DITCHINGHAM WI
The Committee Room at the Village Hall seems to be getting smaller as another new member came to join the fold for the February meeting. The meeting began with the singing of Jerusalem. Apologies were received from Margaret, Anne and Maureen. Birthday posies made by Jo were handed to Beryl and Pam. Jenny read the minutes of the January meeting and these were signed as correct. Details for the Scrabble Day on 27th February were finalized - coffee and biscuits will be served at 10.00 am before the first game. The Fashion Show being held at Poringland Community Centre on 13th March at 7.30 was discussed. So far we have had replies from about 5 institutes but hopefully more will come in the next two weeks. Models for the evening are Pam, Barbara, Anne, Viv, Jenny, Margaret and Sue. Raffle, door and refreshments were all discussed. The evening is an open invitation so please come to see the fine clothes from the Artichoke Collection. The Speaker John Wood was introduced. He began by tell us how he got into Banking on the advice of his schools career officer but after doing several meanial jobs within the Bank decided he was going nowhere so left and went to teacher training. After working his way up through several schools finished as Head Teacher at Walpole Primary School. In his latter years of teaching the paperwork overtook the teaching so decided to retire. The competition ‘a school day poem’ was won by Maxine, 2nd Jenny and 3rd Anne. The March meeting is held on 12th at 2.30 at the Village Hall. The speaker Pip Wright will talk on ‘exploring East Anglia by Bus Pass’.
