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The Old Pump, Crossgar Located in Downpatrick Street, beside the Church and immediately adjacent to the bus stop, the pump originally provided water for the village but now serves only as a reminder of the past. The image of the pump is captured on the celebration beakers produced to mark the Institute's golden anniversary.
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Community Activities
Crossgar is a vibrant and growing Institute
which incorporates young and not so young members in a
very peaceful, happy and harmonious organisation.
Membership of our Institute enables us to maintain close
contacts with the remainder of the community and develop
an awareness of its needs. Many of our members serve the
community through our contacts with a variety of
organisations and are actively involved in a number of
community activities such as, helping to staff the cancer
shop in Downpatrick, Cancer Research voluntary
collections, making tea at blood donor sessions, Beacon
House Club (a club for men and women recovering from
illness), care and after care in the community, Home
Start (practical help to families in need) and voluntary
driving.
Talent
Our Institute can boast quite a bit of talent amongst the members who enter for many of the competitions locally and at regional level. During the last couple of years we can record considerable success in a variety of competitions as below:
The Macausland Rose Bowl Competition
Generally the competition attracts around 70 entries for this prestigious prize which is awarded to "Institute of the Year" and is judged during September/October. Crossgar Institute won the event in 1998 and 1999, was runner-up in 2000 and had a special mention in 2009.Speech Festival
Each year Mrs Jo Murray competes in WI Speech Festival. The competition at this festival is tremendous and Jo took first place in 2000.
City of Belfast Autumn Flower Show
The Institute enters a variety of competition categories in this show and is normally very successful receiving high accolades. Click on the buttons on the navigation bar to see the results of the 2001 and 2002 competitions.
Annual Outing
The annual outing is generally regarded as a
highlight of the year. During the last few years the
Institute has organised tours to Dublin, Derry, Armagh
and just a few years ago we went to Ayr in Scotland using
the high speed catamaran ferry service, the Seacat. On
any Women's Institute trip some shopping is compulsory
and time must be allocated to this important activity.
Most of the trips also include the opportunity to absorb
a little knowledge about our heritage or may offer an
insight into our rich culture. On our trip to Derry we
arranged a guided tour of the Guildhall and the famous
Walls while the visit to Armagh incorporated a tour of
The Tian celebrating the life and work of Jonathan Swift
(1667 - 1745) the author of Gulliver's Travels. The outing to
Carlingford was a great success. You can read all about it in the 'Outing
2000' page.
Tree Planting
Together with members of other Institutes in
the Quoile Area several members of Crossgar W.I.
participated in planting a number of trees during March
2000. The picture below recorded the event which was
intended to mark the Millennium and help to make a
tangible contribution to our environment now and for many
years in the future.
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