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Richard Jefferson, our February speaker, had an unusually large audience, filled with anticipation, having read the title of his talk "Cley, an interesting miscellany", and we were treated to many slides, with pictures of past members of Cley W.I. and of the village of Cley itself. It was good to see that the main 1 thoroughfare seems little changed, to learn of the Old Town Hall and the former Church Hall – I, for one, had not realised the connection of the last. We are grateful to Richard for sparing the time to select the slides and prepare his talk, when he must be very busy getting ready for his move to the new home. We send him our thanks and best wishes. Our thanks are also due to John Woodward for giving up his afternoon to operate the projector.

Our planned programme this year seems to be jinxed! The speaker in March should have been Leanne Thomas from the Sculthorpe Moor Community Trust, and she was to have brought with her many slides with pictures of the area. However, the Village Hall is due for decoration at the beginning of the month and our meeting must be held in the Social Club Room, and this would not be ideal for slides. Leanne has agreed to come to talk to us in April, and our planned speaker for that month has brought forward her talk to March. We will therefore be welcoming Elizabeth Foster on Thursday, 4th March, with her very topical subject, "My Bees". This, I'm sure, should be fascinating, both to the rather ignorant such as myself; and to the several members who are, or have been, bee-keepers themselves. Elizabeth speaks with such enthusiasm and affection for her bees, and I'm sure will be very willing to answer any questions on the subject. It's good to have such a local expert and friend upon whom to call, and everyone is welcome.

Thank you to all who responded so magnificently to the plea that we should pay this year's subscription by cheque – it has made life such a lot easier. What a pity that cheques will be phased out in the near future

Cley W.I. Programme for 2010
• Normally meets on the Thursday of the month in Cley Village Hall
• Invites you to join them for any meetings which particularly interest you

March 4th, Leanne Thomas: "Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve".
April Elizabeth Foster: "My Bees".
May 6th Elizabeth Rooke: "Singing - Cley W.l.'s choir".
June 3rd Trevor Burlingham: "East Anglian Defences 1940".
July 1st Visit to Mannington and Wolterton Halls.
September 2nd Tim Harrison: "Late Colour in the Garden".
October 7th Gary Bocking: "Cracker-making - let's try it".
November 4th Shelley Ross: "Holiday time - Getting fit".
We'll be pleased to welcome you.

Village Hall News

Re-decoration of the Hall is under way and should be completed by the middle of March. We hope you will come to one of our functions and see how very smart the Hall now looks.

Plans are afoot for a number of events, including a possible Silent Auction in the summer. On Easter Sunday we are having a variety of STALLS IN THE HALL from 1pm to 5pm, when we will have all kinds of good things for sale. Looking ahead we will have our annual Hallowe'en Hog Roast on 29th November and we are to share the Harvest Supper with the church in September -and of course, we will have our usual stall at St Margaret's Fair on 17th July and the annual Christmas Market.

We would welcome things to sell and also items for our raffles and tombolas - plus suggestions for talks and other events. The Hall now looks so good and we want to use it to full advantage and show it off whenever possible!

Jennifer Murray