Centenary Celebrations
Nearly 100 ways to celebrate 100 years - get involved with the centenary needlework panel, walk the county, make a pennant or sampler, take part in the Parade of banners or the Scarecrow Trail, or attend one of our special centenary events.
The Centenary Calendar
A Celebration of 100 years of Buckinghamshire Federation of WIs - the BFWI 2020 Calendar comprises photographs from BFWI's and Bucks WI's Archives in postcard format.
The price is just £5.00 incl delivery - available NOW! We try to offer a distribution service to save postage, and the calendars will be available for collection from Stuart Lodge, or at Federation events.
The price is just £5.00 incl delivery - available NOW! We try to offer a distribution service to save postage, and the calendars will be available for collection from Stuart Lodge, or at Federation events.
Walk 100 miles for 100 years
BFWI invite you to walk "100 miles for 100 years" in and around Buckinghamshire during the course of 2020. To help you we have located over 25 appealing walks (often circular to avoid transport problems) all over the county with an average length of about 5 miles. You could choose to do the same walk 20 times, do a selection of those most accessible to you, or try to ‘collect the set’ and tour the county over the course of the year.
Go to our Challenges & Competitions webpage for full details! www.bucksfwi.org.uk/challenges-and-competitions.html
Go to our Challenges & Competitions webpage for full details! www.bucksfwi.org.uk/challenges-and-competitions.html
Centenary Celebration Lunch Friday 24th January 2020
Join us for the first of our 2020 centenary events with a celebration musical lunch!
Kathleen Ferrier Whattalife! evokes the spirit of the war and post war years. It follows Kathleen from her debut as a singer in 1940, through her meteoric rise, to her tragic death in 1953 as portrayed by Lucy Stevens and Elizabeth Marcus. The show is on tour during 2019 and 2020 so we are very privileged to see it privately.
Click through here to listen to a clip from the show! https://kathleenferrierwhattalife.com/
To be held at the Longueville Hall, Whaddon Road, Newton Longville, Milton Keynes MK17 0AT from 1pm
Tickets: £30 Members and NFWI Associate Members which includes two-course lunch with tea, coffee, mints
Please bring your own drinks - glasses provided.
Menu details with your Secretary or see .pdf below.
Email your application as soon as possible with any dietary needs and menu choices to: Kim via 2018LandL@gmail.com
If no email, please use your Secretary’s application and attached menu choices form.
Kathleen Ferrier Whattalife! evokes the spirit of the war and post war years. It follows Kathleen from her debut as a singer in 1940, through her meteoric rise, to her tragic death in 1953 as portrayed by Lucy Stevens and Elizabeth Marcus. The show is on tour during 2019 and 2020 so we are very privileged to see it privately.
Click through here to listen to a clip from the show! https://kathleenferrierwhattalife.com/
To be held at the Longueville Hall, Whaddon Road, Newton Longville, Milton Keynes MK17 0AT from 1pm
Tickets: £30 Members and NFWI Associate Members which includes two-course lunch with tea, coffee, mints
Please bring your own drinks - glasses provided.
Menu details with your Secretary or see .pdf below.
Email your application as soon as possible with any dietary needs and menu choices to: Kim via 2018LandL@gmail.com
If no email, please use your Secretary’s application and attached menu choices form.
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Buckinghamshire WIs Village Book
The Bucks Federation Village Book is now in the publication process BUT there's still a little more time to submit some words about your hamlet/village/town! Federation Chairman, Pat Poole, says "Around EIGHTY WIs have now submitted entries and we are very much looking forward to its launch at our Annual Council Meeting next May. Three other Federations have had a book about their villages compiled; the books resemble the quality of the Fodor travel books."
Make a 2020 Pennant
Some of the most amazing needlework has gone into our 2020 pennants - these are just a few . If yours hasn’t quite begun yet you can find out the “how to” here! Centenary Pennants will travel across the county in 2020, all joined together, and will first be displayed at the Annual Council Meeting in May 2020. We'd like to receive your entries by 31st March 2020 please. We have posted an album of those already received on our Facebook Photos page if you seek inspiration.
Make a 2020 Sampler
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To commemorate the 90th Anniversary of Bucks Federation many WIs created a unique sampler which fit into an A4 sleeve. If you didn’t make one at the time, or if you are from a new WI, why not consider making one now?
Click here for full instructions! Not sure whether your WI already has one? Click here for the list of contributing WIs. |
