Category: Monthly Meeting
April Activities
Our next meeting is at Brockenhurst Village Hall on Monday April 17th with a speaker from the NPA talking about Ground Nesting Birds. At the meeting we will have the Competition of the Month which is a photograph of something that makes you happy. A photo taken within the last year. Size no larger than 7 x 5 inch or 13 x 18 cm. Proceeds … Continue reading April Activities
March Meeting 2023
This month we were treated to a speaker who had visited us before. Jane Glennie , an actress and historian , who spoke about the working experiences of Violet Jessop. Jane dressed in a period costume and spoke the part of Violet. Violet worked on various ships as a stewardess to begin with in 1908 and once war declared , she trained as a Voluntary … Continue reading March Meeting 2023
March Activities
We have another busy month ahead with activities to suit all. Monthly Meeting Monday 13th March This month we have the return of speaker Jane Glennie. This time, she will talk to us about ‘Violet’s Britannic Escape’. Nursing experiences during WW1 and Escape from the Titanic’s sister ship, Britannic. Brockenhurst Village Hall 7pm arrival from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Guests welcome. There will be a … Continue reading March Activities
Our February Birthday Meeting
This month Brockenhurst WI celebrated 105 years with a lovely social evening which was well attended. Members were treated by the craft group to a variety of demonstrations and activities. Karen showed us some great floral displays. There were 16 members celebrating theirs Birthdays this month who all received a a lovely polyanthus. We had our customary raffle. Afterwards we raised a toast to 105 … Continue reading Our February Birthday Meeting
February Activities
We have another busy month ahead with activities to suit all. Monthly Meeting Monday 13th February This month Brockenhurst WI Celebrate our 105th Birthday! This is going to be a fun and interactive session. We will be having a social as well with cake and Prosecco. The craft group will be engaging us in activities to give you ideas of how you can enter the … Continue reading February Activities
January Round Up
Our New Year activities included our January meeting and the speaker Bob Sinfield who talked about “The Gag Trade – Misadventures is TV and Comedy”. It was funny and entertaining! Rita has been heading up bandage making for Ukraine and the team are doing sterling working making rolled bandages which will be sent to Ukraine. The Craft Group Six members of the Craft Group met … Continue reading January Round Up
Our January Meeting
The first meeting of 2023 took place on Monday 9th January and it was really lovely to see so many members and guests at the meeting. It was a busy meeting! There was a raffle run by Maureen and April. Our ‘Competition of the Month’ was a cracker joke and we had a good number of entries. Anne Nolan got the most coins for her joke … Continue reading Our January Meeting
January Activities and News
Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2023. Here is a round-up of our forthcoming activities for January (and beyond!) Monthly Meeting Our monthly meeting on Monday 9th January should be very interesting. Bob Sinfield is talking about The Gag Trade. We will be having a raffle, so don’t forget to bring you money The competition of the month will be to provide a cracker joke. … Continue reading January Activities and News
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
