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Members join in various other village events, like the annual Thurlow Fayre, held on the first Sunday in September, where they find themselves working hard to supply and serve refreshments. Some £500 was taken in 1998 from the sandwiches, cakes and tea.

Thurlow belongs to a group which consists of nearby Cowlinge, Sturmer, Kedington, Hundon and Haverhill. Suffolk West stretches from Sturmer to Hadleigh, Mildenhall to Sudbury. Competitions on subjects related to the talks (for instance, a Russian artifact when we had a talk on Waterways of the Tsars) are entered monthly and sometimes Thurlow W.I. enters county competitions, for example, "How green is your kitchen?", which was all about saving the environment. Some members have also taken courses on topics such as country dancing and genealogy at Denman College.

Women's Institute members celebrating the 50th anniversary of VE Day