Bamford & Norden October 2022

Norden WI Update
Our group has had a very busy Summer with a
variety of events and outings.
We celebrated The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
with a “HAT” themed evening which involved
designing and wearing hats plus a ‘Name the
Corgi’ fundraiser and all finished off with a
buffet supper and a glass of fizz to toast the
Queen, our WI patron.
Our Walking Group has enjoyed walks around
Ashworth and the Lunch Group have sampled
a variety of local hostelries!
As the evenings are drawing in, our Craft
Group members are busy knitting poppies for
the Memorial Gardens and making Christmas
decorations for a ‘Table To Sale’ fundraiser.
As part of The National Big Green Week in
September/October,,we will be “Planting a
Tree for the Jubilee” on 27th September in the
Jubilee Gardens with the support of Norden
in Bloom.
Our next meeting on 6th October and will
be a talk about “Lancashire Witches” at St.
Paul’s Church Hall, Blackpits Road Norden.
7.30pm. New members are most welcome.
Please contact Chris, The President on 07709
982560 for more info.
Our August meeting took us out to visit ’The
Fireground’ which is the Greater Manchester
Fire Service Museum in Rochdale. We had an
interesting and enlightening guided tour of this
1930’s authentic fire station.
The September meeting was a talk by Andrew
who is a volunteer motor bike rider for The
Blood bikes. He explained how this voluntary
organisation supports the NHS and how
they transport blood and babies breast milk
to hospitals in an emergency. We were able
to donate £100 to this fantastic voluntary
organisation, which relies solely on donations.
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