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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 71 July - August 2016
News from the Local WI’s WI Saltburn Craft and Produce Show
Saltburn WI July 2016
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By Diane Falla
t the beginning of our July meeting we extended a warm welcome to several visitors and expressed the wish that we will see them again at future meetings. After singing Jerusalem and the business element of our meeting we welcomed our speaker Mr Mick McElvaney whose subject was Travels of a teacher.We hadn’t known what to expect so little did we realise the treat we were in for when he spoke with great enthusiasm about his two two trips to Antarctica as a mountain guide with the British Antarctic Survey. He had enjoyed these trips so much that he didn’t regard them as work. His talk was illustrated with a superb selection of beautiful
photos, of the stunning landscape where there was daylight 24 hours a day and of the animals from Chinstrap penguins to Elephant seals and whales. We loved his photo of a penguin and chick taken at midnight on Midsummer day. Although we don’t have a meeting in August we are looking forward to a visit to Wynyard Hall Rose garden later in July, a visit to Esk Valley theatre in mid August the De Brus Group Afternoon tea hosted by Loftus WI. Our next meeting will be a Social evening, held in the Methodist Church Hall in Milton Street, on 8th September, if you would like to join us you can be sure of a warm and friendly welcome Further details of all our activities can be found on our website www.saltburnwi.org.uk
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By Linda Wilson
ur June meeting had members confused, deceived and hopefully amused as the whole group entered into the spirit of the old T.V. quiz show “ Call My Bluff “. Our speaker Peter Sotheran hosted the quiz and fun was had by all. The competition a “ board game “ saw lots of old family favourites appear. Peter did a great job and after long deliberation came up with worthy 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places . Our involvement with the “ East Cleveland Scarecrow Festival “ has gathered momentum, after some of our members attended a “how to make a scarecrow “ workshop in Liverton Village Hall .We now hold our own workshops for members to meet and make. We now have a group of partially completed scarecrows, some
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work is still needed but as our week within the Festival month is August 15th until the 20th panic mode has yet to set in! . Keep Fit is also on our calendar and quite a few members enjoy the Fab At 50 class which is held in North Skelton Village Hall . If any of the above activities appeal to you, we are still looking for new members; the monthly meetings being held in Loftus Town Hall on the 2nd Tuesday of the month 7pm - 9pm . We don’t have a meeting in August, but it will be all systems go in September, when our speaker Trevor Taylor reveals all, with his talk “Confessions Of An Antique dealer “ . So ladies keep watching for our banner, and why not come along and give us a try , you will be made to feel very welcome .
Moorsholm WI
he July monthly meeting of the Moorsholm Women’s Institute was held in the Memorial Hall and started at 7.15pm. We were delighted to be joined by the Teesside Federation chairman, Mrs Sue Simpson. The evening was presided over by Mrs Sue Thompson in the absence of the president Mrs Enid McCabe. The room was set out in red, white and blue and an array of savoury and sweet dishes were provided by each member. Everybody had been asked to ‘dress up’ for the evening complete with some sort of headdress such as a tiara or a finery headgear piece. The minutes of the last meeting were duly read and matters arising discussed with new
and exciting outings in the planning. The evening’s talk was given by Mrs Sheila Crossman entitled ‘Snippets from the past’ which had lead to a huge amount of research from the 19th century done by Mrs Crossman; this was extremely enlightening and amusing. The competition for the evening was an item beginning with the letter T and Mrs Crossman and Mrs Simpson jointly judged this and it was won by Mrs Sheena Smith. The evening ended at 10pm and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. If anyone is interested in coming along on the second Tuesday of each month (not held in August) to join this very friendly group of ladies with numerous events in the offing please contact either of the following. Enid McCabe - President 01287 660808 or Sheena Smith - Secretary 01287 660839.
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By Lynn Mitchell
he 2016 Saltburn Craft and Produce Show was a great success. We had some excellent entries in all classes, but, possibly due to the weather, the produce exhibits were slightly down in numbers. Mr John Lambert, Chair of the Parish Council presented the trophies to the excited winners. Congratulations to M Craven who took the
Best In Show trophy with a miniature scene of a children’s nursery. This year, we also included an inter-schools competition and received over 200 entries, everything from treasure maps to handwriting and some gingerbread men too. The trophy went to Errington Primary at Marske, well done. Can they win it next year? Thank you for your support - see you all again on Saturday, 8th July 2017.
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