November Activities

Here is a round-up of our forthcoming activities for November: On Monday 14th November we have our monthly meeting. The theme is Christmas & Celebration Crafts, with a demonstration by Annette Williams. It will be held at Brockenhurst Village Hall arrival from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Annette will will have kits for sale, so bring money with you if you would like to purchase anything. Janice … Continue reading November Activities

October’s Meeting and Press Report

We met this month for our meeting at The Village Hall.  The competition of the month for this month was to make Christmas Tree decorations.  We received a good selection and money was raised by voting with silver coins for our charity ACWW.   The craft group brought along some of the July New Forest Show entries so that members could be encouraged to enter … Continue reading October’s Meeting and Press Report

Planning for December!

Friday 2nd December is the date for the Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening. Brockenhurst WI will be having a stall at the event. We have decided to sell homemade Christmas tree decorations and would very much like to get as many members as possible involved with this, either in making decorations to sell or helping on the night. To get the (bau)bles started, our competition of … Continue reading Planning for December!

October Activities

Here is a round-up of our forthcoming activities for October: On Monday 10th October we have our monthly meeting upstairs at Brockenhurst Village Hall.  The speaker is Mrs E Barron MBE and the talk is entitles “in Grandpa’s Footsteps”.  Janice will have a table for anyone who has kindly donated knitted hats for her ‘Hats Off for Ukraine’ campaign.  She will then deliver them to … Continue reading October Activities

Hampshire WI Quiz

Our quiz team took part in the final of the Hampshire WI Quiz on 30th September at Eastleigh. Our team consisted of Jan Viner, Isabel Toward, Elaine Blachford, Zena Smith & Janette Smethurst. Our team gained the position of 9th out of 18 teams in the final, from a pool of approximately 120 WI groups in lower Hampshire. Well done ladies! The Worthys Winchester came … Continue reading Hampshire WI Quiz

New Forest Show 2022

After a two year gap, this week saw the return of the New Forest Show. The WI Schedule was ‘Step back in Time’ (carried over from 2020). The entry classes were: 1. ‘Sweets for my Sweet’ Peppermint Creams. Six sweets (half dipped in chocolate optional) displayed in a box with clear lid/clingfilm no larger than 6″ x 4″ (15 x 10cm). This category was entered … Continue reading New Forest Show 2022

July Monthly Meeting 2022

Our talk this month was by an Archaeologist – Ruby Mogg about Medieval Southampton.  She was full of enthusiasm about her subject despite the heat!  She took us through the Saxon era, the Normans and late Medieval Period.  There is no written record before the Roman invasion.  A lot of Saxon encampments were where Bitterne is today, towards the River Test.  There was a grid … Continue reading July Monthly Meeting 2022