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
Fourteen ladies met for our WI ladies lunch at the Forest Park Hotel in Brockenhurst today. We had pre ordered from the January menu. The table was laid out beautifully with candles and a view over the garden. The staff were attentive and the food was good. We spent a very happy couple of hours over lunch with good company. Thanks go to Christine K … Continue reading January Lunch Club
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
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
Eight members met for a very enjoyable and productive craft group meeting. We made several different Christmas cards, many from recycled items. Janette showed us a simple, but effective technique of a stitched tree with beads. Ann demonstrated making a box, also from old Christmas cards, and some members produced pretty boxes with motifs on the lids. These would be very useful for small gifts. … Continue reading December Craft Group
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
On Friday 2nd December, Brockenhurst WI had a stall at Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening selling the decorations that our members and the craft group have been busily making since September. On the night, Janette set up the gazebo and Jane and Christine K set up the stall. A rota of members manned the stall on the night and as always its was a great team … Continue reading Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening
November has one again been a busy month for Brockenhurst WI. Our craft group and members have worked hard making Christmas decorations for our Christmas Stall at the Brockenhust Christmas Fun Evening. The bandage makers have continued to be productive to help Ukraine. Our lunch club members braved the elements to have lunch at the Hare and Hounds in Sway. Brockenhurst WI laid a poppy … Continue reading November Round-Up
Members from Brockenhurst WI have continued to work hard making bandages for Ukraine. Carole hosted the first session of the month and triangular bandages were prioritised as these are needed for trauma packs. The second session was held at Julie’s house. Evelyn hosted the 3rd session of the month. Julie hosted the last two sessions of the month and we worked on using up the … Continue reading November Bandage Making
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