2022 Gallery
2021 Gallery
2020 Gallery
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2022
March 2022 Pam Wignall spoke to us about the women of Bletchley Park during WWII. an interesting and informative presentation. 2021 The Bucks Federation of WIs (BFWI) asked us to make tote bags for Milton Keynes and Stoke Mandeville hospitals so that the bereaved could collect their loved one's belongings with dignity rather than the grey plastic "NHS property" bag previously used. Our WI along with local girls in the area produced over 100 tote bags were made. This included a set of tote bags for bereaved parents made by our very own Lily Woodyard aged 9. She received a personal thank you letter from Pat Poole, chair of BFWI, for her thoughtful efforts. T&T WI catered for the official opening of the new fitness equipment in the cricket field beside the Thornborough pavilion. Nora, Jill, Teresa and Veda provided refreshments for our MP Greg Smith, numerous Buckinghamshire councillors as well as Thornborough parish councillors and visitors. Our handcrafted scarecrow "Gardeners' Women" won the recycled category during the BFWI Centenary +1 event at Waddesdon Manor. The Miss Mitchell bowl was presented to Jill by Joycelyn Cull, head girl of BFWI. The Countess Howe, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, was the judge. January 2020 83rd Birthday Lunch at Through the Looking Glass www.alicessupperclub.co.uk Click to set custom HTML
February 2020 Improving Women's Health Care in Sierra Leone; David Holmes. March 2020 Diabetes & Women's Health; Dr George Gavriel & Shelley Wagstaff, Swan Practice. A really fascinating talk & debate on these important issues which was enjoyed by all. Little did we know what was about to happen. and then came the 1st lockdown... BFWI asked all members, who could, to make Scrubs Laundry bags for NHS and care workers. "Bag central" was the church porch in Thornborough. Folk could drop offer collect bedlinen as well as the laundry bags. Facemasks were also made along with headbands for NHS workers. With the help of many local girls, within 4 weeks, over 450 laundry bags were made. am amazing effort. They were distributed locally as well as far afield as Eastbourne to the South Central Ambulance service. Members were asked to make poppies that Jill used to create a memorial wreath for use on Remembrance Sunday. the remaining poppies were then made into a cascade by Jill. Each member received a Christmas gift bag delivered to their home. Contents created by our committee. A number of members attended online the funeral of our dear friend, and former T&T WI member, Gay Kennedy. May she rest in peace and her memory be a blessing. |
2019 Gallery
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January 2019 T&T Birthday lunch at The Bell, Winslow. Langar May 2019 A Sikh charity that provide hot meals and clothes for those in need in MK. Following a presentation at BFWI ACM 2019 we donated our spare plastic cups & cutlery Betty Bunce's Wake June 2019 Long term member, former president and a talented artist who won a number of BRWI competitions and we still use her sketch of the village hall on our front page. Some samples of Betty's winning entries. 100 years since the founding of the first WI in Stoney Creek, Canada. Betty drew Stuart Lodge, High Wycombe home to the Bucks Federation of WI's. BFWI 90th anniversary apron showing the Old Goal, Buckingham and other local sites. Bucks County Show August 2019 We came joint 2nd by 0.5 point! Amazing team work; Annie, Sue P, Jill B and Teresa. NFWI Event Nov 2019 Fixing Fast Fashion - attended by Teresa & her friend Canan. Everyone was asked to bring a non WI member with them. Decorating Gingerbread Houses December 2019 Thanks to Sue P for organising this excellent event & congratulation to Joanna deMontgros who won (& has now joined the WI!) |
2018 Gallery
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October 2018 Hedgerow spirit night Ukelele Night - December 2018 Wonderful time had by all. |
2017 Gallery
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December 2018 Scottish dancing October 2017 A number of T&T members helped organise the very successful BFWI Homes to go to event in Wolverton The Hedgerow spirit night was attended by locals and there was... CAKE too. August 2017 Bucks WI craft competition March 2017 Andy Savage from Buckingham's Men in Sheds gave an excellent talk about this organisation. January 2017 Evidence of an excellent Thornborough & Thornton WI Christmas lunch organised by Tina Minchin at The Bell, Beachampton. Thornborough Suffragette - paid for by the WI. |
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October 2016 Celebrating the T&T WI 80th birthday at Maywynn Farm. A grand location with sandwiches & cakes plus an indoor treasure hunt - what more could represent an excellent birthday party? Many thanks to Veda for hosting this great event. Also to all those who catered as well as those who attended & helped mark this special occasion. September 2016 "Benchgate" See the adjacent photos of our recently installed WI bench on Thornborough Green in use before the September meeting. Scottish country dancing was the theme of our September meeting. Evidence of said dancing is presented here. Our entry in the Buckinghamshire County show with our Guardsman - the project was a joint effort of WI members. The theme was "Tea with the Queen". August 2016 Our annual garden party took place at Madge's home during which we said goodbye to 2 members: Gay & Marion both of whom are moving to Devon. Veda produced an amazing two tier celebration cake & we all wished them good luck with their new adventures. A Cream Tea event took place in Thornborough with profits going to the Save Denman campaign. Enjoyed by one and all as you can see. June/July 2016 Our WI was asked to provide tea & cakes plus a PowerPoint show at the recent Thornborough Parish Council AGM. Full presentation below. Our President Jan received the Silver Salver as 1st prize in the WI competition at the 2016 Bucks County Show. Janet Glew received our 80th birthday card from the President of Bucks Federation of WIs too. Early July we also provided afternoon teas at the popular Thornborough Unity festival. May 2016 Slide presentation shown at the Thornborough Parish AGM celebrating 80 years of our WI. |
2015 Gallery |
April 2016 Gill Goodger gave a cake decorating demonstration. March 2016 Christine Farmer gave an interesting talk about collecting masks. October 2015 Our Banner on parade, in Aylesbury Saturday 18th October, part of the 100 years of WI celebration by the Buckinghamshire Federation of WIs Summer 2015 Our WI came first at the recent Bucks County show!!! Pam King received the prize on our behalf. Our exhibit was based on the WI Bee keeping resolution & received 89 1/2 out of 100 points. Emily, an original WI member from 1915 visited Thornborough. She was once a suffragette & so was been chained to the railings. Other WI Time Travellers have appeared in Thornborough too. Doreen was dressed as a Land girl from the War years & Marianne was dressed as a WI member from 1966. Sadly Hattie Tude was stolen... but the pompom tree survived. The WI centennial exhibition in the Milton Keynes Museum runs in July & August. Here's a preview of the exhibit... June 2015 The NFWI AGM was attended by 5,000 plus members with many more watching via a live TV link. See the Guardian article for more details. The Buckingham Palace Garden Party was also well attended. Here are the ladies from our area. See our Blog for more details April 2015 An excellent presentation by Alistair Borland about the SERV Blood bikers! See Our Blog page for further details |
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January 2015: Each member provided a panel for our WI tablecloth in 2014. We use it every month at our meetings. We catered for ourselves this month too: a late Christmas lunch in the Methodist Chapel, Thornborough. |
2014 Gallery
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April 2014: We are often asked to provide catering for third parties. Here's some we made earlier: for 39 people in a Friendship & Rambler group from Yardley Gobion, Northamptonshire |
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May 2014: We walked the streets of... Thornborough in support of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW). See Blog report for more details. June 2014:
Some snaps of our visit to the local Chafor wine estate. Read more about it in our June 2014 Blog report. |
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August 2014: Our "Sri Lanka" entry to the Bucks Federation of WIs Cooperative competition in the Bucks County show was "Highly Recommended". Read more about it in our September 2014 Blog report. |
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October 2014: Some lovely ladies from the Winslow WI guided us in making bespoke padded boxes on a popular Craft day. Making them was more complicated than met the eye! Nonetheless much was achieved & fun was had by all. |
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2014 During the year members of our WI contributed a homemade square to form a unique commemorative Tablecloth. |
2013 Gallery
April 2013:
This was our entry into the Annual Buckinghamshire Federation of WIs council meeting. It was a letter & press release outlining a recent meeting for a prospective new member.
This was our entry into the Annual Buckinghamshire Federation of WIs council meeting. It was a letter & press release outlining a recent meeting for a prospective new member.
June 2013:
Our WI celebrated its 75th anniversary by throwing a birthday party & quiz. A special cake was baked too! There was also a presentation from the National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) Board of Trustees at The Aylesbury Theatre. Our WI Member Veda Murphy collected a commemorative certificate on our behalf.
June 2013:
Each year we provide a stall at the Thornborough Village fete. The theme in 2013 was: "Guess what is in the pockets?" on our washing line. Previous stalls have included themes of a similar ilk... e.g. we were collecting bras for Sierra Leone, where the women would make a good bra out of whatever they received & then sell them, thus being able to feed or possibly educate their children. We turned this into a game where you had a minute to take as many bras off the line using one hand only!
Each year we provide a stall at the Thornborough Village fete. The theme in 2013 was: "Guess what is in the pockets?" on our washing line. Previous stalls have included themes of a similar ilk... e.g. we were collecting bras for Sierra Leone, where the women would make a good bra out of whatever they received & then sell them, thus being able to feed or possibly educate their children. We turned this into a game where you had a minute to take as many bras off the line using one hand only!
August 2013:
Our first ever entry into the WI competition at the Bucks County show. The subject theme was a Musical & we chose: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".
December 2013:
Each month we have an invited speaker. On this occasion John Crawley (husband of our WI Treasurer Dee) gave us an insight into the art (or is it science?) of wine making.
Previous events
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May 2008: We were invited by Buckinghamshire County Council Countryside management team to provide catering for the Coombs quarry public open day. Local campaigns: Many more local residents work from home & the small Thornborough post box could no longer cope... After some negotiation with Royal Mail a new larger post box was placed opposite the village green. WI trip to the Isle of Wight Veda & Nora enjoyed a memorable trip with fellow Buckinghamshire WI members tot he Isle of Wight. |
