VE Day: 75th Anniversary
In these strange times where celebrations are limited by social distancing restrictions, we still remember and thank all those who served in WWII then, and offer thanks to all key workers supporting us now. Continue reading VE Day: 75th Anniversary
Press Report October 2019
Brockenhurst WI On a wet and windy evening, the good ladies of Brockenhurst Women’s Institute arrived at the October meeting with a total of 45 members and 2 guests attending. There was so much to cover that the President made the decision not to sing Jerusalem – it was one of those tumbleweed moments! We quickly got on with handing out birthday posies to Louise … Continue reading Press Report October 2019
Press Report September 2019
Brockenhurst WI An autumnal chill was in the air last Monday at the September gathering of Brockenhurst Women’s Institute, where some 35 members and 3 guests attended our evening. After singing Jerusalem our president, Liz Wingham, presided over the meeting and Pam McInnes stood in for secretary Karen Whitty’s absence. We firstly had a heart warming and moving chat from a lovely lady called … Continue reading Press Report September 2019
Skittles group match on 1st October 2019
Congratulations to our skittles team! Brockenhurst ladies came second, with Barton Bees taking first place. We pipped Sway to second place by a couple of points gained in the last round. In fact our last round was the highest scoring of all the teams, I think we had warmed up by then! The team consisted of Ruth McDermott (captain), June Helyer, Maureen Phillips, Meral Carter … Continue reading Skittles group match on 1st October 2019
Press Report June 2019
Brockenhurst WI On June 10th 41 members and 3 visitors left the comfort of their own homes to brave a horrid wet and windy (Summer?) evening to attend the meeting in the Village Hall. After stretching our lungs with a rendition of “Jerusalem” we embarked on quite a lengthy business agenda. A Welcome Pack was presented to new member, Janice Pettigrew, who is already making … Continue reading Press Report June 2019
Press Report May 2019
Brockenhurst WI Press Report May 2019 In May Brockenhurst WI have their AGM so a good turn out by the members was required and, of course, they didn’t disappoint us. We had 41 members and 7 visitors who all warbled Jerusalem with great gusto and enjoyed a glass of wine! We had our speaker first because of other business to conduct later so the magnificent … Continue reading Press Report May 2019
Press Report April 2019
44 members attended the April meeting of Brockenhurst WI, on Monday 8th April, 7.30pm at the Village Hall. A brief report was given by the president, Janette Smethurst, on the Spring Council Meeting held in Portsmouth that 14 members had attended. It was a very enjoyable day, with winning acts from the talent competition performing in the morning, and in the afternoon Pam Ayres did … Continue reading Press Report April 2019
Press Report February 2019
As February was the 101st Birthday for Brockenhurst WI it was decided to celebrate the occasion with a dinner at the Balmer Lawn Hotel. 37 members congregated for the evening which began with a chat over a glass of Prosecco and ended with a fun quiz. After singing “Jerusalem”, the only business to conduct was to start eating! However there were 13 birthdays to … Continue reading Press Report February 2019
Press Report January 2019
A very happy 2019 to everyone, not only those in our WI but also to all the local WIs in the area and, of course, the good people of Brockenhurst. We had a magnificent turn out for our January meeting with 45 members attending and 3 visitors. We were serenaded when singing Jerusalem by our speaker, Mr Simon Morgan, playing a soprano saxophone which made … Continue reading Press Report January 2019
Press Report June 2018
June is a busy month and no less so for Brockenhurst WI. We welcomed two guests and 43 members, Jerusalem was heard (due to the open windows) nearly a mile away and we hope they enjoyed our singing. A record month for the birthday posies and celebrating this month were June Helyer, Pat Farr, Anne Nolan, Mel Carter, Sue Griffiths, Liz Wingham, Geraldine Angel, Mary … Continue reading Press Report June 2018
