December meeting

Sadly, the Christmas meal had to be cancelled at the last minute due to the snow falling - we did not want to risk any falls or accidents on the way to the meeting.
Further info will follow in due course, meanwhile enjoy the snow!

Picture courtesy of Phoebe Lydon

Meetings of the Dodford WI are held on the second Friday of each month (except August) at 7.30pm in the Dodford Village Hall, and visitors will be made welcome, and for potential members the first visit is free.

At our November meeting Janis Bell joined us with a talk and demonstration making Focaccia Bread.   Refreshments were provided by June Parker and Di Pardoe.

Friday 9 December is our Christmas Party, when the committee will provide hot food with members contributing either salad or puddings.  Please bring your own cutlery/plates/dishes/glasses and drink. Don't forget your Secret Santa Sock where each member brings a pair of socks: one containing a small gift (£2-£3) wrapped in Christmas paper and inserted inside the sock.  The other sock will be placed in a container to become a lucky dip.

Friday 12 January 2018.  Our first meeting of the new year.  The speaker will be giving a talk on Homeopathy.   Refreshments will be provided by Judy Richardson  and Rosemary Tilt.

November Meeting

Meetings of the Dodford WI are held on the second Friday of each month (except August) at 7.30pm in the Dodford Village Hall, and visitors will always be made welcome, and for potential members the first visit is free.

At our Friday 13 October meeting Ruth Lowe entertained us describing Mary Quant's life regarding her designs, and also brought along original garments.  Delicious refreshments provided by Carolyn Evans .

Our next meeting will be held on Friday 10 November when Janis Bell will be demonstrating the making of Focaccia Bread. Refreshments to be provided by June Parker and Di Pardoe.

October Meeting

Meetings of the Dodford WI are held on the second Friday of each month (except August) at 7.30pm in the Dodford Village Hall, and visitors will always be made welcome, and for potential members the first visit is free.

At our Friday 8 September meeting Heather Wastie entertained us with poems and songs gleaned from information by people who worked in the carpet industry.  Delicious refreshments provided by Judy Richardson and Rosemary Tilt.

Our next meeting will be held on Friday 13 October when Ruth Lowe will talk to us about Mary Quant - her career and design concept through the 1960's.  Refreshments to be provided by Carolyn Evans and Margaret Rea.

Giles Brandreth

Some of the girls from Dodford WI went to Chateau Impney on the 11th September to enjoy a lovely lunch and be entertained by the witty Giles Brandreth.  Very enjoyable! 

September meeting

At the September meeting, our ladies were entertained by Heather, who performed poetry and songs about the carpet industry in Kidderminster.

Enjoyed by all!

The October meeting will be focussed on the life of Mary Quant.
Date is 11th October

September - Dodford Show

All right ladies (and gentlemen)!

The show is on Saturday 2nd September at Dodford Village Hall. Registration starts at 9:30 am till 11:45am.  All your entries are checked in and then staged in the main hall. The hall opens again at 3:00pm following judging.  At 4:00pm we hold an auction of donated produce and a raffle of donated prizes.

We would be delighted if you could again attend and thrilled if you could also exhibit your produce, flowers or craft.

To ease registration this year we have published an entry form so that you can complete beforehand if you so wish and bring it along on the day. Just complete your details and enter the number of entries you have in each individual class. Maximum of 3 per class. Entry requirements of each class can be found as usual in the show guide which is available at:

 www.dodfordgardeningclub.co.uk

July meeting

On Friday 9 June we held our WI outing - at the home of Jackie Parker  - well actually in her decorated garage in case of rain.  It was nice and cosy and we enjoyed our fish and chips supper and a natter.

Our next meeting is Friday 14 July when Diane Sleigh will be talking to us about bee keeping.  Refreshments will be provided by Norma Willis, Sheila Bretherton and Jean Sleigh. 

Don't forget you can view Dodford WI's Blogspot - http://dodfordwi.blogspot.co.uk/  

The Dodford Show will be held at Dodford Village Hall on Saturday 2 September 2017.  Schedules will be available from Penny Lydon (07706 153618 and on Gardening Club website) and Jackie Parker (01527 880640) and on our website.

June meeting

Friday 9 June we are invited to a mini Fish & Chip supper in Jackie Parker's garden, 6.30 for 7pm, Cost approx £5.  Contact Jackie if you want directions.  Bring your own drink, and perhaps this year we might actually enjoy some sunshine !!!!

The Dodford Show will be held at Dodford Village Hall on Saturday 2 September 2017.  Schedules will be available from Penny Lydon (07706 153618 and on Gardening Club website) and Jackie Parker (01527 880640) and on our website.

May Meeting - AGM

Meetings of the Dodford WI are held on the second Friday of each month (except August) at 7.30pm in the Dodford Village Hall, and visitors will always be made welcome, and for potential members the first visit is free.

On Friday 12 May we held our Annual Meeting and voted on this year's two Resolutions: A) Alleviating Loneliness, and B) Plastic Soup: Keep microplastic fibres out of our oceans.   Margaret Bazley, WIA, ably guided us through the proceedings.  Interesting debates followed, with the resultant voting:    A)  For: 0, Against: 8, Abstain: 4 - No Discretion and  B)  For: 10, Against: 0 - No Discretion.  In the case of A) it was felt that this would be unworkable.  Alleviating loneliness is a national problem, but needs resolving locally.

The secret ballot then took place on the future President, with Pat Squires agreeing to be our President.  So we can look forward to the continuation of Dodford WI.  But we do need more members, so please come and join one of our meetings and give us a whirl...     Delicious refreshments were provided by Raili Caldicott and Sue Wheeler.

Friday 9 June we are invited to a mini Fish & Chip supper in Jackie Parker's garden, 6.30 for 7pm, Cost approx £5.  Contact Jackie if you want directions.  Bring your own drink, and perhaps this year we might actually enjoy some sunshine !!!!

The Dodford Show will be held at Dodford Village Hall on Saturday 2 September 2017.  Schedules will be available from Penny Lydon (07706 153618 and on Gardening Club website) and Jackie Parker (01527 880640) and on our website.

May meeting

Meetings of the Dodford WI are held on the second Friday of each month (except August) at 7.30pm in the Dodford Village Hall, and visitors  will always be made welcome, and for potential members the first visit is free.

On Friday 14 April, Diane Brothwell came along and encouraged us to make a lion from a cream egg and marzipan.  Lots  of fun. Delicious refreshments were provided by Jean Sleigh and Penny Lydon.

Our next meeting is Friday 12 May when we will be holding our AGM and vote on this year's two Resolutions.  They are: 1) Alleviating Loneliness, and 2) Plastic Soup - keep Microplastic Fibres out of our Oceans.  Information is offered on pages 20 & 21 in April issue of WI Life.  Please read and bring your views along to our meeting.

Refreshments will be provided by Raili Caldicott and Norma Willis.

April meeting

Meetings of the Dodford WI are held on the second Friday of each month (except August) at 7.30pm in the Dodford Village Hall, and visitors will be made welcome and for potential members the first visit is free.

March's meeting was most interesting when Pat Tansell told us how life was for the Nailers of Bromsgrove.  Delicious refreshments were provided by Jackie Parker and Di Pardoe.

On Friday 14 April Diane Bothwell will be encouraging us to make, 'marzipan Lion on eggs'.  This sounds very intriguing, especially as it's Good Friday, so do come along and support us.

Refreshments will be provided by Jean Sleigh and Penny Lydon.

March meeting

February's meeting was energetic and fun when Petra from Perpetual Wellbeing encouraged us to participate in flexibility and movement.  Delicious refreshments were provided by Sue Swift, Flossie Lammas and Madge Albutt.

Our next meeting will be held in Friday 10 March, when Pat Tansell will be entertaining us with her talk about 'The Nailers'.

Refreshments will be provided by Jackie Parker and Di Pardoe.

February meeting

Our next meeting was on Friday 10 February, when Petra from Perpetual Wellbeing (located at Dodford Crossroads) joined us to give a demonstration of Flexibility and Movement.  She will provided a handout to give us ideas to do simple exercises at home.


It was a good turnout and all who attended thought it was well worth the effort!

January meeting - CANCELLED

Last minute update - due to bad weather expected later, and low turnout anticipated, we have decided to cancel tonight's meeting.  Sorry.
See you in February!



Firstly, a Happy New Year to all!

We hope you enjoyed your Christmas break and look forward to a new 2017.

Our first meeting of the year is on Friday 13th!

Pat Squires will be our President for the next few months, at least, so let's give her all the support we can.

The theme of the January meeting has not yet been decided, so watch this space...