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
Programme
03 September 2019
- Talk/ Activity – The Hanky Lady – American vintage hankies
- Speaker – Joyce Love
07 September 2019
- Talk/ Activity – Alresford Agricultural Show
18 September 2019
- Talk/ Activity – Group skittles at Beech Village Hall at 7pm
01 October 2019
- Talk/ Activity – Cookery demonstration and tasting
- Speaker – Debbie Towlson
03 October 2019
- Talk/ Activity – Afternoon visit to the Porters’ vineyard at Itchen Abbas – Tour of the garden inc tea and cakes and wine tasting with cheese and biscuits
10 October 2019
- Talk/ Activity – Alresford Autumn Group meeting at Easton 7 for 7.30pm
22 October 2019
- Talk/ Activity – HCFWI Autumn Meeting, The Anvil, Basingstoke
05 November 2019
- Talk/ Activity – The Teabag project – Mouth and Foot painting artist
- Speaker – Tom Yendell
03 December 2019
- Talk/ Activity – Winter in Moscow – researching a novel
- Speaker – Glenn Souter
21 January 2020
- Talk/ Activity – Lasagne Lunch, Village Hall – 12.00 noon
04 February 2020
- Talk/ Activity – “Bags of glamour” Vintage bags to present day
- Speaker – Sarah Delves
03 March 2020
- Talk/ Activity – “Uncovering modern slavery” – a writer’s journey
- Speaker – Helen Matthews
25 March 2020
- Talk/ Activity – HCFWI Spring Council Meeting, Portsmouth Guildhall
02 April 2020
- Talk/ Activity – Alresford Spring Group Meeting at Easton 7 for 7.30 pm
07 April 2020
- Talk/ Activity – A Tea Party with Members’ Reminiscences
- Speaker – Members
05 May 2020
- Talk/ Activity – AGM, Resolutions and Bring and Buy Sale followed by a film from Treloar Trust presented by Jon Colville
- Speaker – Jon Colville