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James Goff
Newport Pagnell WI
do in providing day care and activities for the over 55s in Newport Pagnell.
Thank you to the Parish Church for the use of their church, to Cambourne Travel for their help in selling tickets and to Costa for donating the cups. For further information about the work of the Centre or how to become a Volunteer please phone or email for details.
Frogmore House
At the beginning of April the rst round of this year’s Three Counties Quiz was held at Winslow, and two teams duly
made their way to this new venue.
As ever, the questions were quite dif cult (depends if you know the answer!) but our six intrepid ladies fared well and came 12th and 13th out of 20 entries. Not a bad result, especially as one team was made up of ‘ rst timers’. Will they go again next year?
The speaker in April was Anne Leaver who told us about the Dysfunctional Family at Frogmore House.
This, of course, was the family of King George III, a Hanoverian, who married a German Princess whom he had never met. They lived partly at Buck House in London, and partly at Windsor, which she hated. Eventually George bought a farm at Frogmore and had a new house built there for the family to live in. They had 13 children, but the girls were all kept under strict control and not allowed to marry when they wished. Instead they learnt skills such as drawing, needlework, and book
binding. The boys, of course, were a different matter and behaved as boys will, marrying for money, and having mistresses.
When ‘mad’ King George was ill later in his life, he was contained at Windsor Castle and underwent barbaric treatments for his condition, which was not understood at the time.
After George III died, one of his daughters, Augusta, inherited Frogmore and one of the rooms there contains paintings by her sister Elizabeth. A most interesting talk, illustrated with lovely photographs of Frogmore House. Competition winners were Doreen Slessor, Julia Pearce and Marion Stapleton.
The raf e was won by Pat Cutts and Cathy Rowse.
Newport Pagnell Women’s Institute meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in the café at the rear of the Methodist Church. In May we will hear about Medieval Dunstable, and then discuss this year’s resolutions. For further information please call Evelyn Mison on 01908 615630 or just turn up on the night.
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5-11 Osborn’s Court, Olney, MK46 4LA
Tel: 01234 714355 Mob: 07743 815618 (Pat) www.amphawan.co.uk amphawanthaicuisine@gmail.com **All parties are catered for**
Opening Times
Closed Mondays
Tuesday to ursday
Lunch: 12.00noon - 2.30pm Evening: 6.00pm - 10.00pm
Friday & Saturday
Lunch: 12.00noon - 2.30pm Evening: 6.00pm - 11.00pm
Sunday
Lunch: 12.00noon - 3.00pm Evening: 6.00pm - 10.00pm
If you’re driving past or live local to Yardley Hastings, then why not come in and try out our Belgian delicacies.
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