Next Meeting:
Tuesday 14th May 2024
'Life as a Junior Doctor' - Peter Sykes
Competition: Old Pill Box or Medicine Bottle
Cost of attending a meeting is £2.00 per person
Please see the Archives for all reports of previous meetings for this year and years past.
Jodrell Side Branch Meetings 2024
Tuesday 9th January: 'Physio Gentle Exercise for Health' Jo Williams
Tuesday13th February: 'Newspapers Back To Front' Peter Levy
Tuesday 12th March: 'Sign Language in the Theatre' Janet Guest
Tuesday 9th April: 'Herbs for Health' Natalia Kerkham
Tuesday 14th May: 'Life as a Junior Doctor' Peter Sykes
Tuesday 11th June: 'Painting for Everyone' Gill Adlington
Tuesday 9th July: 'Writing Romantic Fiction' - Jacqueline Farrell
Tuesday 13th August: 'Protecting Your Nest Egg' Sarah Hughes
Tuesday 10th September: 'Through the Eyes of a Magician' Peter Turner
Tuesday 8th October: Members Night
Tuesday 12th November: AGM & Quiz
Tuesday 10th December: Christmas Party
March Caterers: J Alcock, H Birchenough, A Blair, D Blake, T Carter
Please check your members card to see if you are required for catering at a meeting. If you can't do your duty, please swap with someone else.
Tuesday 9th April
'Herbs for Health' - Natalia Kerkham
Tuesday 9th April brought our usual monthly meeting in Goostrey Village Hall. Jean Webb, our President, reported on her recent attendance at Hartford Golf Club W.I. Annual lunch. 150 W.I. Presidents attended representing 177 W.I.’s in Cheshire. The largest Federation in the country.
Our speaker for the evening was Natalia Kirkham, a qualified medicinal herbalist. After a career in finance in the NHS and a period bringing up her children, she took a major career change studying herbal medicine for three years.
Her talk introduced us to the medicinal benefits of common herbs. Mint as a tea or the chocolate variety soothed indigestion after a meal. Ginger for creaky joints, camomile for stress, cloves for sore throats and many more herbs used as infusions or teas.
A lively question and answer session followed with Natalia giving plenty of useful information.
The competition, a pot of herbs, was won by Gina Hoghton
Report by Judy Blamey
Dane Valley Group Meetings
Spring Group Meeting
Barnton Silver Band on Thursday 23rd May
Goostrey Village Hall
Competition “A Musical Instrument”
Tickets £7.00
Our contact for group activities is Marion Taylor
For the latest information from
The Cheshire Federation Womens Institute please click the link below
Cheshire Federation Womens Institute
For more details of events below ask our WI secretary Pat, see the Cheshire News link on this page or take a look at the county website: www.cheshirewi.org.uk.
Wednesday 26th July: Speaker Sally-Anne Martyn author of 'The Clinic'. Tickets £30 (members only) includes 2 course lunch. Doors open 11.15am. Hartford Golf Club.
