Hanley Homily

the newsletter of the Issue No branch of April 123 the WI 2015

OFFICERS LUNCH GROUP President 11 Members lunched at the Jockey at Marion Hawkes Tel: 310574 Baughton in March. Do come and join us we Vice President will be lunching again on Thursday 23rd Lesley Anne Davies March. Please sign the list if you would like Tel 310249 Secretary to join us. Joan Ainsworth Tel 573090 Treasurer Ann Canham Tel: 310366 Assistant Treasurer Sheila Andrews WALKING Again we managed only one walk last month, but what Tel 310352 COMMITTEE a walk ! We parked at Redmarley and set out for almost 7 miles of Catering Penny Tennant –Thomas glorious countryside. We soon reached Pauntley where Dick Whit- WFWI Outings Lesley Anne Davies tington was born, we paused to explore the nearby church which is Local Trips Rachel Salmon maintained with funds given by the City of in memory of Publicity Pamela Buckle their famous Lord Mayor. We continued to some beautiful lakes CLUB CONTACTS Cinema where we ate our lunch and whilst we were eating Evelyn was the Penny Tennant-Thomas 310691 lucky one who saw a kingfisher dart across the water. On this walk Eating Out Carol Hutchings we experienced the highs and lows of rural life, fortunately mostly Tel: 310920 Reading highs, the wild flowers were abundant (daffodils, celandines, wood Pam Wade Tel: 310410 anemones), the fauna was varied and the old buildings were magnifi- Friendship Joan Ainsworth cent BUT on our return to Redmarley we walked through a farm that Tel 573090 Skittles looked like a scrapyard, abandoned machinery and cars scattered Diane Symonds Tel: 311198 about, and gaps in hedges plugged with old buckets and other scrap, a Walking Sheila Andrews real rural slum ! Tel: 310352 So what is planned for April ? On Friday, 17th April, meeting

OTHER CONTACTS Picken End 10am., we will set out for Hollybush and from there walk Home Visitor Jaye Field a 3.5 mile circular route that is a firm favourite of mine. Our longer Tel 310154 Homily walk, 7 miles, will again be on a Friday. We will meet on 24th April, Marion Hawkes [email protected] at 10am in Picken End and set out for Storridge, from there we will walk to Longley Green. There is a shop and a pub in Longley Green which may be useful for refreshments. We last did this walk 4 years ago, and found it varied and interesting, do join us if you can. Email for WI house Anyone interested in walking, please fill in the form that is circulat- [email protected] ing, our days that are free for walking seem to have changed, the in- [email protected] formation that you supply will help me choose days that suit most people. Thank you. Sheila FILM AND THEATRE Our last skiles match against was a bye as 6th- 11th April - Arcadia - Theatre they couldn’t produce a team. We have now completed 10th - 12th April - Selma (12A) all our matches. Thank you to everyone who took part 14th April - Hamlet with Maxine Peake - and thank you to Diane for organising everything. cinema 13th - 16th April - Sll Alice (12A) 16th April - Hard Problem - Naonal Thea- TRIP TO TUDOR HOUSE ON 15TH APRIL SEE RACHEL tre Live IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US. 17th - 30th April - Woman in Gold (tbc) 14th - 19th April - Snow White on Ice - CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING WEDNESDAY 13TH MAY AT HANLEY CASTLE Forum 19th April - Bolshoi Ballet - Ivan The Terri- SUMMER OUTING TO CHATSWORTH SATURDAY 4TH ble - cinema JULY. 21st - 25th April - All My Sons - Theatre REQUESTS FOR HELP AT THREE COUNTIES SHOW 23rd April - 50 Shades of Grey (18) (FREE TICKET AND LUNCH FOR VOLUNTEERS) 23rd April - Malvern Concert Club 24th April - Solid Gold 70s Show 25th April - Stewart Francis HAS ANYONE GOT ANY OLD PHOTOS OF OUR WI. 27th April - 2nd May - The King's Speech - WE ARE TRYING TO GATHER TOGETHER AS MUCH ARCHIVE MATERIAL AS POSSIBLE AND HOPE TO Theatre DISPLAY SOME AT OUR MAY MEETING. 28th April - 2nd May - I Believe in Uni- Please contact Wendy Roberts-Powell corns - Forum 30th April - Dancing in Jaffa (PG) THE HANLEY GARDEN CLUB ARE ORGANISING A TRIP 1st - 14th May - Far From The Madding TO THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES ON Crowd (12A) FRIDAY 22ND MAY 2015. COST £20 FOR MEMBERS AND £22.50 FOR NOT MEMBERS OF THE GARDEN CLUB. 4th - 9th May - Rebecca - Theatre PLEASE CONTACT JO BOWLES IF YOU ARE Happy Theatre Going INTERESTED IN JOINING THEM. Penny Tennant-Thomas

READERS GROUP Just a reminder that the FRIENDSHIP GROUP THIS MONTH AT JOAN AINSWORTH’S ON 28TH meeng is at my house on Monday, 13th April, when APRIL AT 2.30.P.M. ALL we will discuss "The Silkworm" by Robert Galbraith. WELCOME Pam Wade “MOON MISSION” Our Annual Meeting takes place What a great PLEASE RECORD next month when we are looking ANY WALKING, for a new President and a total speak- er we PUSHING, RUN- of 10 committee members. If had NNG, PEDALLING, you are interested in putting last SWIMMING, ROWING, WHEELING your name forward please month THAT YOU DO FROM 20TH contact Joan Ainsworth. MARCH READY FOR US TO REC- ORD IT FOR THE “MOON & BACK MISSION”. PLEASE RECORD YOUR NAME, THE DATE AND GROUP MEETINGS DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: WHAT YOU DID WALKING CIDER WITH ROSIE AT 7.30. ON 21ST APRIL. ETC.PLUS THE DISTANCE. THEN SKITTLES AT THE BLUEBELL, RYALL ON 20TH JULY. GIVE YOUR RECORD SHEET TO JOAN AINSWORTH OR EMAIL IT CENTENARY GARDEN PARTY AT THE GRANGE ON TO JOAN. PLEASE CONTINUE 19TH AUGUST. UNTIL THE END OF JULY.