County News • July/August 2017 • Cornwall Federation of WIs 1 A Message from Your Chairman ’m so sorry to I get some strange have to begin requests and do all Imy column sorts for the WI, but with sad news. this one was very FEDERATION OFFICE Chy Noweth an Conteth I expect most of memorable and great Truro Business Park, Threemilestone you have heard fun. Truro TR4 9NH – T: 01872 272843 that dear Nan Email: Collier passed By the time you read General Enquiries: away on the this, we will have been [email protected] 25th April. Nan to the Royal Cornwall Federation Secretary: was a wonderful Show and I would just [email protected] Accounts: cfwiaccounts@ Chairman of the like to say a big thank btconnect.com Federation and a you to the members Reception: cfwireception@ WI Adviser and, who helped during btconnect.com despite being the three days. We Website: http://cornwallwi.org.uk diagnosed with couldn’t do it without Facebook: www.facebook.com/ the dreaded you. I hope you liked Cornwallfederationof “C”, carried the change of layout womensinstututes OFFICE OPENING HOURS out her duties in the marquee and 9am - 4:30pm with absolute appreciated all the hard Monday - Thursday dedication whilst work and time given she was able. She voluntarily by the Board FEDERATION CHAIRMAN was my mentor on of Trustees and Sub- Barbara Corbett the Membership Committees. Special Tel: 01736 791966 Sub-Committee thanks are extended to Email: [email protected] when I moved to Floral Art & Gardening FEDERATION TREASURER Cornwall and she for their organisation Jane Mills was extremely of the competitions Tel: 01736 752680 kind to me and always had time we met up at the Registrar’s and demonstrators, along Email: [email protected] to chat. Such a smart lady too; Office in St John’s Hall, with Home Economics & Craft truly an extraordinary woman. Penzance (now looking very and, of course, we must not EDITOR Although we had not seen smart since being re-vamped), forget the fantastic Exhibitions Helen Kestle Tel: 01736 753104 much of her of late due to her and did the deed. Sandra and Sub-Committee who were Email: [email protected] advancing illness, I know she John are a lovely couple. They in attendance throughout will be missed by the members have been together for 12 years the whole week of the Show. THANKS TO TREVISCOE who knew her so well. God and decided it was time to get THANK YOU ALL. & TRETHOSA WI FOR Bless you Nan, may you Rest in married, but did not want to PACKING JULY/AUGUST Peace. involve their extended family. We all need a break now to COUNTY NEWS We felt as if we had known recover and re-charge ready to NATIONAL FEDERATION On a happier note, I (and them for years! After the start again in September. OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES Geoff) had the great privilege ceremony, we took them over to 104 New Kings Road, to witness a wedding recently! Penlee House Gardens for some HAVE A GREAT SUMMER. London, SW6 4LY We were approached by a celebratory refreshments and Tel: 0207 371 9300 lady (Sandra and her partner of course photographs. They Fax: 0207 736 3652 John) who lives in Norwich, were staying here in Cornwall Email: [email protected] enquiring if we could do this on holiday and so were off to Web: www.thewi.org.uk for them. Of course, being me, the beach for the afternoon – Barbara DENMAN I volunteered. On a very sunny couldn’t blame them, it was a Chairman Barbara Marcham, Abingdon Cornish Wednesday morning gorgeous day. Oxfordshire, OX13 6NW Tel: 01865 391991 Email: [email protected] Web: www.denman.org.uk Cover Photo Diary Updates PUBLISHED JULY AND AUGUST DIARY DATES Cornwall Federation of 6th July - Climate Change: Reducing our Carbon Emissions Women’s Institutes 8th July - Photography Workshop: Sunset at Holywell Bay 13th July - Drama Workshop DEADLINE FOR INCLUSION 18th August - Visit to RHS Garden Rosemoor Flower Show IN COUNTY NEWS Items to be sent to the Editor by JULY AND AUGUST CLOSING DATES 12th of the month, two months 6th July - Visit to RHS Garden Rosemoor Flower Show prior to publication. No late 31st July - Press Competition deadline entries can be accepted. Mermaids Mylor & Flushing WI members Denise Carty, 31st July - Knightor Winery Visit 2nd August - Poldark Day DESIGNED Maxine Crump and Pam Simon Pell Seabridge enjoy a CFWI 3rd August - Forde Abbey Visit 10th August - Lawn Green Bowls visit to Tregullas Farm on a 12th August - Beeswax Workshop ADVERTISING beautifully sunny day in May. Jo Marchant - Tel: 01536 526674 21st August - Spa Day at Bedruthan Steps Hotel 21st August - Bag-Making Workshop PRINTED 25th August - Harvest Buffet Lunch 31st August - Social Media Competition deadline 2 County News • July/August 2017 • Cornwall Federation of WIs NOTES FROM THE OFFICE 200+ CLUB she has created on the wall 240501 or by email at mandy. May winner of £47 – Sue of her flat has cast a spell. [email protected]. Hollingsworth, Trevone WI She must see this country for herself. On the morning NEW ENTRIES IN OUR AN AUDIENCE WITH Ellie leaves for Athens, a SPEAKERS’ DIRECTORY VICTORIA HISLOP notebook arrives. Its pages tell Please note these additions to the story of a man’s odyssey our CFWI Speakers’ Directory, through Greece. Moving, following our most recent surprising and sometimes Speakers’ Auditions Day. A dark, A’s tale unfolds with full copy of the Directory, the discovery not only of a with contact details and fee culture, but also of a desire to information, can be found live life to the full once more.” on our website at www. cornwallwi.org.uk. The Autumn Council Meeting will be held at the Hall BARKING MAD ABOUT • Geoff Davis – A retired vicar for Cornwall in Truro on HOLIDAYS FOR DOGS? who provides all-round Tuesday 10th October. We are hearing a lot about lively entertainment, sings, the problems in our society tells funny stories and jokes APPLICATIONS FOR of loneliness and the need for and recites poetry. Subjects CFWI EVENTS us all to keep fit – so when include Kent and places he CFWI events, organised by Mandy Turton of Barking has travelled including the both the Board of Trustees Mad came to talk to us, a Holy Land and Bangladesh. and the sub-committees, new idea arose about how are advertised in County to help with both issues. • Cornwall Blood Bikes – A As you now know, our guest News with application forms representative will speak about speaker at this year’s Autumn sent to all WI Secretaries. We all know that a dog the operation’s organisation Council Meeting will be is a wonderful pal, keeps and volunteers, and will acclaimed author Victoria As not all WIs receive their you active and wins you probably also bring along one Hislop. When she takes the copies of County News at the lots of friends (even if they of their impressive bikes! stage at the Hall for Cornwall same time, tickets for events do all know your dog’s at our meeting, Victoria would are not allocated on a first- name but not yours!). • Fisherman’s Mission – A like to entertain questions come-first-served basis. Each talk about the history from the audience. If you application slip has a closing Barking Mad offers holidays of the Mission, its aims have a question you’d like to date shown on it, and when for dogs, so that while you’re and objectives and how it ask her, please submit it in applications are received they on your holiday your dog gets delivers those practical aims writing to the CFWI office by are kept until that closing date. to go on one of its own, staying today around the 49 ports the end of September. You can with a host family rather than and coves of Cornwall. send your questions either Once the closing date is going into a kennel. Home by post or by email to cfwi@ reached, and provided there from home. The idea came • Surfers against Sewage btconnet.com. What a great are sufficient applications to about in 2002 when Barking – An introduction to the opportunity this will be! make the event viable, tickets Mad’s founder needed a kind work of the charity and are sent out. Should the event and friendly place for her dog its current campaigns. If your WI has a book group, be over-subscribed, a ballot is to stay when she went away. why not read one of her books held. WIs whose applications Now that’s an interesting REMINDER in advance of the meeting? are not successful are placed idea for doggy lovers! A reminder to all that the Her most recent novel is on the disappointed list, and CFWI office at Chy Noweth Cartes Postales from Greece, their cheques are returned. There’s more to it – you can is closed on Fridays and the published in 2016. The back become part of the Barking cark park gates are locked. cover of the book says, “Week If you miss the closing date Mad family and be a host after week, the postcards for an event, it is always worth for a doggy visitor on its CORRECTIONS arrive, addressed to a name contacting the office to enquire holiday. You just need to The WI member featured on Ellie does not know, with no if there are any spare places. love dogs, be fit enough to the cover of the May issue return address, each signed look after one, have a secure of County News is Vicki with an initial: A.