County NewsIssue 1 26p October 2014

C O R N W A L L F E D E R A T I O N O F W O M E N ’ S I N S T I T U T E S

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County News • October 2014 • Cornwall Federation of WIs2 3County News • October 2014 • Cornwall Federation of WIs

FEDERATION OFFICE Chy Noweth an Conteth,Truro Business Park,Threemilestone,Truro, TR4 9NH Tel: 01872 272843E-mail: cfwi@btconnect.comWeb: http://cornwallwi.org.uk

OFFICE OPENING HOURS10am - 1pm | 2pm - 4pmMonday to Thursday

FEDERATION CHAIRMAN Mrs Kathy Reed

FEDERATION TREASURER Mrs Beth Marshall

EDITORMrs Sandra Buck

Thanks to St Feock WI for packing October County News

NATIONAL FEDERATION OFWOMEN’S INSTITUTES104 New Kings Road,London, SW6 4LYTel: 0207 371 9300Fax: 0207 736 3652E-mail: hq@nfwi.org.ukWeb: http://www.thewi.org.uk

DENMANMarcham, AbingdonOxfordshire, OX13 6NWTel: 01865 391991E-mail: info@denman.org.ukWeb: http://www.denman.org.uk/

DESIGNEREmily Robb

ADVERTISINGJo MarchantTel: 01536 526674

PUBLISHEDCornwall Federation of Women’s Institutes

Items for Nov/Dec County News to be sent to the Editor by 12th September.

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A s this will be my last column, I would like to sincerely thank you all

for your support and friendship over the past three years. It has been an honour and a privilege to be your County Chairman

I would like to share with you some of my experiences as I have travelled the length and breadth of the county to join you at special events, birthday celebrations and even modelled at a Fashion Show organised by Membership Support Sub-Committee.

I have driven down winding lanes where the hedges have touched the wing mirrors of the car, on motorways when representing the Federation at conferences and meetings, even taking to the skies to visit St. Mary’s Isles of Scilly WI. That was memorable, not only because I met the members, but I have never been on such a small plane!!

One of my first events after taking over the office of Chairman was to act as car park steward at Chy Noweth. Unable to find a high viz. jacket, I donned a bright yellow poncho

only to find that Mickey Mouse was emblazoned on the back.

It has a great pleasure to plant a tree at Trematon WI, when I joined them for their party to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

My diary and my treasure boxes are full of very happy memories too numerous to mention here, but I have enjoyed meeting so many of you at your anniversary celebrations, some of which have been delicious lunches or dinners in hotels and restaurants, others have been in your own WIs with marvellous homemade cream teas. I have shaken so many hands and received many welcoming smiles. It was also a pleasure to take some of you to Denman in 2013. Hopefully I can join you on a course in 2015.

The business side of the coin has been to chair the meetings of the Board of Trustees to ensure the smooth running of the Federation and to work with all the sub-committees who organise a variety of events for all of you and to work alongside the team of staff at Chy Noweth who serve the Federation so well. I have represented CFWI at National events and especially

Diary Updates

APPLICATION SLIPS•

OCTOBER DIARY DATES 9th - Food, Glorious Food16th - Dartington Crystal17th - Tchaikovsky, the Man and his Music24th - Preserved and Pressed Flowers30th - Return of the Two Cooks, Parkhouse Centre, Bude

OCTOBER CLOSING DATES1st - Calling All Scribblers9th - Not the Christmas Quiz16th - Beetle Drive16th - Christmas County Lunches - Merchant’s Manor / Trenython Manor Hotel31st - Deadline CFWI Calendar photos

ENCLOSURES•

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Speakers’ Auditions

National Centenary Annual Meeting Paperwork (x2)Linking List 2015

Cornwall Federation of Women’s Institutes invites you to join us for a lovely 4 night break.‘Iconic Cornwall’Sunday 4th to Thursday 8th October 2015

Come and join us in beautiful West Cornwall for a lovely break, visiting wonderful places including: the

Eden Project, St Michael’s Mount and St Ives. All for a very competitive price.

We will be staying at the Hotel Penzance and Bay Restaurant, a small, but comfortable and elegant 4* townhouse hotel in Penzance.

Friends and partners welcome.

Price: £350 including four nights’ dinner, bed, breakfast and afternoon tea/coffee. Accommodation in shared twin or double rooms. (Please note that the hotel does not have a lift.)

Further details from Julia Havard by 31st December 2014. FOR DETAILS BY POST PLEASE SEND LARGE SAE

North Cornwall Coast. Photo taken by Sandra Buck near Treyarnon Bay a few miles south of Padstow. A stunning part of the coastline.

Crusted Haddock, with Crushed Potato and Courgettes

• Spinach, Wild Mushroomand Leek en Croûte,Tomato Cream Sauce

All served with seasonal vegetables

Dessert• Christmas Pudding

with Brandy Sauce• Vanilla Cheesecake

with Clotted Cream• Cheese and Biscuits

Tea/Coffee and Mints

Cost: £22.00 Closing date: Thursday 16th OctoberEnquiries to: Judith Williams.

Federation Matters

MERCHANTS MANOR, Falmouth, Tuesday 2nd / Wednesday 3rd December, 12 for 12.30

Starters• Oak Smoked Salmon & Crab Fish

Cake, Fennel & Clementine Salsa• Helford White Cheese, Hazelnut

& Fig Salad, with Aged Balsamic• Roasted Butternut Squash

Soup, with Toasted Fennel Seed

Main• Roast Topside of Moorland

Beef, Crisp Yorkshire Puddings• Roast Crown of Turkey, Bacon

Wrapped Sage & Date Stuffing,Vegetable Parcel and Port Gravy

• Pan Seared Cod Fillet, CitrusCrust, Brown Shrimp & Tarragon

Butter and Steamed Bok Choi• Baked Squash, Butter

Bean & Mushroom Cobbler,with Nutmeg Spinach

Dessert• Steamed Christmas Pudding,

Rodda’s Clotted Cream,Brandy & Vanilla Syrup

• Dark Chocolate Torte, CointreauIce Cream & Shortbread Crumble

CFWI County Tour 2015 Cover Photo

Chairman’s Column

enjoyed accompanying you to the AGM at The Royal Albert Hall and to the first Saturday meeting in Cardiff last year. It was such a pleasure to be one of the group.

It has not all been easy, but I think I can honestly say that the fun and smiles far outweigh the frowns and frustrations.

Hopefully, we shall still meet from time to time and I wish you all the very best in your WIs.

With warm regards,

KathyKathy Reed

CHRISTMAS COUNTY LUNCHES

• Spiced Red Wine PoachedPear, Candied Almonds& Mascarpone Cream

• Callestick Farm Ice Cream

Tea/Coffee & Homemade Biscuits

Cost: £22.00Closing date: Thursday 16th OctoberEnquiries to: Barbara Corbett,

TRENYTHON MANOR HOTEL, Overlooking St Austell BayTuesday 25th / Thursday 27th November

Starters• Tomato and Basil Soup• Breaded Mushrooms with

Garlic Mayonnaise• Galia Melon with Exotic

Fruits and Mango Sorbet

Main• Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding• Roast Turkey with Sage and

Onion Stuffing, Chipolatasand Cranberry Sauce

• Tomato, Mozzarella and Herb

NATIONAL CENTENARY ANNUAL MEETING 2015

Although it seems a long way off, we need to start making arrangements for what I am sure will be a very memorable meeting.The meeting will take place at The Royal Albert Hall, London on Thursday June 4th 2015 and we have already booked accommodation at The Corus Hotel, Hyde Park for bed & breakfast on the night of Wednesday June 3rd.It was announced at this year’s National Annual Meeting that one in every two WIs

would be able to send a delegate instead of the normal one in four and your secretary will have received, this month, the new linking list preparedonly for next year. Last year’s linking list should now be destroyed.

If your WI is due to find a delegate in 2015, please elect her this month. If you cannot find a delegate in your WI this month you should, without delay, contact the WI you are representing to see if they can provide a delegate. Please make this contact promptly, so they have time to find a delegate.

If you cannot find a delegate by 20th December 2014 from either of the WIs, please contact Liz Anderson so that a proxy can be found for you and the other WI you are representing.

CRAFT AND HABERDASHERY STALL

Very many thanks to all who generously made and donated such beautiful items of craft for sale at the Royal Cornwall Show. We did a brisk trade and the sales made a valuable

contribution to the costs of being at the Show. It really showed off the talents of our members. Those items unsold were taken to the Stithians Show where they made a strong impression on the visitors to our marquee and raised further funds. Our thanks also to those members who turned out their cupboards and donated all sorts of pieces of fabric which we were able to sell to quilters and others looking for ‘bits’.Just a reminder that at Chy Noweth we have a great Craft Library with lots of patterns, sewing, knitting and crochet and some adorable soft toys!

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SING YOUR HEART OUT CHOIR

Floral Art & Gardening

SOS FOR BEES

FWI are continuing work on this topic and have produced some new materials including ‘What to Plant’ guides and also some yummy honey recipes! Our display on this topic was very popular at both the Royal Cornwall Show and Stithians Show and we completely ran out of these leaflets! We now have more and the display, plus leaflets will be at the Annual Council Meeting and also at Chy Noweth. We are

Combined Arts

SIXTH ‘FESTIVAL OF THE SPOKEN WORD’

Due to a lack of entries, we very much regret that the above Festival scheduled for November 5th at St Erme has been cancelled.

CFWI CALENDAR 2016

We have had some stunning Cornish Skies this year and hopefully WI members have been capturing them for the 2016 CFWI Calendar. Don’t forget to try to include something in the image which reminds us that the skies are Cornish!Closing date: 31st October Please send your entries with your name, institute, phone number and location of the photo to:Val Strout.

hoping to run an event on ‘Gardening without Pesticides’ and meanwhile thank all

Federation Matters

SPEAKERS’ AUDITIONS DAY

Chy Noweth an Conteth, Thursday 13th November, 10:00 to 3:45

Hear potential new speakers for your WI and have a say on who will go into the Speakers’ Directory.

Bring a packed lunch.

Entrance is by ticket only and limited to TWO members per WI.

Cost: £3Closing date: Thursday 16th October

Enquiries to Jane Mills.

CORNWALL AT DENMAN

Monday 16th – Thursday 19th November 2015

Our dates for the next Federation visit have now been confirmed.Even though this might seem a long way off, we are hoping to choose the courses to offer you very soon. This will also give you time to start saving.

Our last Federation visit in 2013 was extremely enjoyable and it was a great way to meet other people from the County as well as visiting a very special place. For those of you who have never been to Denman, it really is a fantastic experience and one you will want to repeat again and again. It is also a great opportunity to develop a skill or to learn a new one.

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Our Sing Your Heart Out Choir have now been meeting twice monthly in preparation for NFWIs Singing for Joy heats on Saturday 29th November in Exeter.They will be singing three pieces: The Battle of Jericho, Castle on a Cloud, from

members who have taken the Keep up the Buzz posters and are getting the message out.

Les Miserables and Bonny at Morn, at traditional Northumbrian song. The choir will soon be joined at rehearsals by members from all over the county. This choir, which will be 80+ strong, will sing together in Truro Cathedral for the 95th Carol Service.

COUNTY NEWS

We hope you like your new edition of County News. Please not that the next edition of County News will be the Nov/Dec edition. Please remember that the closing date for articles to be included in the newsletter MUST reached the editor by 12th, 2 months before the publication date in which you want your article to be included. For example, for November/December County News, articles need to be with the editor by 12th September. An email is better than by post, but articles by post to: Sandra Buck. Anything sent to the office will result in further delay.For those of you who receive

your County News later in the month, you can always view a web version of the newsletter on our website: http://www.cornwallwi.org.uk/countynews.htmContact details are not included in this version, but can be viewed when you receive your printed copy. Please note also that photographs are always needed for the front cover of our newsletter. Interesting images of your WI or lovely views around Cornwall are particularly useful.Thank you for your co-operation.

So even though you still have lots of time to think, ‘Should I go next year?’, watch out for details in forthcoming County News editions.

Heather Alford, President of Mevagissey WI and Pat Gloyn, Crowlas & Ludgvan WI have both recently completed an excellent Patisserie course, Beth Marshall, Federation Treasurer,

TRAVEL

a Skinny Quilts course and Sandra Buck, Federation Vice-Chairman, a Vegetarian Indian Cookery Course.

For information about Denman, browse their website – http://www.denmancollege.org.uk. You can also download a brochure from this address and read all the latest news about the college.

As Travel Organiser may I extend my heartfelt thanks to all the lovely ladies, and their gentlemen friends, who travelled with us on our various trips this year. One of the highlights has to be the ride on the Seaton Tramway

for late April, early May.• In June a trip to Rosemooris planned, when their lovely rose garden should be at its best. This will, of course, be after we have recovered from the Royal Cornwall Show.• ‘The Round Robin’ trip isanother wonderful day out, and includes a steam train ride from Paignton to Kingswear, a ferry trip across the river to Dartmouth, free time there then a leisurely cruise up the Dart to Totnes. This is a possible idea for July.

• As we come to the end of summer,a trip to Clovelly is planned, with some retail therapy at the Atlantic Shopping Village on the way.

So, if you like gallivanting, watch for details of these trips in your County News in the coming months. We will always be pleased to welcome you, your family and friends on our trips. We are also happy to receive your ideas for future events.

Judith Williams Travel Organiser

and the Donkey Sanctuary trip!I am putting together a programme of places to go next year, some of which have been suggested by you when we have asked for your ideas.• This year saw the innovation of‘The Big Cake Show’ at Westpoint. It is on again next year from the 20th-22nd March, and I am hoping to get tickets and organise a coach for one of the days.• The Rembrandt ’selfie’ is ondisplay at Buckland Abbey, so a trip there is planned

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WI News & Events

BUDE WI SINGING FOR FUN

Saturday July 16th saw the first public performance of the Bude WI ‘Singing for Fun’ Group. This was held at St Martins United Reform Church in Bude and commemorated the start of WW1 in August 1914. All the ladies wore a handmade poppy, made by two members of group. The Church was decorated with Union Flags which created an evocativeatmosphere as the singers sang songs from WW1 and WW2. Members also gave readings and read poems. They finished with rousing choruses of Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem.After the concert, supper was served in the Church Hall and the singers and guests enjoyed a light snack and delicious cakes.

The singers, who have only been meeting for approximately nine months and number just over 20, are always happy to welcome ladies who enjoy singing to join them.

They meet on the first and third Monday evening at St Martins and the next meeting is on September 15th. A well-earned break is to be taken during August.

Thanks were expressed by the WI President, Carol Sparham, to Mr Andrew Pitt, conductor and leader, and Mr Roy McKenzie, accompanist. Thanks are also extended to the members of St Martins Church and all the WI members who helped behind the scenes.

CONSTANTINE WI IN FLOWER FESTIVAL

In July, the church in Constantine held a flower festival. All the organisations of the village, together with choirs and singers were allocated different parts of the church to decorate with flowers and accessories.Our WI was allocated the middle window, a good position apart from, dare I say it, the glorious sunshine. This meant that the display was in bright sunshine making it difficult to

keep the flowers looking fresh and photography difficult.

The festival was opened by Sarah Newton MP and on all days there was music and singing. All the money raised from theevent will be shared with the church and Cornwall Hospice Care.

The flower arrangement was put together by Angela Stokes, ‘Inspiring Women’ tall vase, with Sylvia Dunstan, pressing and repairing the banner. Helen Rogers and Janet Green were responsible for WI letters and acted as general dog’s bodies.

We all agreed that we had thoroughly enjoyed the effort it had taken to get the window decorated and we had a few laughs along the way.

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

Beaches and Cream WI - 1Lane and District WI - 65Torpoint WI - 40Withiel WI – 65

AMENDMENT

Liskeard WI

Secretary’s change of address.

CROWLAS & LUDGVAN WI SHOPPING TRIP

Crowlas & Ludgvan WI have spaces available on their Christmas Market shopping

trip to Exeter on Thursday 27th November. Further details from Kathy Merrett.

ST GERMANS WI SCARECROW

In our 80th Anniversary year, St Germans WI acquired a new ‘member’, Mrs Lovett of

Sweeney Todd fame, who was entered in the Port Eliot Festival Scarecrow Competition.There was stiff competition, so unfortunately we were not placed, but we had great fun making the scarecrow. It generated a lot of interest with members and public alike and she was greatly admired.The picture shows, left to right, another new member, Bernadette Prescott, Mrs Lovett, Gill Davies, Vice-President and Trish Jordan, President, who assembled the figure.

MUSICAL QUIZ WITH MARSHGATE WI

Marshgate WI invite you to their OPEN MEETING with a musical quiz at Otterham & St Juliot New Village Hall on Thursday 13th November at 7pm. Stalls,

raffle, prizes. Entry £4 Bring your own drinks and glasses. Nibbles provided. Husbands, partners and friends welcome.

For further inquiries please ring Wendy Trevennor.

CARNIVAL SUCCESS

Congratulations to Praze-an-Beeble WI who won 1st prize in the adult walking group category at the village carnival. The entry was based on ’Inspiring Women’.

St Mary’s Isles of Scilly WI had a walking treasure hunt around Hugh Town organised by Mrs Sue Milligan. This was followed by a fish and chip

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