Adderbury & District WI

Sing-along Group meeting
2019-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | 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, 2019-08-28 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.

Adderbury Community Day
2019-09-21 13:00 - 17:00
A day to promote village organisations. We hope to run a stall to advertise our WI and perhaps to recruit new members as we did on the same occasion last year. Times to be confirmed.

Reading Group
2019-09-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Aldous Drive Bloxham
Our book for September is Nine Folds Make A Paper Swan by Ruth Gilligan and Bernice is kindly hosting our discussion.

Members' meeting
2019-09-05 19:30 - 21:30 | The Institute, The Green, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NE, United Kingdom
Our speaker this evening is Wendy Hart. Wendy lectures on Art History at Wroxton College and will introduce us to some of the women artists of the last five hundred years.

Adderbury evening walk
2019-08-21 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for a walk from Holly House in Manor Road and back via the Adderbury Circular path. Meet at 6 pm – weather permitting!

Members' meeting
2019-08-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Venue The Rookery, The Rookery
Our August meeting has a short business section which will be followed by our summer social evening – a garden party in the grounds of the Rookery in celebration of the centenary of the Oxfordshire Federation of Women’s Institutes. Please wear a hat and bring a SMALL sharing plate!

Adderbury Community Market
2019-07-11 18:00 - 20:00 | The Institute, The Green, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NE, United Kingdom
We will have a stall at the market this month to promote our WI and invite anyone interested to come along to a WI meeting in the Autumn.

Tooley's Boatyard visit
2019-07-11 10:00 - 12:00
We will have a guided tour of the yard and workshop and a trip on the Oxford canal. This is a follow-up to a talk about Tooley’s at our meeting in May.

Reading Group
2019-07-10 19:30 - 21:00 | The Minstrels
Kindly hosted by Pauline, this evening we will talk about Moshin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist

July Members' Meeting
2019-07-04 19:30 - 21:30 | The Institute, The Green, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NE, United Kingdom
Blood, Bikes and Babies: Kamran Irani will tell us about his experiences as a motorbike rider, which include delivering vital blood supplies.

Souldern evening walk and supper
2019-06-26 18:00 - 21:30
A circular walk from Souldern, through Ayhno and back to the Fox Inn in Souldern for supper. Members who don’t want to walk are welcome to come just for supper at 8 o’clock.

Evening walk followed by pub supper
2019-06-26 18:00 - 20:00
This circular walk starts from the Fox at Souldern. Mainly on concrete tracks and footpaths round the edge of the Aynho House estate and through the village of Aynho this walk takes about an hour and three-quarters. Meet at the Institute at six for car sharing. Supper at the Fox will be ordered in advance.

Craft Group
2019-06-19 19:00 - 21:00 | 18 Henge Close

Reading Group
2019-06-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Parsons Street
This evening we will meet at Wendy’s to discuss The Back of Beyond by Peter Stamm, this year’s choice for a book in translation.

June Members' Meeting
2019-06-06 19:30 - 21:30 | The Institute, The Green, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3NE, United Kingdom
This evening Tony Clear, who was formerly gardener at Brook Cottage, will give us suggestions for encouraging beneficial wildlife into our gardens, and discouraging the less welcome species.

Group meeting
2019-05-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Barford Village Hall
This year it is the turn of Barford WI to host the annual meeting of WIs in our local group. The speaker will be Sheila Lloyd Graham on the subject of ‘Vintage Clothing and Wedding Gowns’. Adderbury WI can send 10 members plus our President.If more than 10 members wish to go there will be a ballot. Payment is needed in advance.

Block Printing Morning at Arty Crafty in Middle Aston
2019-05-13 10:00 - 12:00
An opportunity to experiment with block printing and take home a printed item such as a tea towel or cushion cover. Some members may meet for lunch at the Yurt afterwards.
