Who: A friendly, lively group of just under 20 members
What: The only afternoon WI in the Andover area
Where: Gilliat Hall, 28 Marlborough Street, Andover SP10 1DQ
When: 2.00pm on the first Wednesday of the month (except August) – come at 1.45pm for a relaxed chat
Why: Because we enjoy learning, socialising and nibbling delicious refreshments
The Gilliat Hall is a stone’s throw from Andover Bus Station with parking space for a few cars. There is only one step to climb so we can welcome all women to our meetings – we even have a wheelchair/walker ramp
Come and meet us: you are promised a warm welcome, an entertaining and/or thought-provoking meeting, a cuppa and a homemade biccie or two. If you’re lucky, you’ll come on a cake day!
Diary Dates
- Wed 4 December: Open Meeting – I Need a Wife by Toni Kent, Gilliat Hall, 2.00pm. We welcome all women 18 and over to our Christmas Meeting
- Sat 7 & Sun 8 December: Christmas Tree Festival – St Michael & All Angels West Andover, Colebrook Way, 12.00noon-4.00pm – come and see our festive en-tree!
- Wed 11 December: Chinwaggers – Boswell’s Café, Chantry Centre, 10.30am-12.00noon – join us for a relaxed coffee and chat before some Christmas shopping
- Mon 16 December – Anton/Danebury Group Carol Concert – St Michael & All Angels Church, Weyhill, 6.30pm – carols, readings and poems followed by refreshments
- Wed 8 January: New Year Party – a Social Meeting with quizzes & games, Gilliat Hall, 2.00pm. Please note the change to our meeting date
- Wed 15 January: New Year Lunch – Chestnut Tree, 12.00noon for 12.30pm – good food, good company, good times
- Fri 17 January: Scrabble – Ann E’s house, 2.00pm onwards – how many two letters words are there?
- Watch this space for information about our New Year Lunch and other Andover Afternoon activities
- Please note: We sometimes need to change times or venues for events. Please check this page regularly for any updates to our activities
Programme
3 July 2019 – 38th Birthday Meeting
- Talk: The Sex Life of Kings
- Speaker: Tony Strafford
7 August 2019
- Summer Break
4 September 2019
- Talk: Ferrets for Fun
- Speaker: Gordon Lewis
2 October 2019
- Talk: Shopping in the High Street in the 1940s & 1950s
- Speaker: John Pitman
6 November 2019
- Talk & Demonstration: Zumba Gold
- Speaker: Sara Cassidy
4 December 2019 – Open Meeting
- Talk: I Need a Wife
- Speaker: Toni Kent
8 January 2020
- New Year Party
- Social Meeting with quizzes & games
5 February 2020
- Talk: Safeguarding (Information about Scams)
- Speaker: Julie Gallagher of Trading Standards
4 March 2020
- Talk: Nile 2010 – How Scouts Built a School
- Speaker: Mike Harley
1 April 2020
- Talk: The Creators of Noggin the Nog & Bagpuss
- Speaker: Jack Wilson
6 May 2020
- Annual Meeting (our AGM) & voting on the NFWI Resolution(s) for 2020
3 June 2020
- Entertainment: Let us Entertain us
- Members will entertain us with poems, readings, stories, songs, jokes etc
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