Happy New Year

Teignmouth WI wishes all their members a very Happy New Year for 2016.

TEIGNMOUTH WI'S GOT TALENT

At our Christmas Party on Tuesday, we were treated to an array of talent from our members!  It was good fun and thanks to all those who took part.

Here are some reminders of those "magic moments"

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

To all our members 

Our Christmas Party is on Tuesday 8th December at 7pm so see you there!

Don't forget we have Teignmouth WI's Got Talent  

AND

Fashion Show at M & Co

Yesterday evening we had a great time at the Fashion Show at M & Co. Teignmouth.   Our lovely volunteers modelled day-wear, evening-wear and festive wear and all looked gorgeous- as you can see from the pictures below.

A big thank-you to John Nixon for allowing us to use his photos (and for saving my bacon when I left my camera at home!)

Also thank you to M & Co for all their help in organising the evening which was well attended.  Teignmouth WI were able to donate £100 to the M & Co charity - Cancer Research UK - from our ticket sales and raffle takings.  So thanks to all for their generosity.

To learn more about the charitable work that M & Co does, click https://www.mandco.com/corporate/our-charities/our-charities/our-charities.html

A really fun evening - here are the pictures:

Becoming Dementia Friends

After our inspiring and instructive talk from Heather Penwarden on Living with Dementia, all of us present signed up to be Dementia Friends.  This involves helping to create a more dementia-friendly community in which we are more informed and so can work to change the way people think, act and talk about dementia.

As a Dementia Friend, you can pledge an action such as:

• get in touch and stay in touch with somone I know living with dementia
• volunteer for an organisation that helps people with dementia
• wear my badge and tell five friends about the Dementia Friends initiative
• carry out a personal action e.g. be more pateient when out in the community or help soemone to find the right bus
• make craft items like fiddle quilts 
• 

Here we all are: waving our cards and badges.

If you would like to know more about Dementia Friends go to dementiafriends.co.uk or email dementiafriends@alzheimers.org.uk  or call 0845 306 0898

Kitchen Memorabilia

Our competition tonight was to bring in an item of Kitchen Memorabilia - here are some of the very interesting items our members brought in.

DEMENTIA AWARENESS

Our talk this evening was by Heather Penwarden who spoke about Dementia Awareness and explained to us how to be Dementia Friends   Heather explained what memory is and the different types of memory.  Then she described with very effective analogies what happens when our memory ceases to function efficiently.  She also had some excellent advice to help us understand how to live with Dementia in our family or friends.

The talk was most informative and we all learnt something.  It was also very moving and emotional for those of us who have or are experiencing the effects Dementia can have.

A big thank you to Heather for coming to speak to us. 

If you would like to know more about Dementia Friends go to dementiafriends.co.uk or email dementiafriends@alzheimers.org.uk  or call 0845 306 0898

HARVEST SUPPER

We all enjoyed an excellent Harvest Supper last night - the food was good and the company great fun!  A huge vote of thanks to our Committee for all their hard work in giving everyone such an enjoyable evening.

It was great just to have the opportunity to spend time with friends and have a good catch-up.  Maureen provided us with one of her mind- stretching quizzes which needed a lot of concentration!

The competition to create an animal from vegetables or fruit was well supported with some wonderful entries. 

GROUP MEETING AT BISHOPSTEIGNTON

Teignmouth WI's Competition Entries

The Teignside Group meeting was held last evening at Bishopsteignton Village Hall.   Representatives from the four WIs which make up the Group attended to hear reports from the other groups of their activities over the past year, an address by Cynthia Somerfield, WI Advisor and a talk on Magic by Zak Stone.

In the Group Competition, Teignmouth came 3rd but our entries looked great (see picture).  Teignmouth WI are hosting the Group meeting next year so let's have lots of ideas for speakers etc.

If you have a brilliant idea, let Maureen or Pam know !

TAPAS AT THE RIVIERA

Tapas for Lunch

A group of Ladies Who Lunch went to The Riviera in Teignmouth on Tuesday and had a delicious lunch with lots of laughs!

Any suggestions about other lunch / dinner venues, let Pam know as we are always up for a new adventure.  We alternate lunch and dinners and try to go out as a group once a month.  It is a great way of making new friends and trying out different foods and venues.  What's not to like?

A LITTLE SHOPPING THERAPY

We are running a Coach Trip to Clarks Village, Somerset on Thursday 1st October - 9.30am pick-up from the RN Hall  with a return by 6pm

ONLY £10 per person 

So do come along and bring your friends & family.  

Everyone Welcome!

Whether it’s an exciting new store opening, a cool fashion event or a mega sale; there’s always something going on at Clarks Village - there are loads of savings to be had on top brands.

 Have  a look at  -  http://www.clarksvillage.co.uk

CHINESE BRUSH ART WORKSHOP

Twelve of us enjoyed a really interesting and creative afternoon on Saturday learning the basics of Chinese Brush Art.   We learnt how to draw bamboos and peonies with varying degrees of success!  Lisa was extremely patient and took us through each stage showing us how to draw it first and then everyone had a go!  

Here is what we did

Many thanks to Lisa for sharing her talent and her creativity - we all left inspired

TEIGNSIDE GROUP MEETING - 23rd September 2015

2015 WI Centenary Wall Hanging - TWI 's square on top right

The Group Meeting 2015 is to be held in the Village Hall, Bishopsteignton on Wednesday 23rd September at 7pm.  The Village Hall is located centrally in the village on Fore Street.


Parking will be available in the grounds of the Methodist Church nearby also on Fore Street  but as always please  car share or be dropped off wherever possible as space is limited. 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/methodist+church+hall+bishopsteignton/@50.5533054,-3.5366266,16z

Hope to see you there - it is always a good evening!

Group Meeting 2013 - winning the Rose Bowl

Our Competition Entries from 2014

MURDER MOST FOUL

Our meeting on Tuesday 8th September is an interactive talk by Jill Drysdale titled "Murder Most Foul".  It involves the audience in deciding whether the person whom Jill puts forward as the perpetrator did the deed.  It is a true story which took place in 1865. 

This sounds like a fun challenge for all of us would-be Miss Marples!

Our competition this month is a home-baked Death By Chocolate cake or biscuit which Jill has offered to judge.  So get your deadliest, wickedest recipes out !

See you there.

DELICIOUS CREAM TEA

The Cream Tea was an opportunity to catch up with friends and eat delicious scones and cream.  The afternoon was extremely well attended and enjoyed by all.

A BIG thank you to Dee and all the ladies who contributed scones!

GROUP COMPETITION ENTRIES AND THE BEETLE DRIVE

BEETLE DRIVE

Some of us hadn't played BEETLE for years, and at times it seemed chaotic with some rather loose interpretations of the rules, and plenty of confusion when it came to the highest scorer moving on each time, but the Beetle Drive last night was great fun.

Congratulations to Frances Dingley, Mary Nixon and Angela Parkes for their winning entries to the Group Competition, kindly judged by Wendy and Anne from Cofton WI.

Flower Festival

The Flower Festival at St Michael's Church, Teignmouth is on from the 24th to the 29th June - you should go along to see the beautiful floral displays, including Teignmouth WI's.

The theme is "From Quill to Tablet" and our display shows how cookery has changed over time in terms of the utensils used.

Here are some photos of the display (thanks to Pam and Carole)

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Many thanks to Carole and Chris for doing the display.