Wednesday, 5 February 2025

CASTERTON WI CHRISTMAS QUIZ

 

CASTERTON WI ‘XMAS GREETINGS' QUIZ

Thank you to everyone who bought a quiz!

We had 10 sheets returned.

The correct sheets were put in a draw and prizes are awarded as follows:

1st Prize, £15:         E Dent, Whittington

2nd Prize, £10:         J Hodge, Batley

3rd Prize, £5:            M Quinn, Kirkby Lonsdale

Congratulations to our winners!

 

Here are the answers:

1.       Seasonal trough of German design (6) MANGER


2.       It is just a number that never goes down (3) AGE

 

3.       A cross is put on spindle (4) AXIS

 

4.       A square is next with last of triangle (7) SIXTEEN

 

5.       Cook agrees, it’s most oily (9) GREASIEST

 

6.       Solve a Mensa problem to make a home (5) MANSE

 

7.       A wedding item from a jeweller in Garstang? (4) RING

 

8.       NCO has broken ten gears (8) SERGEANT

 

9.       Uber returns at eleven (4) TAXI

 

10.   Taxes must be altered for state (5) TEXAS

 

11.   Piece of gem sent out (7) SEGMENT

 

12.   Rock from Nanna with tie in a knot (7) GRANITE

 

13.   Grid of abstract art in amalgam (6) MATRIX

 

14.   Guiana oddly produces spirit (3) GIN

 

15.   Unit formed by strict diet and start of training (8) REGIMENT

 

16.   They often take a beating (4) EGGS (or MATS)

 

17.   Kind of beer that Geri might have liked? (6) GINGER

 

18.   Arch-enemy seems in trouble (7) NEMESIS

 

19.   Snack a siren made (6) SARNIE

 

20.   Garments I could be becoming proficient in (9) MASTERING

 

21.   Work requires some detergent (3) ERG

 

22.   Indicators of writing one’s name and years? (7) SIGNAGE

 

23.   Taking part in next ramble – an extension (5) EXTRA

 

24.   The game in disarray could be a mystery (6) ENIGMA

 

25.   Graduate at home on the open sea (4) MAIN

 

26.   Rite man damaged part of religious building (7) MINARET

 

27.   Bug within devoured sprout (9) GERMINATE

 

28.   Solemn; listener with a dwelling place (7) EARNEST

 

29.   Sages with some imagination (4) MAGI

 

30.   Depressing start to election produces filth (5) GRIME

 

31.   Badge of shame that’s initially embraced by Greek letter (6) STIGMA

 

32.   Rant about a loch (4) TARN

 

33.   Very angry about splitting pupils by ability – it’s not right (8) STEAMING

 

34.   Bandit has Reg returning with dread (8) GANGSTER

 

35.   Bury takes in, for example, a whole number (7) INTEGER

 

36.   The treasure found in the dodgems (3) GEM

37. Levies for ten in the back seat (5) TAXES

38. Former collier surrounds a scrutineer (8) EXAMINER

39. Sounds like main has a fringe (4) MANE

40. Sombre start of magic lost from folklore brothers (4) GRIM

41. Sounds like trousers passed on from parents (5) GENES

42. Alienate some honest rangers (8) ESTRANGE

43. Meet in a peculiar afternoon performance (7) MATINEE

44. Charm in game set at random (9) MAGNETISE

45. The hidden objective in proclaiming (3) AIM







Monday, 3 February 2025

 


CHANGE TO FEBRUARY MEETING 

on Wednesday 5th February

Unfortunately, Pam Bolton is unable to come to Casterton this Wednesday.

The speaker will now be Jo Horsley telling the story of her adoption entitled 'The Girl in the Purple Dress'.

She will talk about the adoption process, how it impacts those involved and will include some of her own experiences which she has recorded in her book.

Jo Horsley's story begins as a small child being rocked by her mother, as she struggles to hand Jo to the adoption agency. Through school and work, heartbreak and marriage, love and loss, Jo discovers more about herself and builds a life that embraces all definitions of the word 'family'. Her story hasn't ended, and there's so much more to come...
                 
        

Sunday, 15 December 2024

 The Christmas Fair was a resounding success!

Thanks to all who contributed in advance and supported us on the day.

Great fun was had on the tombola and the bottle stall. The cakes and craft sold well.

Lots of chatter and catching up accompanied the coffee and cake.

Happy Christmas everyone!









Monday, 11 November 2024

                  Christmas Fair

We hope you will come and join us at our Christmas Fair on Saturday 14th December



 

Thursday, 13 July 2023

Strawberry Tea July 2023

 Members enjoyed a Pimm's in a member's garden followed by a delicious Strawberry Tea made by the committee.










Thursday, 2 February 2023

CASTERTON WI 'CHRISTMAS TIME' QUIZ

 

Thank you to everyone who bought a quiz!

We had 20 sheets returned.

The correct sheets were put in a draw and prizes are awarded as follows:

1st Prize, £15:         J Holt, Darlington

2nd Prize, £10:         M Quinn, Kirkby Lonsdale

3rd Prize, £5:            E Dent, Whittington


Congratulations to our winners!


Here are the answers:

Former ruler in Scots army (4) TSAR

It’s a crime to organise a military truce (9) ARMISTICE

Sampler of food and drink (6) TASTER

Shirt and tie restyled in this decade? (8) THIRTIES

Swamp spoils hotel (5) MARSH

You either love it or hate it on toast (7) MARMITE

Amusement starts mainly in response to humour (5) MIRTH

Chatter about notched wheel (7) RATCHET

Overused tea ceremony? (5) TRITE

Mermaids without commercial can bubble gently (6) SIMMER

Church painter becomes a political reformer (8) CHARTIST

Rodent the rams upset (7) HAMSTER

Source of energy from southern squad (5) STEAM

Abyss has between one hundred and one thousand (5) CHASM

I’m put back in casket by scientist (7) CHEMIST

Sewer’s cramp? (6) STITCH

Some pharmacological damage (4) HARM

Reward returned in retirement? (5) MERIT

Sherlock Holmes described Moriarty as the ‘Napoleon of ….’ (5) CRIME

Elegant and quick-witted (5) SMART

Tree sounds like a formal address for a male teacher (4) ACER

Desire for new T-shirt (6) THIRST

Church is in ends of Satanism causing factional division (6) SCHISM

Too much claret, champagne and Beaujolais can make me gag (5) RETCH

Most terrifying actress I upset (8) SCARIEST

One article or a couple (4) ITEM

Crime that I organised is part of the Three Rs (10) ARITHMETIC

Twinkle as Monsieur in Rheims might (7) SHIMMER

A Scot goes East for spice (4) MACE

Send money for some more mittens (5) REMIT

In front of chef or mind in competition (6) MASTER

Tech is ordered code of conduct (6) ETHICS

Dissertation written by the little sister (6) THESIS

Check the slender part of a wine glass (4) STEM

Rodents, mainly in Central Europe, initially (4) MICE

A maestro brought up in Monte Carlo? (3) ACE

His camera captures racket (4) SCAM

This place sounds like a vision (4) SITE

At heart, Bergerac is too discriminatory (6) RACIST

Can be cold, sour or vanishing! (5) CREAM

The endless wrath belongs to them! (5) THEIR

 Small bird is odd twist (3) TIT

Excited sitar is one of a flight (5) STAIR

Firstly, Inter City Express is driving hazard (3) ICE

English county draught horse (5) SHIRE