Our lovely member Janice has had a great idea! Janice realised that many Ukrainian people have left their homes with what they can carry. With winter approaching, people living in Ukraine are going to be feeling the cold. So Janice has been busy knitting hats that she has donated to New Forest for Ukraine. At our September meeting, Janice asked for more members to join … Continue reading Hats off for Ukraine
Despite the terrible sadness of Her Majesty the Queen’s death our meeting went ahead. The Queen was a member of the Sandringham and West Newton WI since 1943. After Jerusalem and a minute’s silence, we sang the National Anthem. It was a busy meeting as we had our “Glorious Gords” competition judged by last year’s winner, Di Fletcher. This year’s winner was Liz Wingham, with … Continue reading September Meeting
Six ladies answered Julie’s call for help and aided in ripping several bags of polycotton sheets that have been donated into strips of different widths, that can be made into rolled bandages. Christine, Moira, Margaret, Maureen, Anne N and Ann H worked very hard and at the end of the session there were 15 bags full of strips ready to be sewn together. Christine and … Continue reading Bandage Making – Week of 5th September 2022
Rather than doing separate posts for our activities, this month we are going to trial doing one post that covers all the activities for the month. Dates of these and all our activities are also on our “Diary Dates” page. Monthly Meeting Our meeting is on Monday 12th September. The subject is Violette Szabo GC and the speaker is Jeremy Prescot. At Brockenhurst Village Hall 7pm … Continue reading September Activities
The 73rd Brockenhurst Group Show will take place on Saturday 25th March 2023 at 10.30 am. The Presentation of Awards will take be at 3pm The categories are below, so get thinking about what you would like to enter! It would be great if we could have lots of entries and build on our success from last time. The Group Show is not about entering … Continue reading Group Show 2023
Rita kindly hosted the bandage making session this week. Everyone had a really fun and friendly morning making bandages. Huge thanks go to Rita for hosting. Look at this lovely picture! Thanks go to Maureen for fuelling us with delicious biscuits! 54 triangular bandages were made at this session. Meral has continued to be busy and has made a further 42 triangular bandages and 90 … Continue reading Bandage Making -week of 1st August 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
Six members from Brockenhurst WI gathered to make more bandages for Ukraine. New Forest for Ukraine have been gifted some sheets, so we could get going making Triangular bandages which are much needed and go in the trauma packs. We managed to make around 40 Triangular bandages during this session. Rolled bandages and Tourniquet ties were also made. Brockenhurst WI members have come up trumps … Continue reading Bandage Making 20th July
New Forest for Ukraine was on featured on Countryfile on Sunday 10th July and bandages was highlighted as something that is sadly much needed. So it has been lovely to see so many Brockenhurst WI members stepping up to help with bandage making. 10 people gathered at Julie’s house to make bandages this session and the priority was making triangular bandages that go in trauma … Continue reading Bandage Making 13th July 2022
With the war in Ukraine sadly showing no let-up, a group of us once more gathered to make some more bandages. There were four us, so we were able to share the jobs and work as a team (as we did last Friday). Carole demonstrated how to make triangular bandages out of cotton material. Julie demonstrated bandage making and the sizes required. Barbara turned her … Continue reading More Bandage Making
Brockenhurst Women's Institute 