Olivers Battery

Olivers Battery meets for eleven meetings a year, monthly except August.

Meetings are in St Marks Church, starting at 7.45 on the third Tuesday evening.

We are part of the Winchester Group of WIs and we enjoy attending the two
meetings a year as well as the other events organised through the Group.

As a member, you also have the opportunity to enjoy the many events organised by
the Hampshire Federation.

We enjoyed a teashop walk around Stockbridge in October and hope to do a bit
more walking over the coming months, depending on conditions. We will be having
another tea shop walk around Alresford nearer Christmas.

The Book Group, thanks to Caroline, is giving us a chance to read books that we
might not normally read but they are so enjoyable. The monthly get together to
discuss the book is turning into a very lively discussion session, with one session
being held in Oli B's Coffee Shop.

The Plant Sale was held at the first May Bank Holiday and proved very successful.
This will now be an annual event due to popular demand. Although a very cold day,
support was strong and we are now almost taking orders for next year - we know
what to grow and what is wanted! The welcome surplus from the sale allows us to do
some extra activities and hear really superb speakers. This will be repeated at the
first bank holiday in May 2012, propagating has already started.

We held a Coffee Morning to support the heating fund for Denman College
recently and a donation of almost £100 will be sent to Denman.

Olivers Battery members are very friendly, enjoy fun and friendship to the full and
look forward to welcoming more new members in 2011/12.

17th January 2012	South Africa in Bloom	Sylvia & Richard Leyton
21st February	The History of Make Up	Dinah Warnock
20th March	How and Why I Became a Midwife	Sharon Hurrell
17th April	Organic Farming	Laverstoke Park Farm	12th Birthday Meeting
15th May	Annual Meeting
19th June	Garden Visit	at Leckford
17th July	Bishops, Sex and Money	Tony Strafford
18th September	Ikebana, Japanese Flower Arranging
16th October	It's in the Bag-Making Bags	Mrs D Hilton
20th November	A Jersey Girl - living on an island	Sally Whatmore
11th December	We Ring - You Ring	Bishops Bells
15th January 2013	Hampshire Police	Doorstep Crime