Little Sutton Sapphires WI

Sapphires had the pleasure of listening to a talk about the Resolutions being put forward by WI's in 2019 for consideration as to the Resolution members will vote for at the AGM in Bournemouth in June 2019. The new CFWI advisor Alia El Asmar came and gave us a brief talk on resolutions and timescales and also what the WI has achieved since 1918. Our Second Speaker for the night was Jean Harding the Chairwoman of CFWI. she told Sapphires all about the Centenary Celebrations for 100 years of the Cheshire Federation in 2020. Events taking place in 2020 25 TH FEBRUARY – CENTENARY CONCERT, CHESTER CATHEDRAL WITH CELEBRATORY SONGS.         FEDERATION CHOIR WILL BE PERFORMING. THE TRUSTEES INVITE WI CHOIRS TO PERFORM ONE OR TWO SONGS OR A WI SKETCH LASTING  NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES.  PLEASE FORWARD YOUR APPLICATION TO WI HOUSE, CHESTER BY 29 TH MARCH 2019. SUBMIT A SHORT RESUME OF YOUR PERFORMANCE AND THE SONG(S) YOU WILL PERFORM. MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO WRITE (N

Well we had our first meeting at the new venue and although it was hectic and it felt we were all running around like a chicken with it's head cut off it went well. Our Speaker for the night was Sue Wood who is a milliner/Hatter and as she describes it makes "more than just a fascinator", sue told us about her dream to make hats for a living and in 2010 she started the first step towards that. Members wore hats for the night and thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Onward and upward for 2019

Sadly the community Centre which has been the home of the Sapphires i now no longer viable. The amount of ladies wishing to join the Sapphires WI, has made us think of somewhere larger we need to use. So we have moved to Little Sutton Methodist Church. Only across the main road from our old home, but larger. Here's to 2019 and fun for the Sapphires

Sapphires know how to party in style, so when the annual christmas party comes around, Sapphires have fun. This year we were at the Mercure Hotel in Ellesmere Port. Good Food and a Disco and dancing till the early hours

Sapphire WI members on a trip to Landudno

Little Sutton Sapphire Members getting ready to march in the Remembrance Parade in little Sutton