St. Mary’s Christmas Tree Festival December 2022
Overall Winner Best Dressed Tree as voted for by the public for our ‘Nature’s Bounty’ Sustainability Christmas Tree at St. Mary’s on 4 December 2022
Christmas Meal at The Institute December 2022
Sheila and Margaret enjoying the evening of our Christmas Meal Thursday 1 December 2022
Our Christmas Meal at The Institute December 2022
Table discussions for Mary, Lynn, Rebecca and Sheila at our Christmas meal event on Thursday 1 December 2022
Christmas Meal at The Institute December 2022
Mary, Lynn and Rebecca at our Christmas Meal at The Institute Thursday 1 December 2022
St. Mary’s Christmas Tree Festival December 2022
Christmas Tree decoration of Ginko Angel with ginko leaf wings, poppyseed and wood shaving skirt detail for ‘Nature’s Bounty’ Sustainability Tree 2 to 4 December 2022
St. Mary’s Christmas Tree Festival December 2022
Beautifully dried Vine Leaves as decorations for our ‘Nature’s Bounty’ Sustainability Christmas Tree 2 to 4 December 2022
St. Mary’s Christmas Tree Festival December 2022
Dogwood wreaths with honesty and Chinese Lantern decoration for our ‘Nature’s Bounty’ Sustainability Christmas Tree 2 to 4 December 2022
St. Mary’s Christmas Tree Festival December 2022
Our ‘Nature’s Bounty’ Christmas Tree for Sustainability for this year’s event 2 to 4 December 2022
St. Mary’s Christmas Market Stall November 2022
Pat at our Christmas Market stall with a Christmas Pudding and bottles of Limoncello Saturday 26 November 2022
St. Mary’s Christmas Market November 2022
Meringues & Biscotti for our stall at this year’s Christmas Market Saturday 26 November 2022
St. Mary’s Christmas Market Stall November 2022
Gingerbread, marmalade, jellies, jam chutney and cakes for our St. Mary’s Christmas Market stall Saturday 26 November 2022
St. Mary’s Christmas Market November 2022
Hand knitted and crochet cotton dishcloths and fabric coasters for our stall at St. Mary’s Christmas Market Saturday 26 November 2022
St. Mary’s Christmas Market stall November 2022
WI members Pauline, Margaret and Pat at our Christmas Market stall with Tiffin, Polenta Cake and Victoria Sponge Cakes for Saturday 26 November 2022
St. Mary’s Christmas Market stall November 2022
Members Pauline, Margaret and Pat at our Christmas Market stall at St. Mary’s on Saturday 26 November 2022
Craft Group meeting November 2022
Pat using honesty for her dogwood wreaths, Chris creating her poppyhead & ginko angels, Meriel wielding her glue gun, Margaret peeling oranges and Janet making broomsticks, all at Janet’s laden table Wednesday 14 November 2022
Craft Group meeting November 2022
Janet hosted our meeting for making decorations for our Christmas tree Wednesday 14 November 2022
Craft Group meeting November 2022
Crafting tools and essentials for our meeting kindly hosted by Janet for creating ‘Nature’s Bounty’ decorations for our Christmas tree Wednesday 14 November 2022
Arty Crafty Visit November 2022
Our work tables at Arty Crafty for our group visit on Thursday 10 November 2022
Our Arty Crafty Day November 2022
Chris asking questions of Jesse at our Arty Crafty visit on Thursday10 November 2022
Our Arty Crafty day November 2022
Pat at our Arty Crafty day visit Thursday 10 November 2022
Remembrance poppy wreaths November2022
Our Remembrance wreaths and poppies at St. Mary’s Church, Adderbury, for Remembrance Day 13 November 2022
Remembrance Poppies for Twyford’s Lone Soldier November 2022
Lone Soldier at Twyford washed and dressed with Remembrance poppy decorated crosses by Margaret and Sue 7 November 2022
Tim Healey our speaker for November 2022
Tim Healey’s presentation ‘A Victorian Christmas’ was highly entertaining. Tim displayed and sold copies of his book ‘The Green Man’ on 6 November 2022
Apple Day display for Members’ Meeting October 2022
Apple Day 21 October display of crab apples, cookers and eating apples and Common Ground Apple book for local distinctiveness awareness 6 October 2022
Our plant and seed swop table October 2022
Garden produce from members’ gardens to swop and grow from hollyhock seeds to Japanese anemone plants 6 October 2022
Doing their Bit with Karen and Bret Wiles October 2022
Life on the Home Front poster, the national loaf and vinegar cake samples to try and a canning machine display for our 6 October 2022 Members’ meeting.
Doing Their Bit for our Members’ Meeting October 2022
Karen and Bret Wiles on WW2 Food Rationing and cooking with their poster A Fair Share for All 6 October 2022
Sheila P’s group walk at Broughton 3 Oct. 2022
Members happily catching the midday sun during our walk with Sheila at Broughton 3 October 2022
Sheila leads our walk to Broughton October 2022
Autumnal trees at Broughton for Sheila P’s lovely walk with lunch at Bloxham’s Chequer Tree tearoom afterwards 3 October 2022
Cath Marriott our guest speaker for September 2022
Cath Marriott, Head of Partnerships & Community Safety of the Office of the Thames Valley Police & Crime Commissioner 1 September 2022
Cath Marriott our guest speaker for September 2022
Cath Marriott, Head of Partnerships & Community Safety of the Police & Crime Commissioner’s Office 1 September 2022
Games in the Garden August 2022
Having a go for games in Caroline’s garden 24 August 2022
Games in the Garden August 2022
Jenga and friends in Carolne’s garden Thursday 24 August 2022
Games in the Garden – August 2022
Caroline playing her newest game for her Games in the Garden event 24 August 2022
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies visit August 2022
The courtyard entrance with the mosque where our tour began. 10 August 2022
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies visit August 2022
This beautiful fountain is in the courtyard in front of the cloisters.
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies visit August 2022
A view of the cloisters surrounding one of the courtyards. 10 August 2022
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies visit August 2022
Some of the members of our group in the main lecture theatre learning about the Centre and its work from our guide Richard. The wood carving is exquisite. 10 August 2022
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies visit August 2022
This is an example of the many beautiful tile wall coverings and displays throughout the Centre viewed on our visit. 10 August 2022
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies visit August 2022
The Kiswah, made of silk damask and embroidered in silver and gold in 2004 and donated to the Oxford Centre by Mecca. 10 August 2022
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies visit August 2022
We were permitted to visit the mosque and here our guide Richard explained many of the intricacies of the construction and decoration. 10 August 2022
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies visit August 2022
A glimpse of part of the extensive gardens of the Centre. Normally water would be flowing in the fountains and along the channels but not so on this occasion due to the extreme heat and drought conditions at the time. 10 August 2022
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies visit August 2022
A group photo in part of the gardens after we completed our guided tour of the Centre and before we enjoyed refreshments served to us in the Junior Common Room. 10 August 2022
Liz Mitchell our speaker for our meeting in August 2022
Liz Mitchell on The History of Wool Weaving and the Cotswolds on 4 August 2022
Liz Mitchell our speaker for our meeting August 2022 3
Liz Mitchell on The History of Wool Weaving and the Cotswolds on 4 August 2022
Jo Dyson our speaker for our meeting July 2022
Jo Dyson OBE on ‘FareShare’ a charity which redistributes unsold food to those in need on 7 July 2022
Jane Robinson our speaker June 2022
‘Ladies can’t climb ladders’ inspirational talk on inspirational women breaking into male-dominated professions 9 June 2022
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration in Adderbury June 2022
Tea and cake enjoyed by Seniors of the village 4 June 2022
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration in Adderbury June 2022
Festive tea boxes prepared by Adderbury WI for the village Seniors 4 June 2022
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Seniors’ Tea Party June 2022
One of our Committee members serving Jubilee tea 4 June 2022
Resolution Presentation Meeting May 2022
Members discussing proposed Resolution at 5 May 2022 meeting
Emma Hamer at our April 2022 Members’ Meeting
Emma Hamer, NFU Representative for Worcestershire and Farmer, talks about the NFU and British farming on 7 April 2022.
Discussion Group March 2022
Our Discussion Group meetings are held monthly for sharing topics of mutual interest and our inaugural meeting met on 31 March 2022
Craft Group March 2022
Making our Spring has Sprung cards to be given to each member at our April meeting. 28 March 2022.
Members’ Treasures shown at our March 2022 meeting
This is a selection of ‘treasures’ which members kindly showed us. What fascinating stories and memories were shared with us! 3 March 2022
Show The Love. February 2022
Our display of hearts crafted by our members to show our love for the planet. February 2022
Elisavet Stagoni, our February Speaker
After telling us all about her native Thessaloniki, Ellie gave us a cookery demonstration and shared this plate of ‘saragli’ with us. Delicious! 3 February 2022
Barton Abbey snowdrop walk January 2022
The snowdrops giving a good display despite the cold weather. 31 January 2022
Barton Abbey snowdrop walk January 2022
A group of us shared a lovely walk at Steeple Barton. Here we stopped to admire the Abbey and the grounds perfectly reflected in the lake. 31 January 2022