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countynewsCORNWALL FEDERATION Volume 4, Issue 1 34p OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES February 2020 Inside This Issue ... What is the 200+ Club? Page 3 A Day of Art and Music Page 4 Garden Workshop Day Page 5 County News • February 2020 • Cornwall Federation of WIs 1 Spring/Summer Craft Workshops Page 5
CHAIRMAN’S CHATTER busy with plenty of activities committees. The numbers FEDERATION OFFICE and outings to whet your of sub-committee members Chy Noweth an Conteth appetites! Did you come to is dwindling, and if we Truro Business Park, Threemilestone Truro TR4 9NH – T: 01872 272843 the Moroccan Buffet? If so, I carry on losing members it Email: G eneral Enquiries: hope you enjoyed it and are will not be very long before cfwi@btconnect.com practising your belly dancing. the sub-committees are Federation Secretary: unable to continue providing cfwisecretary@btconnect.com I have recently received the activities and events for you. Accounts: cfwiaccounts@ list of those WIs celebrating I am appealing to everyone btconnect.com special birthdays this year, to consider joining a sub- Reception: cfwireception@ and I would like to make a committee. You could go btconnect.com Website: http://cornwallwi.org.uk request to any WI who invites along to one of their meetings H Facebook: www.facebook.com/ any member or visitor to their as an observer to see just CornwallFederationof ere we are into 2020, meeting as a guest. Please will what is involved without WomensInstitutes and I hope it isn’t too you ensure that your visitor any commitment on your late for me to wish knows exactly where you part. Please think about it OFFICE OPENING HOURS you all a Happy New Year. meet, how to get there and and get in touch if you think 9am - 4:30pm what the parking facilities are. you can help in any way. Monday to Thursday Next month you will have a I had trouble recently, ending FEDERATION CHAIRMAN new face heading the column, up very near to my destination Now I am looking forward to Margaret Johnson as I suspect most of you know but unsure where to go and the Royal Cornwall Show. I I have two new additions to following various directions hope you received my letter the Board of Trustees. For – in the pouring rain – telling you what we propose those who haven’t heard, I eventually arriving looking to put on the stall this year FEDERATION TREASURER am delighted to tell you that like a drowned rat. You will and I sincerely hope you Penny Picton Teresa Hancox of Carbis obviously know your meeting will be making plans as to Email: cfwi.treasurer@gmail.com Bay WI and Sandy Adcock place, but others may not. what you can contribute. I COUNTY NEWS EDITOR of Cusgarne and Frogpool know you won’t let us down Helen Kestle WI have joined my merry Another issue I would like to and I am sure we will have band, and we look forward raise is this: We have towards another fabulous stall! Email: cfwi.publications@gmail.com to working with them. 3,000 members within the Cornwall Federation, but My best wishes to you, TH A NK S TO L A DOCK W I Our centenary year is now we have a comparatively as you prepare for your FOR PACK ING FEBRUA RY behind us and we look forward small number who have Annual Meetings. 2020 COU N T Y NEWS to beginning the next chapter. stepped up and offered their NATIONAL FEDERATION I think we are going to be services to help run our sub- - Margaret OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES DIARY UPDATES COVER PHOTO 104 New Kings Road, London, SW6 4LY Tel: 0207 371 9300 Fax: 0207 736 3652 Email: hq@nfwi.org.uk Web: www.thewi.org.uk FEBRUARY 2020 DIARY DATES DENMAN Marcham, Abingdon 14th February – Grow Your Family Tree (Part I) Oxfordshire, OX13 6NW Tel: 01865 391991 Email: info@denman.org.uk Web: www.denman.org.uk FEBRUARY 2020 CLOSING DATES PUBLISHED BY Cornwall Federation of 6th February – Posh Afternoon Tea Women’s Institutes 20th February – Winning Ways with Flowers DEADLINE FOR INCLUSION 27th February – Photography Competition Some of the 100+ primary school children IN COUNTY NEWS who sang songs to protect the planet at our Items to be sent to the Editor by Songs for Earth event held in November 12th of the month, two months at Truro Cathedral. You can read more prior to publication. No late entries about the event on page 5. (Photo by can be accepted. Please send kind permission of Truro Diocese.) County News submissions to cfwi. publications@gmail.com. DESIGNED BY NOTES FROM THE OFFICE Holly Daniels YEAR BOOK CHANGES ADVERTISING • Page 32: Crantock WI has a new Secretary: Ann Evans Darren Greenhead - Email: crantockwi@gmail.com Tel: 01536 680414 • Page 41: Mabe WI has a new Treasurer: Sue Collett • Page 47: Porthleven WI has a new Secretary: Marie Magor PRINTED BY 2 County News • February 2020 • Cornwall Federation of WIs
NOTES FROM THE OFFICE 200+ CLUB Every WI is still entitled to a free You will still have the option of ticket applications. Once tickets November winner of £37 – Delegate ticket, plus a visitor ticket sitting wherever you like, however have been despatched it will not be Susan Dickenson of Week St as charged on the One Bill Account. the majority of seats are in the circle, possible to issue duplicates, so please Mary Bonaventures WI However Delegate and Visitor accessed by stairs only. We ask that make sure you look after them. tickets now must be applied members who are able to manage SPRING COUNTDOWN for on the booking form enclosed stairs without difficulty apply for Many of you may be surprised TICKET APPLICATIONS with the February County News. circle tickets (printed on blue card) to learn that when travelling Most of you know by now that the They will NOT be sent out in the leaving the limited number of seats west down the A30, the centre Council Meetings have moved to Delegate’s Pack which will be in the stalls available for our less of Redruth is actually closer to the Regal Theatre in Redruth whilst enclosed with the March County mobile members. Stalls tickets Chiverton Cross roundabout than the Hall for Cornwall undergoes News. The reason for this is that are printed on green card. Please is the centre of Truro. Details of car major refurbishment. The Regal in the past some WIs have not note there are a few steps down to parks are included on the bottom Theatre is the second largest sent a delegate or a visitor, but the stalls but there is a wheelchair of the coach application form. fully seated venue in Cornwall, have retained their tickets. This lift which will be operated by the Redruth Station is a 5-minute nonetheless the maximum number wasn’t so important at the Hall Regal staff. Members who require walk from the Regal Theatre. of seats available is 499, only half for Cornwall, but with fewer seats a reserved seat should complete the that of the Hall for Cornwall. This at the Regal, it could mean that Reserved Seat Request section on If you have any queries or reduction in the number of seats WIs applying for additional tickets the bottom of the ticket application concerns, please ring Federation available has necessitated changes may be disappointed, but there form. All tickets will be despatched Secretary Barb Peters at Chy to the ticket application process. may be empty seats on the day. after 21 March, the closing date for Noweth on 01872 272843. FEDERATION MATTERS ROYAL MEMBERSHIP MATTERS TO ALL TREASURER’S CORNER CORNWALL SHOW When you open your copy of Here we are again at the beginning County News and read about of our Annual Meeting cycle for the 200 + Club winner, I wonder 2020. We hope you now have how many of you actually know your nominations for Committee what this means. While talking and Officers in place, with your to WI Treasurers last autumn Financial Statements examined at the Treasurers’ Workshops, and ready for presentation at your TOBY BUCKLAND’S I asked this question and was meeting. To those of you who GARDEN FESTIVAL amazed to find that a lot of attended our “Annual Meetings Friday 1st May 2020 people knew nothing about it! Made Easy” training sessions POWDERHAM CASTLE, held in January, we hope you KENTON, NR EXETER Each WI Secretary received details found them both informative and Add this exciting date to your about the 200+ Club with their enjoyable, and can look forward to gardening calendar! Toby Buckland’s November mailing. This included your own meeting with confidence. Garden Festival at Powderham Castle details of how the scheme works will include west country nurseries, and how members can sign up. For Has your WI entered this If you are having a visit from celebrity speakers and practical just £10 per year, you are entered year’s Royal Cornwall Show a WI Adviser, she will assist demonstrations with delicious local into 10 monthly draws with one Cup Competition? You have you through your meeting, take food and entertainment. Exhibitors lucky winner collecting the prize. until the end of March to the nominations and conduct with crafts, clothing, tools and In 2019, the monthly prize was get your application form the voting for your Committee garden furniture will be on hand. £37, but obviously the more people in! All you need to do is get and President. If a WI Adviser Coach pickups will be at Crowlas, who take part, the higher the prize together a group of at least is not attending and you have Chy Noweth, Cornwall Services, draws will be. Why not ask your WI four of your WI members any concerns or queries, please Bodmin and Launceston. Pickup Secretary for details and give it a go? to enter the Royal Cornwall do not hesitate to contact your times to be confirmed at a later date. © Photobucket.com Show Cup Competition. dedicated Adviser who will do all she can to help. Her contact Cost: £27.50 (to include This year’s theme is details are in the Year Book. travel and entry) “Visions of the Future”. Closing Date: We wish you all a very successful Thursday 26th March 2020 Full schedule and instructions year with your WIs, whether Further Information: for all the competitions were you are a new Committee Pam Selley sent to your WI in November member or Officer, a continuing 2019, so check with your member or a returning one. WI Secretary for details. DENMAN The Royal Cornwall Show will ACTIVITY AND Hopefully, as suggested, you made is available that might be of interest be held on the 4th, 5th and LEISURE a New Year’s Resolution to find out to other members too? Brochures 6th June. The Royal Cornwall more about Denman and the courses and information are available Show Cup Competition NEW ACTIVITY & LEISURE available. In the coming months, we at Chy Noweth, online at www. is organised this year by SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBER will be preparing for our Federation denman.org.uk or in WI Life. Or our Combined Arts sub- The Activity & Leisure sub- visit in September 2021 – so if you contact your Denman Ambassador, committee. The deadline for committee would like to welcome have a particular course in mind, why Kathy Reed entering the competitions Anne Matthews of Mawnan WI not let us know and we can see what is Tuesday 31st March. to the team. Best of luck, Anne! County News • February 2020 • Cornwall Federation of WIs 3
COMBINED ARTS from the art colonies of St photography competition Cost: £1 per entry, with Ives, Newlyn and Lamorna. are: “Architecture”, “Flora a maximum number of He will also talk about many and Fauna”, “Landscape” and entries of two per class. internationally known artists “My Favourite Photograph”. who drew inspiration from There is also a novice class Closing Date: their visits to Cornwall. which is also “My Favourite Thursday 27th February 2020 Photograph”, for members Further Information: In the afternoon, William who have not previously won Val Strout Shimell, one of Britain’s a first prize in the CFWI most accomplished operatic photography competition. baritones, will talk about his amazing career in opera. Since beginning his career in the UK, he has earned an international reputation in the © noxalio.com world’s leading opera houses. Withiel Hall is easily accessible with plenty of parking. Coffee A DAY OF ART AND MUSIC and biscuits will be available, Monday 11th May 2020 but you will need to bring Withiel Village Hall your own packed lunch. 10:30am-3:30pm Come and enjoy a fascinating Cost: £12 day of art and music in the Closing Date: lovely Withiel Village Hall. Monday 30th March 2020 SOFT PASTEL WORKSHOP A SUCCESS In the morning, David Tovey, Further Information: a well-known art historian Liz Llewellyn-Jones A super day was had by 14 Participants were taken and author who has a special WI members in October at through the techniques interest in Cornish art, will talk Pensilva. The Combined Arts needed to produce a snow to us about the contributions CFWI PHOTOGR APHY sub-committee ran a soft scene in soft pastels. As you made by a wide range of COMPETITION 2020 pastel workshop headed by can see, they all went home female artists, especially those The five classes in the 2020 talented artist Yvette Wiltshire. with beautiful works of art. Think Print Lance Print is an established printers based in Peterborough. At Lance we combine skill, experience & knowledge to provide a complete professional service. We aim to fill our clients with confidence in the knowledge that any work undertaken by us, will be completed to the highest possible standard. Call Today: (01733) 390564 www.lanceprint.co.uk 4 County News • February 2020 • Cornwall Federation of WIs
FLORAL ART AND GARDENING in f lower arranging. There will and NEW FLOR AL ART also be a plant sale, and Trevor participants & GARDENING SUB- will give a talk on garden safety can then have a COMMITTEE MEMBER and tool care and maintenance. go themselves. The Floral Art & Gardening Bring a packed lunch or visit The late sub-committee would like one of the many cafés in town. medieval to give a warm welcome to church at their newest member, Mandy Cost: £15 Jacobstow is Nicholson of St Dominick WI. Closing Date: fairly small GARDEN WORKSHOP DAY Monday 23rd March 2020 and truly lovely Monday 4th May 2020 Further Information: and, as usual, the demonstration PENCARN, WADEBRIDGE Abigail Kirby-Harris arrangements will be left in 10:30am-3:30pm situ for the Sunday service. Come and spend a day at Trevor Participants are free to take Wiltshire’s stunning garden home their own masterpieces! in Wadebridge. Christianne HEAVENLY GREENERY Light lunches will be provided Lim from the Cornwall Garden Tuesday 26th May 2020 by Jacobstow WI for £5 per Society will run a workshop JACOBSTOW CHURCH person, payable on the day, or on how to present f lowers and 10:30am-3:30pm feel free to bring a packed lunch, foliage to enter shows. Vases will This is a continuation in our be available, but bring secateurs series of workshops on creating Cost: £15 and gloves if you want to have beautiful arrangements using Closing Date: a go. Trevor’s garden is packed just foliage, and which would be Thursday 9th April 2020 with suitable foliage! In the suitable for a variety of venues Further Information: afternoon there will be a tour of but particularly churches. A Abigail Kirby-Harris the garden with advice on how pedestal, windowsill and table to grow shrubs and plants useful centrepiece will be demonstrated, ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS HOME ECONOMICS AND CRAFT Bishop Philip Mounstephen asked ARE YOU INTERESTED the children how many words IN COOKERY? OR they could make relating to the CRAFTS? OR BOTH? earth, from the word harvest. The Home Economics and Craft sub-committee needs new We also staged a 10 day climate members – can you help? exhibition in the Cathedral, beautifully designed by Mary SPRING/SUMMER THEMED We meet as a committee four Lindsey from Truro WI. The CRAFT WORKSHOPS times a year to plan craft and SONGS FOR EARTH exhibition featured a tapestry Monday 27th April cookery events for members in After months of careful weaving by CFWI Climate – MARSHGATE Cornwall. You don’t need to have preparation, our Cathedral climate Ambassador Pippa Stilwell Thursday 7th May – ST ERME qualifications in these areas, just service Songs for Earth finally showing temperature rises in the Friday 15th May – MARAZION to be enthusiastic and interested. came together on a lovely sunny day UK between 1919 and 2018. 10:30am-3:30pm If you would like to know more last November. The vision behind Join us for a day of making craft please contact Pat Mallett for a the service was to celebrate the And now, of course, we are items with a spring/summer chat, with no obligation planet, and the children who are planning an event for this year! theme. You’ll be able to choose two If you are interested, we fighting for it. Over 100 children of the following crafts: a wired would be happy for you to attend from 10 primary schools marched shaded ribbon rose brooch, paper one of our meetings to observe with climate banners from Truro flowers, a knitted fox in a box, a before making any commitment Cathedral to Lemon Quay and Shamballa bracelet (made with to join the sub-committee. back, stewarded by WI members macramé and beads), a needle and chaperoned by teachers and felted picture or a chocolate egg It would be lovely to hear from you! parents. They processed into container of Baileys truffles. the Cathedral with their climate Please select two crafts plus a banners, whilst the County reserve on the application form. Youth Choir sang Stand by Me. MAKING BEAUTY OUT Coffee, tea and biscuits will be In the Cathedral, the Massed OF BEACH FINDS available from 10am. You may Schools Choir and the Cornwall Twenty-five happy WI members either bring a packed lunch or buy County Youth Choir, both got together at Chy Noweth at soup and a roll, plus cake and a hot conducted by Angela Renshaw, the end of last year with Barnoon drink for £5 payable on the day. provided the music. We heard two Workshop experts for a day of Cost: £15 (plus a small charge for poems about the climate crisis, plastic fusion and jewellery-making materials provided by the tutors) written and read by members of with little treasures and resin, and Closing Date: the Young Writers Group, and we creating beach find mobiles. The Thursday 19th March 2020 learnt how much Arctic sea ice we women used everything from shells Further Information: can save in a year by switching and driftwood to found broken Dot Rogers to a green electricity supplier. jewellery and net fruit bags. © Unsplash.com/marilia-castelli County News • February 2020 • Cornwall Federation of WIs 5
WI NEWS © Shutterstock.com / Bonezboyz GOONHAVERN & DISTRICT A BUSY MONTH FOR FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS: WI RAISES FUNDS FOR COADS GREEN WI Godolphin WI, 70th HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY AIR AMBULANCE TO ALTARNUN WI October 2019 was a busy month for Coads Green WI, when a cream To kick off its autumn programme, tea held in aid of the Heli-appeal Members of Altarnun WI met In August of last year, members for the Cornwall Air Ambulance together to celebrate their 60th of Goonhavern & District WI held raised a total of £256. This was birthday last year. Along with a Victorian Tea in aid of Cornwall followed by a trip to Charlie Bears some invited past members, they Air Ambulance, and raised £310. in Launceston the following had an excellent lunch at the Bay So in October, a group from the week, where members were given View Inn at Widemouth Bay. Chris WI went to the Newquay base to afternoon tea, a tour of the Bear Evans, Altarnun WI President, present the cheque in person. The Gallery and a chance to take part read the first ever minutes of the members had a very informative in a Bear Hunt! Later in the month, newly formed Altarnun WI in talk from a paramedic, and were Coads Green’s two cooks, Alison 1959. Those were the days when then joined by two pilots, who Gribble and Pat Mallett, gave an all members were called by their also gave an insight into the work. informative and entertaining ILLOGAN WI CELEBRATES title and surname – so different The women were aware that the demonstration on how to use A 90TH ANNIVERSARY from today! The members alarm could go at any time, and the traditional and not so traditional CFWI Chairman Margaret Johnson also enjoyed looking at two helicopter that they were shown ingredients. The members and Vice Chairmen Helen Kestle wonderful albums of photographs was in readiness for immediate played host to an audience of 70 and Jane Dover joined members and newspaper cuttings from take off, but they were lucky that it women who had the opportunity and Presidents past and present Altarnun WI’s history. wasn’t needed during their visit. to try the delicious food. as they celebrated Illogan WI’s 90th anniversary and heard an account of the WI’s beginnings MORWENSTOW TORPOINT WI HOLDS Members of Torpoint WI through the 1930s and during the MEMBERS ENJOY SILK CRAFT MEETING spent a happy evening war years. The group is proud to SCARF PAINTING dabbling in different continue the traditions established Christmas ideas last then, with a modern slant. Bunting, November. They made little banners and flowers decorated the boxes, Christmas rings hall, and the beautiful birthday and the Christmas stars cake was made and decorated by featured in WI Life. A happy Janet Mitchell, Illogan’s Queen of evening was enjoyed by all! Sugarcraft. Pictured here are Illogan There was even a quiz for WI member Sylvia Goldsworthy the non-crafty members! and Margaret Johnson cutting the Pictured here are the women of cake, watched over by Illogan WI Morwenstow WI modelling the President Lynn Griffiths. stunning scarves they decorated at a GODOLPHIN WI MEMBERS HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY recent silk scarf painting workshop HIT THEIR TARGET TO TREVONE WI run by Karen and Michael Watkins. CONSTANTINE WI HELPS RESTORE FOOTPATHS Godolphin WI members have completed their challenge to knit MAWNAN WI MEMBERS or crochet 100 twiddle muffs by the GET ARTY end of 2019, to mark the centenary Eight members of Mawnan WI of CFWI. Godolphin WI members visited Penlee House Gallery in are not afraid of a challenge so Trevone WI celebrated its Penzance as part of their programme they all got their needles clicking. 90th birthday with a party in of educational visits. On arrival, they Members of Constantine WI With encouragement from WI November 2019 for members past had a delicious lunch and then were volunteered to help restore members Anne Gray and Janet and present, along with special ready for a guided tour of the gallery. the footpaths in the Bosahan Buckley, the other 21 members have guests CFWI Chairman Margaret Their volunteer guide, Robin, was Community Woods in Constantine, now completed the task, which at Johnson and WI Adviser Kathy an animated, knowledgeable and working for seven days in pouring times seemed a daunting target. Reed. A stunning cake was made enthusiastic speaker. He not only rain. This is the second phase of for the occasion, cut by two of brought the paintings to life, but the restoration work, with over 400 The twiddle muffs will be handed Trevone’s oldest members present, encouraged the women to think like volunteer hours and 500 metres over to local homes and charities assisted by Margaret. Members the artists as well. He talked about the of path restored. The women all for circulation to those who need supplied a wonderful buffet artists’ lives, the social deprivation worked hard, shovelling, raking, them. Well done to all members lunch, and the event was very surrounding them and how difficult it driving dumpers and staffing the and grateful thanks to everyone well attended. A thoroughly was for women to become painters. It refreshment tent. Well done! who helped. good time was had by all! was a fascinating visit. 6 County News • February 2020 • Cornwall Federation of WIs
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