate

Cake icing morning for the Christmas Market
2019-11-25 10:00 - 16:00 | Holly House
Come to Holly House for one of our two drop-in icing session in preparation for our stall at Adderbury Christmas Market. Small cakes and all equipment and materials will be provided.

Sing-along Group meeting
2019-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | The Old Barn, High Street
Please bring your song sheets and any plugable-in music device for our meeting kindly hosted by Janet M.

November book group
2019-11-13 19:30 - 21:00 | 18 Henge Close
This month’s title is A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. We are meeting at Dawn’s house.

Decorating and filling lavender bags as part of our Christmas Tree decorations
2019-11-13 10:00 - 12:30
A morning to decorate and fill lavender bags, which Gill has already bought, with lavender from Maureen’s garden and to finish the Christmas tree decorations.

Members' meeting
2019-11-07 19:30 - 21:30 | The Institute, The Green, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NE, United Kingdom
This evening we will welcome Bruce Duncan whose 2015 book about his experiences in the army is titled The Loan Soldier. His talk tonight gives a snapshot of a military family living in unusual and challenging locations in terms of culture, poverty, politics, adventure and conflict.

Christmas decoration making for the Christmas Tree Festival
2019-11-07 10:30 - 12:30
A morning to plan our design and work on the materials.

Garden Morning at Katharine House Hospice
2019-11-07 09:00 - 10:00
An hour to work on the flower beds we maintain in the hospice grounds. Just come along if you would like to join us. Our seeds are provided through the Kew Royal Botanic Garden Grow Wild Seed outreach project.

Block printing at Arty Crafty, Middle Aston
2019-11-04 | Arty Crafty at Middle Aston
There will be two sessions on the day and members can opt for either or both of them at a cost of £20 per session. The morning will be spent printing on paper and card with the opportunity to create Christmas cards and wrapping paper. The afternoon session will be printing on textiles. Tuition, advice and all materials will be provided, but if you wish to bring your own fabric for the afternoon session that will be fine. We are also planning to have lunch at the Yurt at Nicholson’s. All parts of the day need to be pre-booked with the organiser, Chris Shafe.

WI Walk - a Circular Walk from Begbroke via Bladon
2019-11-01 09:20 - 12:30 | Begbroke PH
A circular walk of about 5 miles from Begbroke via Bladon, possibly with a meal afterwards for interested members. Meet at 9.20 am at the Institute to arrange car sharing.

Cake icing evening session
2019-10-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Holly House
Come to Holly House for the second session of the day. We shall be decorating small cakes to be sold on our stall at the Christmas Market. Cakes and all equipment will be provided.

Stella Rimington, 'The Woman Who Came Out Of The Shadows'
2019-10-28 19:00 - 21:30
This is an OFWI Centenary event and some of our members are going to Oxford Town Hall to hear Stella Rimington talk. Stella is a British author and was formerly Director General of MI5.

Visit to the National Needlework Archive in Newbury
2019-10-24 11:00 - 16:30
We will visit the two current exhibitions, one of which is The Country Wife textile mural made by Constance Howard for the Festival of Britain in 1951. This large wall hanging, 4.5m x 5m, is currently undergoing conservation by the expert team at the NNA. We will also have the opportunity to view the original 1921 Adderbury & Milton WI banner and discuss the possibility of taking part in its conservation. Tea and cake will be available during the afternoon. We will need to leave Adderbury Institute by 11.00am in order to be sure to be there in plenty of time for our visit at 1.30pm. Hopefully we will be back home around 6 to 6.30pm.

October book group
2019-10-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Sydenham Close
We will be discussing Girl Balancing, a collection of short stories by Helen Dunmore, published after her death. Su is our host for this evening.

Members' meeting
2019-10-03 19:30 - 21:30 | The Institute, The Green, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NE, United Kingdom
A brief talk and demonstration of Taoist Tai Chi by a local instructor. There will be an opportunity for members to try some of the moves for themselves.
