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Trip to Trentham Gardens Sept 2016
Whittington Centenary Silver Salver
Whittington WI organized a cake competition for the Whittington Countryside Fair which was held on September 3rd.The cake was a Queen Elizabeth Cake and the entries were very good.The
winner Mrs Hazel Rushton was presented with the WI Centenary Silver Salver by Vice President
Mrs Betty Gilbert.
The Silver Salver has been given to commemorate the 100th Birthday of Whittington WI, which is the oldest in Staffordshire.
Whittington WI Annual Quiz and Pudding night April 2016
An evening of great fun was had by over 80 people who attended this evening. The homemade puddings all went down very well and comments are coming back as to how
much everyone enjoyed themselves.
Our 99th Birthday Party : October 2015
We celebrated our
99th birthday party in October with an American Supper, involving lots of lovely homemade food and a quiz to get the old brain cells whirring ! The fabulous birthday cake was made by Anne.The birthday cake was cut by 2 of our newest members.
Trophies won at the County Show 2015
Trophies collected at the Annual Council Meeting on October 13th 2015, won at The County Show in May 2015
Mrs. Betty Gilbert won the best jam in the competition and also won the prize for the best item of produce in the show.
Mrs.. Jackie Perry won the photography competition and also had won the singles bowls tournament.
Mrs. Val Roberts won
the novice produce competition with her chocolate cake
The Opening of the Defence Medical Service in
Whittington May 2014
Whittington WI were lucky to be chosen as one of 15 organisations throughout the locality to be present for the opening of D.M.S. Whittington in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. Thursday May 8th dawned, a grey and drizzly beginning. 9am and four WI members arrived and with us came the heavy rain, it bounced back off the tarmac at us. We located the allotted pitch with a very wet
wooden trestle table. How fortunate that Mrs Roberts had purchased a gazebo, no sides but at least it was a bit of cover from the
rain. With help from some recruits the gazebo was up, after drying the table we lined it with polythene and then our cloth and set
up a lovely display of craft work plus some preserves and loaves of bread and the all important trophies which were still in our possession. By this time we were already soaking wet and very cold and it was only 10am, HRH did not arrive until 2pm. We were fed and watered by the catering staff and “Oh My “was it welcome!! There was plenty of time for us to look at all the other wet and bedraggled people and their displays.
Just before 2pm the helicopter arrived and duly the official car made its way through a guard of honour made up of men and
women from the Services they did look so very smart, the Duchess waved as she went past towards the main area for the Service
and Dedication.
After the Service and then an indoor reception The Duchess of Cornwall went on a walk-about, this was very well planned, she
spoke to a
lot of children, Brownies and children from Whittington Primary School who were in front of me. During the Royal visit the rain stopped and as the helicopter took off for the return trip the heavens opened again and we were very ,very pleased when we could pack everything up and return home.
This was an experience for us all.
Beanies for brave troops far from home
On a bitterly cold, snowy morning near the end of March, members of Whittington WI were among those invited to the Staffordshire Regimental Museum at Whittington Barracks for the official handing over of the
