Walking Group – Frodsham Woodlands Just a few of us embarked on the walk in the Frodsham Woodlands, previously Frodsham golf club. In the winter of 2023/2024 the Woodland Trust began planting 30,000 young trees on the 95 acre site to create a haven for wildlife and for the local community to enjoy. A network of paths around the woodlands was created with wonderful views to the Welsh borders, the western Pennines and the Bowland Fells as well as the Liverpool and Mersey estuary. We had a lovely morning and the weather was wonderful, plenty of paths to explore between…

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The Autumn meeting for the Village Group of WIs was held at Whitley Village Hall, and we welcomed members from the 6 local WIs within this group. An unusual account of the courage of Peggy Knight during WWII – told by Lesley Smith who took on the role of Peggy – appropriately dressed for the period in a green serge suit. You almost believed it was Peggy herself telling your her story – though she didn’t look old enough to have been active in 1940s! Peggy was brought up to speak fluent French in her home and this proved invaluable…

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Jean congratulated Ann Brock for winning the Adelaide Hough Bowls competition. She thanked Pat S and Helen for arranging the WI Day coffee morning at Antrobus Cafe and Pat S for putting an account of our Lion Salt Works visit in the Cheshire News. More thanks to Pat for the lovely flowers she brought along to share on the President’s table. Our speaker was John Lindley, ex Poet Laureate of Cheshire. He shared some of his poems with us which were very entertaining. Thanks and congratulations to Alison who gave the Vote of Thanks in verse – it was the…

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We had a lovely enjoyable and sunny day for the Adelaide Shield bowling competition. 11 members competed including 1 lady who had never bowled before! The competition was won by Ann Brock. Janet Patterson was 2nd and Caroline Priestner was 3rd.

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WI Day is celebrated on 16th September every year. This year it was 111 years since the very first WI in the UK opened. Members from Whitley WI got together at the newly opened Antrobus Local Community Café, which is run entirely by volunteers. It was a very happy occasion, lots of chatter and delicious coffee and cake to enjoy. ‘Go local’ is a good philosophy to have, and all attendees will visit again, especially as they were told that on Thursdays, there is always home-made bread to purchase. The café is open every morning from 9.00am until 12.30pm.

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Baking Beauties – Autumn Fruits Fourteen ladies met to share and discuss their autumn berry bakes.  No two bakes the same, and a taste to suit every palate.  We had a selection of cakes and flans, plus a mousse and hedgerow jams and jelly.  Next month our challenge is mincemeat.  It can be sweet or savoury recipe. Art Group – Beach scenes We had a very enjoyable session painting beach scenes . Jean had brought along some ideas and it was interesting to see different interpretations of the same view. We do have some very talented artists – though some…

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Baking Beauties Baking Beauties in August enjoyed an evening meeting. The topic was ‘pastry’… with so many variations as to how to make pastry, ingredients used, Butter or Margarine? Or not or Trex or Not. The results turned out to be a feast for all. Quiche, Custard tarts, chocolate tart, fruit tarts, frangipanes, magnificent mulberry profiteroles, apple tarts and mince-pies made with minced meat! What is there not to like about this Baking Beauties Sub-Group? Craft and Garden Group 12 ladies came along to the craft afternoon to make lavender wands.   The season has been a shocker for a…

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Pat put a lot of work in arranging a guided tour of the Lion Salt Works, followed by a meal at the Antrobus Arms. The guided tour was very interesting, our guides told our group of 29 about the history of the Salt Works and the different roles that the workers carried out. We were surprised at the large scale of the buildings – which now include a very pleasant restaurant and children’s play area – a great day out for all ages. FOR INFORMATION. The museum is open for a ‘Heritage’ visit on Sunday 20th September. There is no…

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Baking Beauties Baking Beauties theme this month was strawberries. Lots of delicious dishes as you can see from the photograph. A real taste of summer – mille feuille, strawberry ice cream, strawberry scones, flapjack flan, pastries and a roulade. Art Group Our Art group enjoyed a sunny day at Walton Gardens – our annual ‘en plein air’ trip. An enjoyable session giving a good overview of the park – the Hall, the Greenhouse, the Water, Lavender and a lady enjoying the view of children playing. Craft and Garden Group – Afternoon Tea at Abbeywood Gardens Our afternoon at Abbeywood was…

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We welcomed 38 members to our July meeting. Jean, our President, thanked Dutton for their warm welcome last month, and sent thanks to Jonty for organising our very enjoyable garden party. Our speaker, Maureen Fearon gave us a very interesting and professional talk and we all went away some very good tips for how to get a good night’s sleep. Helen H thanked Maureen for her talk. Hopefully we all followed her advise and slept well the night of the meeting! The competition – ‘What you do before you go to sleep’ was won by Jean W. She advised concentrating…

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