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
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
On 27th January 12 Brockenhurst WI members and 5 of their partners enjoyed a morning visit to Testwood Lakes Nature Reserve, which is managed by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. We were introduced to the reserve and taken on a walk round the lake by Grace Brennan. Visiting two bird hides on the way. Grebes, cranes, swans, cormorants, greater and small egrets were observed … Continue reading Visit to Testwood Lakes Nature Reserve
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
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
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
Following a talk a few years ago, a group of Brockenhurst WI ladies visited Honeypot House and garden in Blackfield. The sun shone and so we were able to enjoy the fabulous grounds and the house. The charity operates three respite residential houses – the New Forest, Wales and a new one in Scotland. The idea is for child carers to come for a short … Continue reading Tour of Honeypot House
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
On Tuesday 4th October members of Brockenhurst WI, partners and friends embarked on a guided tour of Southampton with a guide from See Southampton. This came about after our July Speaker whetted our appetite about the history of Southampton. The guide took us to the monument to the Pilgrim Fathers (and mothers!). We looked at the wall and learnt how the water used to come … Continue reading Tour of Southampton
On 28th September, 18 members from Brockenhurst WI were taken on a tour of the kitchen garden of The Pig Hotel in Brockenhurst. Alex, the head gardener took us on a tour, starting with the herb garden. This included some herbs that were new to some of us! We saw the range of apple trees that the kitchen garden has. We then went through into … Continue reading Kitchen Garden Tour of The Pig
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