Meetings are usually held on the first Thursday of each month in Marwood Church Hall

 

We are always looking for new members and as you know they can be assured of a warm welcome so please forward this message to anyone who you think may want to join us. They can attend as a visitor while they make up their minds.   Marwood Ladies membership is growing slowly, we now have 30 paid up members and a couple of regular visitors. I try to book speakers from as wide a range as possible to cover most interests and we can afford. Yes, we do still have afternoon tea and often our speakers photograph the food as it reminds them of childhood teas.

                                                                               For more information please contact  Angela    01271 376744

 

Notice of Marwood Ladies AGM

 

Any ideas - Our AGM on 4th September at 2pm is your opportunity to discuss any ideas you may have for changes to our meetings. Please let either of us know your suggestions by 28th August so we can add them to the Agenda for discussion. 

 

Apologies - Please let me know if you are unable to be at the AGM

 

Membership - We know circumstances can change so if you no longer wish to be a member please let Carol know before the AGM on 4th September. Her email address is carol.guineaford@gmail.com or 02171373779 or 07827812741

 

Fees - Because our numbers continue to grow, we are pleased to tell you that we are again holding the cost of the annual subscription at £15 and meeting fee at £2 for members and £5 for visitors. The subs are due on 4th Sep and can be paid to Carol in cash, cheque or direct into the bank at

Marwood Ladies Community Current Account

Sort code: 60-02-03.   Account: 58664521 

 

New members - We welcome new members and although we are an informal group we do keep a register of member's contact details so if you want to join please let either of us know your name, address, email address, telephone number (mobile and/or landline) and birth date but not year.   

 

Leader, Treasurer, Secretary - Carol has agreed to stay as Treasurer and Angela as Leader for another year unless anyone has a burning desire to take on either role. If so please let us know asap. However, assistance with secretarial duties would be appreciated. It does not have to be a single person but could be a shared role. Speakers are booked up to and including June 2026 so there is plenty of time to ease into the role gently. Please contact Angela for more info or to nominate someone. aw.chedlee@btinternet.comor 01271 376744. 

 

Best wishes and look forward to seeing you at the AGM

 

Angela and Carol

 

 

Programme for Marwood Ladies 2024/2025 - Last Year's Programme

Thurs 3rd Oct Sarah Spurr - Farming Flowers

Wed 16th Oct Lunch Heanton Court

 

Thurs 7th November    Alison Mills from the Barnstaple Museum gave an illustrated  talk about some of the artefacts from the museum attic and brought many items along to show us. 

  Wed 20th Nov Lunch Ashford Garden Centre

 

5th December Quiz and Advent Tea Party. We welcome Sally Kershaw'. Who will give us an illustrated talk entitled " Make Me a Winner". As the meeting is in Advent and our last of 2024 we mark the occasion by decorating our tea table and having a few extra teatime treats..

No lunch in Dec

 

16th January - Coffee morning with sherry! Local Author Karen Farringdon explaining the background to her book The Angels of Englemere Wood, a true story of the evacuation of the London based Waifs and Strays home to Ascot, Surrey, during the Second World War. Sheila, one of the girls featured, was born in Appledore and became a very successful playwriter and another, Queenie, until recently lived in West Buckland.

 

 6th February at 2pm in the church hall when Punch and Judy and their puppeteers will be coming along to entertain and educate us into the history of the performance. 

 

 6th March when Georgia, Manager of Marwood Hill Gardens will give us an illustrated talk about the Gardens and future developments. Visitors are welcome. Teas for the meeting will be provided by Glenys, Beatrice and Jenny S. Raffle prize with by provided by Anne

 

 Wed 9th April in the afternoon (time to be confirmed). We have been invited to the old church, St Petrock's in Parracombe for a private guided tour followed by tea and cake in the Parracombe Community shop and cafe.

 

3rd May - Rob Palmer, speaker from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The talk will be about their archives, architecture and conservation. Gentlemen are welcome to attend as are lady visitors. Please let me know if you hope to come along to our meeting.

 

June 5th - PRIZE WINNING!Sally Kershaw was very bubbly and enthusiastic. Her pictures on the wall were really bright so we could see them. She won her first prize at the age of 13 from the Blue Jeans comic. A ghastly plastic belt. She won 2 car seats when she was pregnant with twin boys. She came second trying to win her dream kitchen and received a cook book. She had a holiday in St Lucia. 2 lots of garden furniture. A box of trout. £350 watch. Union Jack cufflinks. A trip to ‘Brookside’ in Liverpool where they were picked up in a stretch limo and met the cast. She is still hoping to win the elusive kitchen Aid food mixer. Sally says you need to enter at least 10 competitions a day. You have to be in it to win it!  

 

We held a second very successful flower making session under the guidance of Carol. The display will be put into Marwood church during the last week of June and the exhibition will run during July and August. Please call in and see what we have done in your name. Refreshments will be available on Sunday afternoons and Marwood Ladies will be on tea and cake duty on 3rd August between 2 and 4pm. So I am looking for volunteers to make tray bakes or individual cakes and offers to help make the tea and wash up. As you know we usually make an annual donation to Marwood Church so we have agreed to give any profit we make to church funds. 

 

Carol was asked about making more flowers. She has suggested that ladies go to her to save moving the materials around. The list below are the afternoons that Carol is available from 2.30 as long as she knows when someone or preferably more than one can come and she will adjust her life accordingly. So please give her plenty of notice and ring her to arrange when you can make flowers for our display. 01271 373779. I can do 12th June if anyone else is available that date. 

 

Wednesday 11th June

Thursday 12th June

Friday 13th June

Monday 16th June

Tuesday 17th June

Wednesday 18th June

Thursday 19th June

Friday 20th June

 

The following week they need to be in the church erecting the display

 

 3rd JULY  - our annual garden party and weather permitting we will hold it in Margaret Pover's garden, The Old Rectory, Marwood. If the weather is at all unpredictable we will be in the church hall. It starts at 3pm. So please come along for tea, cake, chatter and a turn around the garden if you want to indulge.  We would like to borrow a gazebo to put up in the morning. So  if anyone has one in their garden shed or garage please ring me