Our new President Christine Farquhar welcomed 41 members and 2 guests to the March meeting. The record of the last meeting was approved and signed.
The Treasurer presented the 2025/2026 budget which was accepted by the members.
There was a good response from members for the proposed Garden group and more information will be available at the April meeting.
The Resolution to be put forward at the NFWI AGM in June is *Bystanders can be Lifesavers” and it will be discussed at our May meeting – preparation will be carried out by Dawn, but we need a volunteer to do the actual presentation. Croissants and jam will be served afterwards!
The Castle Green WI pampering basket to go to the EKF ACM next month was on display – thank you to all members who donated the items and to Cynthia for the basket.
Bárbara B had used a kit donated by Barbara Thorburn’s family to make this lovely Kaffe Fassett designed cushion. This was raffled at the meeting raising £60 to be donated to the Pilgrims Hospice.
Also on display were another set of children’s quilts made by members of our patchwork group . In the next month these will be going out to an Ukrainian orphanage .
After coffee/tea cake and catching up with friends we welcomed Tracie Fulton whose talk was entitled “The history of Midwifery” sub-titled a little trip through time.
Tracie told us that the first mention of a midwife was in the Old Testament and that in the first book on the subject it was written that a midwife should have “gentle hands, the eyes of a hawk and the heart of a lion.” In the Middle Ages midwives were often thought to be witches and some were brought to trial. Gradually through the years midwifery was recognised as a profession and a code of practice was drawn up. This was an interesting talk with amusing asides from Tracie who answered several questions from members.
Romany gave the vote of thanks.
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