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, 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, 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 in and around Buckinghamshire during the course of 2020. To help you we have located over 25 appealing walks all over the county. We have chosen walks with an average length of about 5 miles. You will find .pdf files of the routes by clicking here: ROUTES. 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.
If you already take part in 'Simply Walks' or any other regular walking group, please feel free to count these outings towards your total. You may even prefer to come up with your own walking routes and log those – it’s really up to you!
Organise a group with neighbouring WIs or just go in ones and twos – all we ask is that you log your walks on this sheet and send completed sheets back to us by October 31st, 2020. You may also like take a photo or selfie at start, midpoint and finish to record your achievements. You could even create a digital story!
There will be certificates awarded to all those Groups or Individuals completing the Challenge, and these will be presented at a celebration event late in our Centenary Year.
Let us know how you get on. We would love to hear of any updates on our selected walk routes or suggestions you have for additional ones.
If you already take part in 'Simply Walks' or any other regular walking group, please feel free to count these outings towards your total. You may even prefer to come up with your own walking routes and log those – it’s really up to you!
Organise a group with neighbouring WIs or just go in ones and twos – all we ask is that you log your walks on this sheet and send completed sheets back to us by October 31st, 2020. You may also like take a photo or selfie at start, midpoint and finish to record your achievements. You could even create a digital story!
There will be certificates awarded to all those Groups or Individuals completing the Challenge, and these will be presented at a celebration event late in our Centenary Year.
Let us know how you get on. We would love to hear of any updates on our selected walk routes or suggestions you have for additional ones.
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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
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 with 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. Event Allocation Date: Friday, 9 November
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
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 with 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. Event Allocation Date: Friday, 9 November
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Buckinghamshire WIs Village Book
The Bucks Federation Village Book is almost ready to go to print but Federation Chairman Pat Poole has asked that any WI who has not yet submitted a short piece for their village (or town) please do as soon as possible. Pat says "Around EIGHTY WIs have now submitted entries and I have personally emailed the rest of the 120 WIs recommending they contribute to the Bucks Village Book. Three other Federations have had a book about their villages compiled; the books resemble the quality of the Fodor travel books."
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If you are stuck as to where to start then drop Pat a note via bucksboardoftrustees@gmail.com and she won't mind at all giving you some pointers.
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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, to appear at every BFWI Centenary event. We'd like to receive them by 14th November please.
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. |
