Members and guests were welcomed to the April meeting.

The minutes of the previous month were read and signed then Elaine introduced Penny Lynn, our speaker for the evening. After completing a City & Guilds course in Textile Art and Embroidery, the project Penny chose was to make a book from textiles entitled "Stitching Wishes". Each page was embroidered with a wish for her baby granddaughter. On display were some beautiful pictures made from textiles.

Penny is a very talented and interesting lady. The competition for a piece of embroidery was won by Irene Washington. The raffle to raise funds to refurbish the Essex Room at Denman College raised £25 and was won by Shirley Lea.

COFFEE MORNING

A coffee morning will be held on Saturday, May 10. The proceeds will go to Farleigh Hospice along with the money raised on the sponsored walk in May.

Madison Heights is the venue on June 4 for a Bite and Bowl evening.

A deposit of £5 will be required at the May meeting.

At the May meeting we will be discussing the WI Resolutions and, as it is our thirty-first birthday, the rest of the evening will be social time with cheese, biscuits and wine.

The competition is for your favourite cup and saucer.

BRIDGE CLUB

Our games on Friday April 11 and Monday April 14 were won by the same pair, Joyce Yates and Evelyn Moule.

On Friday they had an average of 58.33% and on Monday 62.96%. No slams were bid on Friday. On Monday six no trumps was the top slam bid by two pairs, Geoff Betts and Chase Moore and Barbara and Dennis Thurlow.

PARISH COUNCIL

The next meeting of St Lawrence Parish Council will be held on Monday, April 28. Members of the public are welcome to attend and if they have any issues they wish to raise with the council this can be done during the open forum following the formal business of the meeting.