Swarraton & Northington WI is a very friendly and sociable group of ladies who meet generally on the first Tuesday of every month at 2pm in Swarraton Village Hall SO24 9TQ.
Visitors are always welcome to our monthly meetings, when we invite a wide range of guest speakers and provide excellent home-made refreshments.
Our programme below for 2019-20 gives full details of dates. In addition to our monthly meetings, we also arrange outings – watch this space!
This year our committee is made up as follows:
President Mrs Jill Parker
Committee members: Mrs Julia Barber, Mrs Sue Binney, Mrs Val Brodrick, Mrs Jill Dickens, Gill Graham-Maw, Mrs Carole Ledger, Mrs Felicity Mathews, Mrs Kate Norrie and Mrs Erica Sisk
| Date | Talk/Activity | Speaker |
| 2019 | ||
| June 4 | Life and other problems | Judy Theobald |
| June 5 | NFWI AGM in Bournemouth | |
| July 2 | Antiques Quiz | Peter Raw |
| August 24 | Summer Garden Lunch by kind invitation of Mrs Gill Graham Maw at 12 | |
| Sept 3 | The Hanky Lady – American vintage hankies | Joyce Love |
| Sept 7 | Alresford Agricultural Show | |
| Sept 18 | Group skittles at Beech Village Hall at 7pm | |
| October 1 | Cookery demonstration and tasting | Debbie Towlson |
| October 3 | Afternoon visit to the Porters’ vineyard at Itchen Abbas – Tour of the garden inc tea and cakes and wine tasting with cheese and biscuits | |
| October 10 | Alresford Autumn Group meeting at Easton 7 for 7.30pm | |
| October 22 | HCFWI Autumn Meeting, The Anvil, Basingstoke | |
| Nov 5 | The Teabag project – Mouth and Foot painting artist | Tom Yendell |
| Dec 3 | Winter in Moscow – researching a novel | Glenn Souter |
| 2020 | ||
| January 21 | Lasagne Lunch, Village Hall – 12.00 noon | |
| February 4 | “Bags of glamour” Vintage bags to present day | Sarah Delves |
| March 3 | “Uncovering modern slavery” – a writer’s journey | Helen Matthews |
| March 25 | HCFWI Spring Council Meeting, Portsmouth Guildhall | |
| April 2 | Alresford Spring Group Meeting at Easton 7 for 7.30 pm | |
| April 7 | A Tea Party with Members’ Reminiscences | Members |
| May 5 | AGM, Resolutions and Bring and Buy Sale followed by a film from Treloar Trust presented by Jon Colville | Jon Colville |