What you can do with a Nun's Dress by Kathy Dennton.

 After lockdown Ditchingham WI managed to have a very successful July meeting, followed by a rearranged meeting in August.

As these have been successful the September meeting was planned. Still with a change of venue the speaker Kathy Dennton entertained the members with her talk 'what you can do with a Nun'sdress. This was a most entertaining afternoon with members enjoying. It was also enjoyable for the fact that 95% of the members attended and even after lockdown 2 new members attended.

As the rules from Government have now changed we will have to wait and see if the October meeting can go ahead.

Norma Howell - Medical Detection Dogs

Our first meeting since lock down, This was held at Broom Village Hall to give members plenty of space from each other.  All members were very happy to be meeting up again.




Speaker

Andrew Dellbridge on his past jobs & gardening & well being for stress,

At our Ditchingham W.I. meeting held monthly in the village hall on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, we had a happy, humorous time being entertained by our speaker ,Andrew Dellbridge on his past jobs & gardening & well being, helping us to be free of stress & relax & take time out for ourselves.

Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Ditchingham Village Hall at 2.30pm.  We are a fun group of ladies, who like a laugh & are very friendly.  Why don't you come & give us a try if you are feeling lonely.  Its better than a tonic

January 8th 2020 will see Helen Reeve - My connections with the Royal Family giving the members a talk.

Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Ditchingham Village Hall at 2.30pm.  We are a fun group of ladies, who like a laugh & are very friendly.  Why don't you come & give us a try if you are feeling lonely.  Its better than a tonic

Novembers meeting - Jenny Gibbs.

At our W.I. Meeting held in Ditchingham Village hall at 2.30 pm on November 13th in Ditchingham Village Hall we had a fascinating talk by Jenny Gibbs on Christmas customs and other Turkish celebrations.

She had dressed as a Turkish lady.  Told us in her village it was only her household who put up decorations and celebrated Christmas. Village people did not know about our own customs.

 Our next meeting will be on December 11th  which is our Christmas lunch. 

January 8th 2020 will see Helen Reeve - My connections with the Royal Family giving the members a talk.

Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Ditchingham Village Hall at 2.30pm.  We are a fun group of ladies, who like a laugh & are very friendly.  Why don't you come & give us a try if you are feeling lonely.  Its better than a tonic

 Pam Lack

Blog editor.                   

2020 SUBSCRIPTION

 The subscription is set at £43.

 The WI subscription year runs from January to December.

 New members joining the WI for the first time, i.e. who have not previously been a member of any WI in the past 10 years, will pay a pro-rata subscription depending on the quarter in which they join. The rate per quarter is shown in the following table:

    Date of joining 2020
       Total subscription fee
     1 Jan – 31 Mar
 £43.00

     1 Apr – 30 Jun
   £32.25
     1 Jul – 30 Sep
      £21.50

    1 Oct – 31 Dec
  £10.75

  WI members can belong to more than one WI, by paying the full membership fee to the first WI, and a further £21.10 to any additional WIs at any time of the year. There is no pro-rata rate for dual membership.

 WI subscription and dual fees are paid directly to the WI/s you wish to join.

Steve Burns - known as Dr Vinyl from Radio Norfolk.

At our W.I. Meeting held in Ditchingham Village hall at 2.30 pm held on the 10th July  we were taken back to the 60s never forgotten pop records by Steve Burns who used to be a DJ and known as Dr Vinyl from Radio Norfolk.  Apparently there were 199 No.1s throughout the 60s.  We sang along, knowing all of the records he played, & even tapped our feet & a bit of hand jive.This was followed by tea & biscuits. 

Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Ditchingham Village Hall at 2.30pm.  We are a fun group of ladies, who like a laugh & are very friendly.  Why don't you come & give us a try if you are feeling lonely.  Its better than a tonic!

Our next meeting is  August 14th  which is a Open Meeting to other WI’s with a speaker and refreshments there is a small charge at door. 

                     

September 11th is Afternoon Tea and October 9th is Steve de Roeck - Zero to Hero.

A destitute Norfolk lads receives one of the Highest awards fore bravery as a pathfinder gunner. 

Pam Lack

Tina Chamberlain. 'The Gal Tina'

At Ditchingham W.I. meeting at 2.30 pm on 12th June held at The Village Hall we had a very funny speaker,  Tina Chamberlain, known as 'The Gal Tina',  entertaining us with her Norfolk yarns & her poems.  She was a real tonic banishing the gloomy Wednesday afternoon 'blues' away.

Our meetings are on the second Wednesday of the every month at Ditchingham Village Hall @ 2.30pm.

Why not give us a visit.  We are a friendly bunch of ladies enjoying a speaker & natter over tea & biscuits.

Our next meeting is on July 10th - Steve Burns (Dr Vinyl) Number one singles of the 60’s.

Pam Lack

Blog editor.

Centenary Thanksgiving at Norwich Cathedral Friday 12th April.

 

Scrabble Day.

Members enjoyed a very busy day, the day started with morning coffee and home made biscuits followed by 2 games of scrabble a lovely lunch and dessert again all home made. Two more games of scrabble before afternoon tea/coffee and delicious home made cakes.  Every member went home happy and a few pounds heavier.

Brian Hedge . From Bungay to Norwich by river.

At our W.I. meeting at 2.30 pm on Wednesday 13 March at Ditchingham Village Hall we welcomed, for another visit to us,  Brian Hedge who showed us a slide show of good snaps, some from way back, accompanied by a very informative recorded talk 'From Bungay to Norwich by river'. Passing many locks/villages, Norfolk Broads & stopping at the 'local pubs!' .

We end with tea & a biscuit or two with a natter.    

Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Ditchingham Village Hall at 2.30pm.  We are a fun group of ladies, who like a laugh & are very friendly.  Why don't you come & give us a try if you are feeling lonely.  Its better than a tonic!

Our next meeting is on 10th April which is a scrabble day starting at 10am whereby we stop for coffee/lunch/& tea/cake playing a couple of games of scrabble!.

Pam Lack

Blog editor. 

Mr Paul Strutt - Talk about NARS

 At Ditchingham W.I. meeting at 2.30 pm on 13 February held at The Village Hall we had an eye-opening, informative talk, slides & many stories by  Mr Paul Strutt, a volunteer, himself, of NARS, Norfolk Accident Rescue Service, a voluntary emergency medical charity.  They are dispatched by the ambulance service to the most serious & life-threatening incidents & called out to around 300 serious incidents every year.  They have no government funding & rely on donations & fund raising.

           Our next meeting is on March 13th.  Brian Hedge - From Bungay to Norwich 

          Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Ditchingham Village           Hall at 2.30 pm   

          We are a fun group of ladies, who like a laugh & are very friendly.  

Do come along & see if you would like to join our friendly group for refreshments a chat and  a interesting speaker.

Pam Lack

Colin Rafferty (His Carer)

W.I. Ditchingham started our 2019 meetings on Wednesday 9th January, being the 2nd Wednesday  of every month, held in the Village Hall at 2.30pm, with a speaker (husband of one of our very own ladies) giving us a  very interesting & entertaining talk on parts of his career in uniform i.e. police, army & prison.  We have a raffle, time for chat over tea & a biscuit.  

Our next meeting is on 13th February . This will be a talk by Paul Strutt  - The work of the Norfolk Accident  Rescue Service. 

Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Ditchingham Village Hall at 2.30pm.  We are a fun group of ladies, who like a laugh & are very friendly.  Why don't you come & give us a try if you are feeling lonely.  Its better than a tonic!

Pam Lack

John Vigar - Sex and Mayhem in English Churches.

At our  W.I. meeting this month,  held at The Village Hall, Ditchingham on 14th November, we had an insight by John Vigar  on Murder, Sex and Mayhem in English Churches.

Our members throughly enjoyed the talk with much laughter as John took us through sitting in a old churches while soaking up the peaceful atmosphere our eyes sometimes alight on images or stories that are far more violent! Medieval wall paintings depicting the martyrdom of the saints; memorials and carvings showing violent murders, accidents and bizarre events and, surprisingly, blatantly sexual images warning us against carnal lust.
This fascinating and often amusing lecture opens our eyes to the wealth of detail to to found in our medieval churches and you will never look at them in the same way again.

John was our last speaker for 2018, all our members have enjoyed a wonderful year celebrating 100 years of Ditchingham WI which included outings, celebration meals and a excellent all round years programme. 

Our next meeting is on 12th December . This will be our Christmas Lunch.

Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Ditchingham Village Hall at 2.30pm.  We are a fun group of ladies, who like a laugh & are very friendly.  Why don't you come & give us a try if you are feeling lonely.  Its better than a tonic!

Pam Cooper

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Open birthday meeting. 100 years celebration.

This is the year Ditchingham WI celebrates its 100th birthday. One such event was an ‘open meeting’ on Wednesday 8th August inviting 60 odd guests from other W.Is. We had a welcoming drink and  superb sponge Birthday cake was made,  we were delighted having received a letter of congratulations from the queen. We had an amusing story teller, Mark Mitchel, followed by scrumptious cakes and sandwiches and excellent raffle prizes. All in all everyone had a wonderful time. We are a small, relaxed and happy friendly bunch of ladies. Why not give us a Try, come and join us if you are feeling lonely.  We meet once a month on the second Wednesday at 2:30 in the Ditchingham Village Hall why not come along to our meeting in October when we have Marco Cartoonist we would love to see you join us as a guest to see if you enjoy our meeting.  Pam Lack

Tree with all members names celebrating 100 years for Ditchingham WI

Centenary Tree made by several of our members for 2018.