25 of our members and guests enjoyed a beautiful sunny day on our annual May outing – this year we had a more local visit to Chester. We travelled by coach, where everyone was given a map of the centre and a short talk on different aspects of the history and layout of the city. We arrived at ‘the Groves’ in time to enjoy an ice-cream, a drink, or a short stroll before taking a trip on ‘Mark Twain’ which took us on a 2hr return trip along the river, passing many beautiful riverside dwellings and then through the Eaton…

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Book Club read ‘The Perfect Guests’ by Emma Rous, and the Baking Beauties group had a theme of Muffins this month. Walking group enjoyed a lovely walk around Whitley – see the subgroup pages for more information. Our Craft and Art groups cancelled their April meetings because many of our members were away or had other commitments.

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Melanie welcomed 36 members and 2 visitors to the meeting, and reported the sad news of the death of Dorothy Thompson – a long standing member of Whitley WI. She will be missed in many ways, including her friendly face on the Welcome Desk or raffle and her wonderful flower arrangements. We were asked to remember her as we sang Jerusalem. We were delighted to congratulate our Darts Team who have had a very successful year. They won the North Cheshire Group Trophy, and also came second in their group in the County Darts championship. See the subgroup page for…

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In March members baked ‘All things Irish. See the subgroup page for more information and pictures

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CFWI launched their ‘Jigsaw Race’ competition this March. Each team of 4 was given a 500 piece jigsaw with a time limit of 90 mins to complete it. The winner was the first to complete their puzzle, or the team with least pieces left at the end of the 90 minutes. Our team of Ann, Annette, Jean and Susan were the overall winners, completing their jigsaw with 19 minutes to spare and the only team to finish within the 90 minutes. They were each presented with a lovely campanula pot plant. A very enjoyable and sociable occasion, more similar events…

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Our March Art meeting was led by Chris S, with a theme of ‘Camellias’. See the subgroup page for more pictures and information

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This month Pat G shared her skills in the art of ‘Decoupage’ . This proved very popular, with 14 members attending. See the subgroup page for more pictures and information

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These two groups combined this month for a walk around Walton Gardens – for more pictures and information see the subgroup page.

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At our March meeting Susan L led the discussion on The Marlow Murder Club by Richard Thorogood (Writer of ‘Death in Paradise’) Members found it light and entertaining, but without much depth. They gave it an average score of 7 – for further information look on the subgroups page.

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Our members were greeted at the door with a warm Welsh welcome from Annette, suitably attired in her Welsh costume and were given A Welsh Quiz to complete during the evening. Music from Welsh Male Voice Choirs and a Welsh harp set the scene and our members contributed to a beautiful display of daffodils – only just out in our gardens this year. Our Art group meeting in February had a Welsh theme, and some of their work was also displayed. After our usual business members were told about our planned May outing to Chester by coach, with a 2…

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