2015
tbc = to be confirmed
| Monthly Meet-Up
Every 3rd Tuesday of the month in Shadforth Village Hall,
7.00pm-10.00pm More info.
| Book Group
In Shadforth, from 10.30am More info.
| Kurling
In Shadforth Village Hall, alternate Tuesdays, from 7.30pm -9.00pm More info.
| Meals Out
Every 1st
Monday at The Three Horse Shoes, Running Waters, 6.30pm summer, 12.30pm winter.
Every month, Lunch Safari - try a new place every time! 12.30pm, dates vary. | Outings & Special Events
Theatre, Trips, etc. - New ideas always welcome!
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Jan | Tuesday
20th, 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Speaker: Sue Pringle, "Magistrates". Competition: Bring along a Broach.
Refreshments: Traybakes. | Friday 16th, BOOK GROUP: "The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year" by Sue Townsend,
10.30am
| KURLING - temporarily suspended between January and April.
| Monday 5th, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 12.30pm |
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Feb | Tuesday
17th, 7.00 - 10.00pm
68th Birthday Party! Singer - Steve Berry. Competition: Bring
along a Decorated Parcel. Refreshments: Shared Supper.
| Friday 20th, BOOK GROUP: "No Greater Love" (The Tyneside Sagas) by Janet Macleod Trotter (note: this is the same as her book "The Suffragette" with an extra chapter added), 10.30am |
| Monday 2nd, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 12.30pm | Tuesday 10th, TRIP: Newcastle BBC, 10.30am |
March | Tuesday
17th, 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Speaker: Barry Peacock, "Lanchester Diaries - A History". Competition: Bring
along a Milk Jug. Refreshments: Jacket Potatoes
| Friday 13th, BOOK GROUP: "The Diplomat's Wife" by Pam Jenoff, 10.30am
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| Monday 2nd, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 12.30pm |
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April | Tuesday 21st, 7.00pm - 10.00pm
SWI AGM with WIA Freda Laverick. Competition: Bring three homemade cupcakes. Refreshments: Fish and Chips.
| Friday 17th, BOOK GROUP: "The Winter Ghosts" by Kate Mosse, 10.30am
| KURLING is back!
Tuesday 14th, KURLING, 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Tuesday 28th, KURLING, 7.00pm - 8.30pm | Monday 6th, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 6.30pm |
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May | Tuesday 19th, 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Speaker: Ken Threlfall, "St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital". Competition: Bring along a Spring Posy. Refreshments: Quiche. Visitors from
Sowerby WI.
| Friday 29th, BOOK GROUP: "The Distant Echo" by Val McDermid, 10.30am | Tuesday 12th, KURLING, 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Tuesday 26th, KURLING, 7.00pm - 8.30pm | Monday 4th, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 6.30pm
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June | Tuesday
16th, 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Speaker: Howard Leslie, "Walled Garden at Whitworth Hall". Competition: Bring along a Photograph of a Garden. Refreshments:
Strawberry Scones. |
| Tuesday 9th, KURLING, 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Tuesday 30th, KURLING, 7.00pm - 8.30pm | Monday 1st, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 6.30pm |
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July | Tuesday 21st, 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Speaker: George Soppitt, "Bees and Honey". Competition: Bring along a Written Recipe Using Honey.
Refreshments: Pizza.
| Friday 10th, BOOK GROUP: "Miss Garnet's Angel" by Salley Vickers, 10.30am | Tuesday 14th, KURLING, 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Tuesday 28th, KURLING, 7.00pm - 8.30pm | Monday 6th, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 6.30pm
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Aug | No meeting. ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS! (But don't forget the Book Group!) | Friday, BOOK GROUP: "The Girl on the Landing" by Paul Torday, 10.30am |
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| | Special Summer Event: Coffee Morning
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Sept | Tuesday
15th, 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Speaker: Roger Harvey "Poems for an Autumn Evening". Competition: Bring along a Poem Celebrating the WI. Refreshments: Faith Supper.
| Friday, BOOK GROUP: "The Cuckoo's Calling" by Robert Galbraith, 10.30am
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| Monday 7th, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 6.30pm | TRIP: Music Extravaganza.
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Oct | Tuesday
20th, 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Speaker: Leigh Blake from Boots, "Skincare and Make-Up". Leigh was unable to come and kindly Julie Dobson came to demonstrate "FM Cosmetics and Fragrance". Competition: Bring along a Pumpkin Lantern. Refreshments: Pie and Peas.
| Friday 30th, BOOK GROUP: "One Day" by David Nicholls, 10.30am
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| Monday 5th, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 12.30pm
Friday 23rd, SAFARI LUNCH at Auckland Castle after tour. | Friday 23rd, TRIP: Auckland Castle, cars leaving 9.45am. Tour booked for 10.30am and lunch at the Castle Tearoom, located in the Castle Library.
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Nov | Tuesday
17th, 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Speaker: Judith Heron, "Christmas Candle in a Teacup". Judith was unable to come and instead Mary Turner led a craft session making "Christmas cards using tea bag folding", also known as miniature kaleidoscopic origami. Competition: Bring along an Ornamental Plate.
Refreshments: Soup and Stottie. Gifts table, raising money for DCFWIs - raised £48.
| Friday 27th, BOOK GROUP: "You Are Dead" by Peter James, 11.00am. Christmas meal afterwards at The Avenue, High Shincliffe. |
| Monday 2nd, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 12.30pm Friday 20th, SAFARI LUNCH at Whitworth Hall, 12.30pm. |
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Dec | Tuesday
15th, 7.00pm - 10.00pm
Christmas Party! Singer - Shona Duthie. Competition: Bring along a Homemade Christmas Cracker.
Refreshments: Christmas Catered Buffet.
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| Monday 7th, PUB MEAL at the Three Horse Shoes at Running Waters, 12.30pm | Saturday 12th, TRIP: Carol Service at Durham Cathedral, 1.30pm. Meet in the Undercroft Café for lunch/coffee before the service.
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