April2023/March 2024 AGM Report
The Thanington Without Women’s Institute continues to meet regularly on the second Tuesday of the month at 7.15 p.m. in the ARCA Hall.
We started our year in April with a craft meeting when we made greeting cads, this was followed by The Resolutions Meeting in May and in June we held a Summer Garden Party to which family and friends were invited. We enjoyed our Birthday lunch in July and learnt about the History of Seaside Entertainment with Paul Harris in August. Then in September Sheila Caulfield showed us how wearing clothes in different colours can make us feel and boost our well-being and confidence. In October Kristina Boulden introduced us to Sheep Farming on the Romney Marsh, how it has developed and changed over the years and the necessity of diversifying in current times. We had a demonstration on making chocolate in November and enjoyed the products. A magician who is a member of the Magic Circe told us about the the history of that institution and entertained us with some amazing ‘magic tricks’ in December. In January we had a most informative talk on The Life and Times of Edith Cavell and in February we learnt that ‘Plants have feelings too!’ a fascinating insight into the ways which plants, breath, grow, feed, reproduce, excrete, and protect themselves.
Other activities have included a successful WI Quiz in June and a great outing to Oxford in September.
During the year equipment for Bingo was purchased, a stand-by in case a speaker needs to cancel at the eleventh hour.
The year ends with our Annual Meeting in March and as always, we have shared fun and friendship.
Caroline Mettam (Secretary)
2024/2025 Events
14th February – Tales from a tangled Bank by Clive Nutman
14th March – Annual Meeting
9th April – Carrie Wood – SNAAP
14th May – Resolutions Meeting – Jewellery with Peter Warr
11th June – Dave Chisholm – Cartoons & being a Cartoonist.
9th July – Birthday Meal
13th August – Caroline Halfpenny – Plants for Health & Well Being.
10th September – Helen Kendall Tobias – Lipstick: The History in your Handbag
8th October – Music, Memories and Munchies.
12th November – Dean Caston – Mirth and Monologues
10th December – Festive Fun and Fare
9th January – Hi Kent, charity for deaf and hard of hearing people.
11th February – Martin Newcombe – Natural History of Kent.
11th March – Annual Meeting
Saturday 22nd June – WI Quiz