2024 Christmas Party

We had a really enjoyable ‘home-grown’ Christmas party, lots of time to chat and socialise. Forty-five of our members were welcomed with Christmas music and served a drink of wine or fruit punch. The tables were beautifully decorated with an arrangement of ‘Christmas wrapped’ pansies, one for each guest to take home with them, all sorted by Annette.

Delicious food was prepared and served by Pat and her team of helpers – locally baked quiches with ham, eggs and salad, followed by mince pies made by our members and mini fruit kebabs. Our meal was followed by different games – a fun quiz (no knowledge required!), a snowman drive (a change from beetles), and feely bags made up by Ann O’B.

Norah and Joyce judged the competition for ‘A Christmas Star’, won by Anne Toll ,and there was a free raffle with lovely prizes. Melanie was presented with a gift to thank her for all she has done as President over the last 3 years – she’s done an amazing job. We finished with a rendition of ‘Auld Lang Syne’, managing to manoevre our way into one large circle. Many members had brought along gifts for our local Food Bank which were much appreciated.

A very Happy Christmas to all our members

CFWI Jigsaw Race

Our Jigsaw team entered the Cheshire WI Jigsaw competition again. We were one of only 3 who completed our jigsaw within the 1hr 30min time slot. We came in third place with a very pleasant jigsaw of a herd of cows walking down the lane by a thatched cottage. A very enjoyable morning, well done to Annette, Susan, Jean and Ann

Nov 2024 – Subgroup meetings

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Book Club met to discuss ‘Am I Guilty’ by Jackie Kabler – a very different genre than last month’s Jane Eyre, but an interesting psychological crime thriller. Walking Group visited Marbury Park on a glorious Autumn day, followed by a visit to the Spinner and Bergamot. Craft Group made Christmas Stars, led by Melanie.

Art group produced an array of Chrismas labels, pictures and foliage pictures, Baking Beauties were busy creating Christmas Icing Models

Main Meeting – Oct 2024 – AGM and Lostock Ukes

Our November meeting was the AGM, where we received reports from our Treasurer, Secretary, and President. Pat reported a healthy financial position, albeit slightly down on last year’s balance because of increased costs and our commitment to subsidising events for our members. Susan gave us an illustrated talk reminding us of the very varied activities we offer to members, including each of the main meetings, the subgroup activities and our many successes in county events. You can browse through this website to see how busy we have been.

Melanie spoke about how much she had enjoyed being our President for the last 3 years with the support of a strong committee and is now passing the role on to another committee member. Members voted, and our congratulations and thanks go to Susan who will be our new President. Sue R thanked Melanie and the committee for all their hard work.

The evening ended with entertainment from ‘Lostock Ukes’ who distributed the words to the many songs they played, so that we could all joined in with the singing – and the actions! A lovely trip down memory lane for many of us.



There were some unusual entries in the competition ‘A musical object’ and the winner was Susan, with her cross-stitch picture. We also displayed all the pictures that our Art group entered for the Cheshire art exhibition, with Chris’s award for the Cheshire president’s favourite.



Remembrance Poppy

A small group of us (plus one husband) gathered on Nov 2nd to put up the WI poppy by our tree at the nature reserve on Raddel Lane. The giant poppy was made by Craft Group last year, thanks to Annette for storing and renovating this. Most of the group had a lovely Autumn stroll around the nature reserve afterwards.