St James Craft Fair

Several of our talented members had items on display at the Craft Fair in St James Church Teignmouth, and what a wonderful display it made! Well done to the two Angela's who set the display up.

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Annual General Meeting 2017

The AGM is held on the second Tuesday in May, this year it was attended by 38 members and Cynthia Somerfield our WI advisor.
Chris Hodgkinson gave a report on the spring council meeting which was held in Torquay, which sounded very interesting and fun. Pam Webb informed the members that our 50th anniversary Rose has now been planted in the grounds of the hall.
The competition this month was a Flower Display in an Egg Cup, all the entries were eggsellent! First place was Doreen Rogers, second place was Hazel Powell and third place was Beryl Hopkins, below are pictures of the entries and winning displays.

The new committee was elected, they are Dee Harrington, Chris Hodgkinson, Pam Webb, Maureen Hunter, Jane Mason, Val Pilley, Kate Neville, Marion Wyatt and Julie Thornback.
Maureen Hunter was elected as President. I will post photos of the committee along with their roles as soon as I get chance to take them. A big well done to Pam Webb our out going President.

Devon County Show Poppy Dislay

Poppy memorial to those who lost their lives in the First World War

Thanks to the people of Devon, 

Devon County Show

are staging a moving tribute to the 

11,500 men and women from the 

county who lost their lives in the First 

World War.

Their stewards will be creating a river 

of 32,000 poppies in the majestic 

Crafts and Gardens Pavilion and a 

smaller display will be on show in the 

BBC exhibition.

All the poppies have been handmade 

by people who are paying respect to 

those who fought and died.

Poppies are roughly the same size 

but they are made of a variety of 

materials including wool, leather, 

wood and even metal. 

The vast majority of poppies are red 

and some are dedicated to the 

maker’s relative who died in the War; 

others are purple and created in 

tribute to the animals which died in 

the war effort.

After the Show the poppies will be 

carefully stored until Remembrance 

Weekend (November 11 and 12) 

when they will be displayed in Exeter

 Cathedral.