Our year in pictures: 2020
See below the gallery for a video review of the year on our Facebook page
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January: Life & Shocking Tales of a B&B (picture: Shropshire Star)
January: New Year party
January: New Year party with entertainment from Ukelele Lady Gabriela La Foley
February: paper flower making
March: Wine tasting with Tom Holt of Paso Primero
March: Wine tasting with Tom Holt of Paso Primero describing his wine career from Shrewsbury to Spain via Australia and Canada
May: our first Zoom meeting - getting to know each other better, where members introduced themselves and mentioned something that maybe noone else knew about them before
June: Faith Powell, our first ever speaker on Zoom, spoke to us about her experiences behind the scenes as a quiz show participant on behind the scenes as a quiz show contestant
July: No garden meeting this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, so another good Zoom turnout with some members cooking along with the direction of Carole of AlphaBake Cookery
July: Carole Rose and four of the raspberry cream pies cooked during our Zoom meeting. Don't those pies look delicious?
July: a socially distanced catchup with tea on the field at Bicton Village Hall
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July: a socially distanced catchup
July: a socially distanced catchup
August: Members and guests take advantage of a relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions to enjoy an outing on the Llangollen Canal and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
August: members' and guests' enjoying a delicious spread on the outing to Llangollen Canal and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
August: members' and guests' outing to Llangollen Canal and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
August: a bonus Zoom meeting on 'Feasting, Food and Etiquette in Tudor Times' presented by Elle MacPherson of Past Times Living History
August: four of our members at the summer tea-on-the-field number two at Bicton Village Hall
September: an entertaining talk about surreal signs and scenes presented by Peter Dunhill
September: still determined to have a good - socially distanced - time, despite the weather
October: animal cartoon drawing workshop with Malcolm Whittall including cats, dogs and ponies.
We will remember them
November: demonstrating plastic eco brick-making
November: entertaining story-telling from Jake Evans, who stepped in at very short notice.
November: quiz night in lieu of Christmas dinner. Zoom break-out rooms coming in very handy and we never knew when our secretary would pop in to check we weren't cheating!
December: Dame Agnes Hunt - the founder of Derwen College and the subject of our last Zoom meeting of the year
December: a Christmas gift for members from the committee, including sunflower seeds to grow, homemade jam or jelly, chocolate, membership booklet, programme for 2021 and County News
December: Christmas decoration by Mary Buckle with hand-painted holly and ivy and Bicton & Oxon WI on a of slice of wood. It was originally intended for SFWI's Christmas tree at St Chad's. Maybe next year?
December: The other side of the hand-painted decoration
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A video review of 2020
Cathy put together an excellent video review of 2020 and uploaded it to our Facebook page.
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Follow this link to open the video in Facebook in your browser. For iOS (iPhone and iPad) Facebook apps, please search for "BictonOxonWI" in the app then look in the 'Videos' tab for our video entitled "Happy New Year".