WI News January 2019

It seems a long time ago since we were enjoying our Annual Christmas Party in December 2018.   We invited our friends and the many people who helped us throughout the year to ‘keep the show on the road’.   A hot supper and delicious desserts were served and the six washer uppers made the dirty dishes disappear.   We were entertained with the superb sound of Mixed Blessings – all the pictures taken by Adriana, including a video of the concert, can be seen on hollingbournewi.blogspot.com.  Shaun Cardwell read his poem dedicated to Hollingbourne WI, which we all loved and Jean Talboys finished the evening with her reading of the traditional Christmas Eve poem: A Visit from St Nicholas.

Nine members attended the West Kent Federation 100th Anniversary Carol Concert at All Saints Church Maidstone where the beautiful wreath which Rosemary Pollock made was hung on the end of the pew.

We also enjoyed the lovely village activities which were arranged around Christmas including the revived Carols on the Greens organised by Beccy and the Boxing Day walk with Malcolm and Ben and the Meadows Trust.

We have distributed our programme of speakers and other events to each house in the village which we hope will encourage everyone, not just ladies, to come and listen to our exciting range of speakers and join in the various social events throughout the year.

We cruised through the final Darts match in Round 1 of the West Kent Tournament – sitting by a log fire in the Sugar Loaves and enjoying a nice lunch!  Our opponents did not turn up – so it was a bye!  Not a dart was thrown – so easy!

Our February meeting is for members only – Hat and Chat – a social evening when we will wear a hat which will be the clue to a story we will tell.

Val Williams
Secretary Hollingbourne WI