Our December Meeting

Our December meeting was a Christmas party for our members.  We had a show and tell from Kim and her quilters and those who recently did her patchwork elephant course. Kim also told members about the Quilting Course she is going to be running in January. For more details click here. Janice collected knitted hats, scarfs and socks for Ukraine. We were entertained by Sway … Continue reading Our December Meeting

December Activities

On Thursday 8th December we have the Brockenhurst Group Carol Concert starting at 2pm at St Mary Magdalene Church, New Milton. If you would like a lift to this event, please contact us to arrange this. On Friday 9th December 2pm we have our final Craft Group Session of 2022  at Carole’s house. We will be Christmas card recycling. All welcome. Please contact us for more information and for … Continue reading December Activities

November Meeting & Press Report

Our November meeting was once again a busy one! We had 3 Birthday girls, visitors and guests. We had a raffle run by Maureen and Liz D The Competition of the Month was a flower and this was won by Evelyn. Janice continued to collect hats for her “Hats off for Ukraine”collection. They will be much needed in Ukraine this winter. We had a collection … Continue reading November Meeting & Press Report

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

September Meeting

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

September Activities

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

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