Loscoe Women's Institute

Welcome to the Loscoe Women's Institute Previous Meetings Page 2010

Updated 24th February 2011

Meeting held on 15th December 2010

Loscoe W.I. held its Christmas meeting on 15th December.
Our President Janet Padgham welcomed everyone to the meeting especially guests Ann and David from the Friends of the Red River and Jean and Lyn from Loscoe St Lukes Church.
Each was the receipient of Ł100 cheqeue from our W.I. charity fund.

Ann and David receive the cheque on behalf of The Red River project.
The friends of the Red River plan to use the money towards wild flowers,
so hopefully we should see a splash of colour in Loscoe next year.

Jean and Lyn eceive the cheque on behalf of St. Lukes Church.
St Lukes will use their donation towards the new heating to replace the copper piping stolen earlier this year.
Janet asked for suggestions for our next years charity which will be voted on at our January meeting.
We are currently planning our trips and outings for next year including a lunch at George's Tradition at Woodlinkin,
a theatre visit in March and a Federation event at Derbyshire House, called A taste of India.
Loscoe W.I. also wishes to acknowledge the kindness and generosity of Mr Smith, who gave so many items, for us to sell, to boost our fund raising for local charities.

The remainder of the meeting was given to celebrating our Christmas Party with great food and drink and with the entertainment by Mick Malarky.

Mick played his guitar and sang lots of old time songs for us to join in with.
He also played on a Ukulele.

Mick recited stories and jokes which kept us in fits of laughter throughout the evening.
A great time was had by all.
Mick truly is a marvellous entertainer and we would recommend him to any group wanting a fun evening.

Mick and Lyn sing a duet, much to Lyn's absolute delight.
We hope all residents had a Merry Christmas and a Happy and peaceful New Year and would welcome any new friends who wish to join us in January,
when our guest will be Georgina Pearson who will be demonstrating make-up and skin care.

Report written by Mrs Vivien Gregg. Copy sent to Ripley & Heanor News.

Meeting held on 17th November 2010

A busy November meeting including a cheque presentation, our AGM, the Harvest Supper and an auction.

Every year Loscoe Women's Institute chooses a charity to support, raising funds through raffles,
a tombola and events such as our summer fayre,
which proved to be such a success that we hope to have another in 2011.
The past year our chosen charity has been the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA).
Over the year an incredible Ł1000 has been raised for this worthy cause.
At this meeting a cheque was presented to Eileen Turner from the DLRAA.
Eileen thanked everyone for the money, and said it will be a great help in keeping this vital service going.
We at Loscoe Women's Institute would like to express a huge thanks to the people of Loscoe
who supported us in our fund raising efforts.

The cheque is presented to Eileen Turner.

Eileen Turner pictured on the right receiving the cheque from President Mrs Janet Padgham,
with other members in the background.

Our June meeting saw us all getting involved in making a patchwork quilt.
The photo on the left shows Viv and Lisa with the end result.

Meeting held on 20th October 2010

The meeting was opened by President Janet Padgham and apologies were received. Information was given relating to forthcoming events and the spring council on 1st March 2011.
Items from the Derbshire Link were shared with the members, noting the American Thanksgiving Day,
Denman College Derbyshire weekend plus the long distant travel fund.
Included were articles from different W.I.s on their summer activities.

Beautifully knitted fingerless gloves by Lisa.

Janet thanked Lisa and Jennie for their competition entries at the council meeting.
The competition was for a knitted hat and gloves. Lisa entry is pictued.

On the 5th October the W.I. held a Murder Mystery Evening at the Codnor Castle Inn.
This was a tremendous success and thanks were given to the Belper Players who provided 'the mystery'
and a huge thanks to Ann Willis who organised the evening.

Our next event is a tombola stall on Heanor Market on Friday 29th October.
On the 3rd December Loscoe W.I. will host the West Leys Group Carol Service at St Luke's Church; all will be welcome.
The service will include choirs from William Howitt Community school.
We were pleased to welcome Brian Keys from Heanor Historical Society.
Brian gave an enlighted look at the history and future of the Langley Mill to Cromford Canal, showing slides from the past and present.
For those who have lived in the area for many years or locals this was a walk (or sail) down memory lane.
A vote of thanks ws given by Chris Miller.
The door raffle was won by Betty Castledine and the competition was won by Jean Bowyer.

Report written by Mrs Vivien Gregg. Copy sent to Ripley & Heanor News.

Meeting held on 15th September 2010

Fun and games for Loscoe Women's Institute.
President Mrs Janet Padgham welcomed members to the September meeting held at The Eclipse Inn, Loscoe.
A few notices were read out including thanks to everyone who helped make the summer fayre such a success.
Audrey Woolands was thanked for organising such an interesting range of trips throughout the summer, including Sunday lunch on the River Trent aboard The Nottingham Princess.
After the business part of the meeting, the real work got under way.
Teams were sorted and skittles began to fly, yes we were back for another fun evening of pub skittles.
Shouts and laughter ensued for the next forty minutes as skittles were sent in all directions.
Beware anyone standing too close.

Can Maureen laugh and throw at the same time.

So that's what happens when Janet throws left handed.

Well, we didn't know it was going to do that!.

The scores at the end were very close with only a point or two in it, but the important thing was that we all had fun.
We then moved inside to the function room where a cold buffet had been prepared for us.
Many thanks to our hosts at The Eclipse. Loscoe Women's Institute are always ready to welcome new members. Please come along to one of our meetings or contact Janet on 01773 746042.
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 20th October and our speaker will be Brian Key who will give us a talk about the canal from Langley Mill to Cromford.
You will also find us on Heanor market place on Friday 29th October where we are having a tombola and early Christmas gifts stall. Please come along and say “hello”.

Report written by Mrs Janet Padgham. Copy sent to Ripley & Heanor News.

Meeting held on 21st July 2010

Our July meeting was opened by a welcome from our President Janet Padgham to all our members and guests. She spoke of the important role each and everyone has to play in our fast growing branch in Loscoe. We are always ready to welcome new friends within the group.
Apologies were received from members who were on holiday and those not feeling well. Janet reminded everyone about the forthcoming events in our neighbouring W.I. - the Breadsall Hog Roast, Stanley Common Garden Party, The Ilkeston Quiz Night to name but a few. She also informed the group about 'Denman comes to Derbyshire.' This is an opportunity to meet the tutors from Denman College. This will include the tutors speaking about the courses, particularly walking and climbing couses, watercolours and photography and history and heritage.
Over the last few weeks our group at Loscoe have experienced quite a few activities and visits. The Derbyshire Tour, a theatre visit, a trip to Denman College and a walk planned by June Camm. Our Thanks to all those who organised these activities.
The next walk will be on the 3rd August, meeting on Heanor Market at 10.00am. Our next big event will be our Summer Fair on Saturday 7th August at 2pm at the Evergreen Centre on Egreaves Avenue. Proceeds from our Summer Fair and other fund raising events will be for the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance, our chosen charity for this year.
We are also looking forward to our Murder Mystery Evening at the Ormonde Fields Golf Club on 5th October. An event not to be missed and is held with the support of Belper Players.
Our speaker for the evening was Dorothy Allsopp who gave a most inspiring flower arranging demonstration.
The flower arrangenents were raffled off at the end of the evening.

The first arrangement was a basket of roses.
Dorothy made the flowers look as though they had just been picked and placed in the basket.
This arrangement was won by Mary.

This arrangement was made in two parts with soft peach roses and white chrysanthemums.
Eileen and Betty were the lucky winners of these arrangements.

The third arrangement was quite stunning, with bright yellow gerbera daisies, Celosia or cockscomb and large varigated leaves. This was won by Athley, one of our visitors.
It was a pleasure to watch Dorothy create such beautiful arrangements and she certainly inspied some of our members to try their hand at flower arranging.

It had been a very enjoyable evening with quite a few members bringing guests.
Our next meeting will be in September and will be a 'Skittle Night' at the Eclipse Inn, Loscoe.

Report written by Mrs Vivien Gregg. Copy sent to Ripley & Heanor News.

Meeting held on 16th June 2010

The June meeting was opened by our president Janet Padgham who welcomed everyone to the meeting especially our new member Carol Wolverson. Apologies were recieved from Beatrice, Margaret and Jean. The minutes were read by secretary Chris Miller and approved by the meeting and signed by the president. Reminders to the members about the quiz sheets and the Summer Fair on the 7th August. The meeting was informed of the antiques roadshows visit to Chatsworth on 8th July and a croquet taster day at Long Eaton West Park in July. Invitations were received from our neighbouring W.I.s for many events in the near future. The Autumn Council Meeting will be on the 5th October as it is our annual Murder Mystery for which all tickets have been sold. Loscoe W.I. trips are fast approaching commencing with the Derbyshire tour. Following on from this is the visit to Denman College, the theatre trip and the August boat trip. June Camm informed everyone of the next walk which will be on the 6th July. Janet brought attention to the items in the Derbyshire Link which invoved a visit to the Thacknay Medical Museum on 20th October, the history wardrobe at Derbyshire House on 21st October entitled 'Undressing Mr Darcy.' Pennies for Friendship raised Ł5070.07.

Viv shows a different patchwork quilt design.

The remainder of the meeting was a 'hands on' patchwork session led by Lisa Newton and Viv Gregg
who had brought along many examples of their own work from quilts to patchwork bags.
Everyone spent time making large patterned squares which will be made into our very own W.I. quilt.
Many members asked if we could have a 'get together' to see the progress of the quilt and learn other hand crafted skills from each other.

Busy fingers get to grips with the sewing.

Why do needles have such small holes, I'm sure they used to be bigger.

In true Blue Peter fashion, here's one I prepared earlier.

There's plenty of time to chat while you work.

The competition was won by Betty Castledine and the door raffle by Carol Wolverson.
We meet every third Wednesday of the month and are always looking for new members to join our growing institute.

Report written by Mrs Vivien Gregg. Copy sent to Ripley & Heanor News.

Meeting held on 19th May 2010

Our president Janet Padgham opened the meeting and accepted any apologies of absence. The minutes of the last meeting were read by secretary Chris Miller and were approved as correct.
Janet reminded everyone of the forthcoming trips and said the Murder Mystery tickets were almost sold out.
We had received a 'Thank You' letter from Pat Dawson on behalf of the Heanor Festival Committee for the contribution of flower arrangements we had made and Janet thanked the members - Viv Gregg, Rachel Roe, Janet Gadsby and Kath Sperry.

Photos of the two flower arrangements made by our members. Well done!

Items from the Derbyshire Link were passed on and we were informed of the invitations
we had received from neighbouring W.I.s to various events taking place over the forthcoming months.
The meeting then addressed the W.I. resolution that 'the meeting urges H M Government to introduce clear and mandatory country of origin labelling on our meat, poultry, and fish produce sold in this country'.
The voting was unanimously in favour of this resolution and the vote will be taken to the AGM.
There followed a 'fish and chip supper', thanks to Jane Street and Rachel Roe who placed the order, collected the money and fetched the supper from Crest of the Wave in Heanor.

As we now have quite a few new members we all said a few words about ourselves and how we came to join the W.I.
Our holiday souvenir was won by June Camm and the door prize by Rachel Roe.
Our next meeting will take place on 16th June at the Evergreen Centre and will feature 'hands on patchwork.' All are welcome and we are always pleased to see new faces.
The date for our 'Summer Fair' is the 7th August. Where we will have a variety of stalls, including crafts, Jams and preserves, plants and refreshments, there will also be games and face painting.

Report written by Mrs Vivien Gregg. Copy sent to Ripley & Heanor News.

Meeting held on 21st April 2010

President Janet Padgham welcomed everyone to our April meeting. Apologies were received from Audrey Woollands, Carol Fosse and Ann England.
Last meetings minutes were read by Chris Miller and were approved and signed by Janet Padgham.
Items from Derbyshire link were given by Janet who reminded everyone of the spring walk at Draycott,
the picnic and treasure hunt at Ashford-in-the-water on Friday 9th July and the Ann Hale craft cup.
We are pleased to have two members, Lisa Newton and Jenni Pegley who have volunteered their knitted items for entry at our next federation meeting.
Long Eaton Players are putting on a comedy play on Thursday 10th June with reduced prices for W.I. members.
Janet thanked members for contributing to our suggestion box for forthcoming activities - there had been some really great ideas.
We look forward to implementing some of them!
The Murder mystery night has been arranged for 5th October and Ann Willis has begun to sell the tickets for this excellent evening.
We have many trips arranged for the summer season with a day trip to Denman College on 28th June,
a visit to Happy Hens and Derbyshire Arboretum, a Derbyshire tour of Monyash and a river cruise in August.
We are also planning a visit to Derby Theatre to see "Stepping Out" on Saturday 3rd July.

Lisa and Jane enjoy the tasting session.

Our visitors this month were Christine Stanley and her assistant Karen Cadman
who gave a cookery demonstration of three dishes, which we were able to taste at the end.
The demonstration was given in a very light hearted and amusing way accompanied by much laughter.
The vote of thanks was given by the President.

The door raffle was won by Lisa Newton and the home made biscuits competition was won by Janet Padgham.
Our next meeting will take place on the third Wednesday in May and will be a 'fish and chip supper'.

Report written by Mrs Vivien Gregg. Copy sent to Ripley & Heanor News.

Meeting held on 24th March 2010

Mrs Janet Padgham welcomed members and guests to the March meeting. Apologies were received and the minutes of the February meeting were read and approved.
Janet informed us that Mrs Joan Cook was at present unable to renew her membership due to illness but would endeavour to attend whenever possible.
Joan is a founder member of Loscow W.I. and we hope to visit and keep in touch with her.
She must feel gratified to to see her founder membership turned into the thriving group it is today with new members joining all the time.
Loscoe W.I. is always ready to meet new friends so please come along and join us. We meet every third Wednesday of the month at the Evergreen centre, Egreaves Avenue, Loscoe.
As Joan is now unable to persue her role in looking after our speakers, this role will now be taken by Betty Wardle.
Janet reminded everyone about the group meeting at Wilmot Street, Heanor on March 29th.
Items from the W.I. Derbyshire Link were passed on and placed for members to read. These items were 'every picture tells a story' competition, the spring walk at Draycott.
There will also be an evening concert at Bolsover Assembly Rooms with the Bakewell Brass Band.
Chris Miller reminded everyone about the suggestion box for future events and June Camm annonced the first 'walk' of the year which will take place on Tuesday 23rd March meeting on Heanor Market at 10am.
Janet reminded the meeting of the Channel Swim taking place at Chatsworth Pool, Edensor, starting early Friday morning.
Any members who cannot make it to Chatsworth can have their lengths verified at their local pool. Good luck everyone!
Lets hope this will have a great effect on providing safe drinking water where ever it is desperately needed.
We were then informed of future events. We are looking forward to taking part in the Heanor flower festival on the May Day weekend by arranging flowers to accompany an art exhibition at the Methodist Church.
Our murder mystery evening will take place on October 5th, which everyone is looking forward to, after the huge success last year.
Thanks again to Belper Players for joining with us for this event.
We are also looking towards our summer fair which will take place on Saturday 7th August at the Evergreen centre.
Janet encouraged everyone to take part in the Bakewell Show this year by entering some of the competitions.
Margaret then informed us on the financial side of our group and on the charity account, which this year go to Air Ambulance.
All procceeds from our Easter raffle and Summer fair will go to this charity.

Our speaker this month was Angie Cooper from The Pudding Room.
Angie talked about a change of career from being a nurse at the DRI, to finally starting her own business,
making cakes for her friends, visiting local farmers markets and eventually
moving from her own kitchen to her garage then on to her converted stables near Carsington Water, Ashbourne.
Angie was a great example of our new W.I. logo 'Inspiring women'.

After her talk Angie invited members to sample the three pudding that she had brought with her.
In true WI style we formed an orderly queue and were able to enjoy a taste of Angie's Meringue Roulade, Lemon Meringue Pie or Baileys Chocolate Chip Cheesecake,
all of which were given a thumbs up.

Maureen was pleased to find the Roulade was gluten free.

Decisions, decisions, they all look so nice.

Lisa, Jane and Rachel, if this is what the WI is all about, we'll keep coming.

Christine, Chris and Norma share a joke.

The vote of thanks was given my Chris Miller.
Angie was a lovely speaker
and we are so pleased that she was able to come to our meeting.

We are very grateful to Frosts of Heanor for donating a lovely Thorntons Fudge Easter Egg for our raffle. Thankyou.
The prizes from the Easter raffle were shared by - Ann Willis, Margaret Allen, Mary Hicking, Ann Foster, Audrey Woollands, Vivien Gregg and last months speaker Betty Langham. The door raffle was won by Pauline Hawkes and the spring bloom competition was won by Betty Wardle.
Our next meeting will be held on 21st April at the Evergreen Centre, Eagreaves Ave Loscoe.
Please come and join us.

Report written by Mrs Vivien Gregg. Copy sent to Ripley & Heanor News.

Meeting held on 17th February 2010

The meeting commenced at 7pm with tea and biscuits and a chance to catch up with fellow members.
This will be with the new format with business and speaker following.
Janet Padgham our President welcomed everyone to our February meeting.
Janet explained to members that we had a decision to make to cancel the January meeting due to bad weather.

Everyone agreed that we had a great christmas party which now seems along way away.
There will be a resolutions briefing conference on Monday 12th April at Darley Dale.
Group meetings and dates were announced, the next being 29th March at Heanor.
Janet then informed the meeting of items from Derbyshire link.
These included a craft dabble day on 24th may at Ashbourne a beadwork day on 19th April and a 'eve of St George's Day' dinner on 22nd April.
We also learned of the refurbishment of the Derbyshire Room at Denman College
and encouraged members to take part in the Denman Dip by putting Ł1 in an envelope to be taken to the delegates meeting.
These envelopes will be placed in a prize draw and the winner will win a place on a course at Denman College.
Janet also encouraged any members who would like to write an article for the Derbyshire Link.
Other items were about the county show with a painting compitition amongst the mentioned.
There will also be a swim at Chatsworth being the length of the English Channel (not on your own of course!)
The Derbyshire Federation will be spending a short Autumn break in London where they will be visiting the Houses of Parliament.
Sheila Dibnah (widow of Fred) will be speaking at a dinner on 5th March at Long Eaton Novotel.
Janet reminded everyone of the teasure chest appeal - collecting broken or unwanted items of jewellery for Heart Research/UK.
There will be a suggestion box for members to give their new ideas for future speakers and and trips.
We are looking forward to our lunch in April at the Hawthorns, our Easter raffle where the proceeds will go to our charity for this year - the Air Ambulance.
We are also holding a summer fair in August for the same charity.
Margaret then announced that once again we have new members joining.

The speaker this month was Brenda Langham who
brought with her a small part of her 13,000 bookmark collection.
Brenda who was a librarian at Waverley College began her collection in a small way
and has seen it grow tointernational proportions.
Brenda gave us a humerous account of collecting from family and friends.
To the libraries, home and abroad where many people have contributed to her priceless collection.

Brenda chats with Eve and Viv about her collection.

The vote of thanks was given by Vivien Gregg.
The door raffle was won by Janet Gadsby and the favourite bookmark was won by Eileen Harris.
New members always welcome.
Come along and join us every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
The next meeting will be held at the Evergreen Centre, Eagreaves Ave Loscoe,
on March 17th at 7pm. Please come and join us.

Report written by Mrs Vivien Gregg. Copy sent to Ripley & Heanor News.

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