Contact Details
Secretary:
Pam Smith
Telephone: 015242 51318
E-mail: pamsmithataustwick@gmx.com
President:
Angela Rogers
Telephone: 01729 823218
E-mail: angela_john@ringmat.com
Austwick W I hold their meetings on the second Thursday of the month at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall. We have some very interesting speakers, enjoy exploring the area on foot and entertaining in members gardens as well as helping at the Street Market and joining in the group Carol Service. we hope to resume our outings later this year.
In October 2021 as numbers of Covid 19 cases were beginning to rise in our area it was decided to hold the AGM by zoom. Lindsey Smith stepped down as secretary and Pam Smith was elected in her place. Both Elise Wright and Jane Stockwell resigned from the committee and we thanked them for all their hard work.
At the November meeting held in the Parish Hall members welcomed Hanneke Dye. Hanneke was born in 1943, and shared her story of being brought up in Nazi occupied Holland. Her mother gave birth to her in secret, and Hanneke spoke about how the Germans searched her aunt’s house where she was hidden but they did not manage to find her. Her talk was illustrated by slides and artefacts that she had acquired when researching her story.
On a lighter note at our Christmas meeting we were entertained by magician Chris Winnock. He did magic tricks, balloon modelling and told amusing stories. Seasonal refreshments were served during the interval.
To begin the new year we had Les Chandler who gave an excellent talk on garden wildlife. His beautifully illustrated slides gave us an insight into what we can find in our garden and he gave us some interesting and amazing facts about each one.
Since Covid restrictions in the summer of 2020, Michelle and Iain of Cross Leigh Stores, have taken monetary donations on behalf of Austwick W.I. for our local area Food Bank and have raised over £3,000. The contributions have gone from strength to strength and Michelle and Iain are able spend the money at wholesalers so they can buy more goods for the money.
We are still keeping in touch via our monthly newsletter, as well as via our WhatsApp group, where members are sharing photos and their news with each other.
We do hope that you find next year’s program interesting.
February 10th Sarah Lister ‘More Tales from the Graveyard’
March 10th Jane Fenwick ‘From the Chalkface to the Bookcase’
April 14th Judy and Chris Leeming ‘Austwick during Lockdown’
May 12th MEMBERS NIGHT
June 9th Clare Douglas ‘Essential Oils’
July 14th GARDEN MEETING
August 11th T.B.A.
September 8th Brian Cowie ‘The Cave Rescue Organisation’
October 13th A.G.M and Supper
November 10th Julia Chapman ‘From Page to Screen’
December 8th The Kirkby Lonsdale Handbell Ringers
Sue Dewhirst ( press secretary)
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