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The WI Clean Rivers Campaign Day 8
Read about Brockenhurst WI’s Clean Rivers Campaign awareness walk and what we learnt. Continue reading The WI Clean Rivers Campaign Day 8
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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
August Update
We are having a busy August. Members have enjoyed a croquet evening, an event at Foxlease with other local WI clubs. We entered the New Forest Show. Beautifully made items taking hours to sew, knit, macrame, bake, make fruit marmalade, photograph, paint flower arrange and make a 1920’s larder with contents and a model allotment we managed to have several third prizes. A tremendous effort … Continue reading August Update
Our February Meeting and our 104th Birthday
Our February meeting saw Brockenhurst WI celebrating our 104th Birthday with 35 members and 7 guests in attendance. We had an action packed evening! We celebrated in style and started the evening with a glass of Bucks Fizz. 14 members celebrate their birthday in February and they were presented with a birthday posy. Certificates and a floral tribute were presented to 6 members for their … Continue reading Our February Meeting and our 104th Birthday
October Press Report
On Saturday 9th October, Brockenhurst WI provided refreshments at a World Textile Day in the Village Hall. On arrival at the hall, we were met by a sea of colour literally everywhere from stands, table tops and coat racks. Stallholders items were sourced from many countries, displaying fabrics, clothing, baskets, wall hangings and other items either sold or there for display and discussion. Stallholders and … Continue reading October Press Report
September Meeting and Press Report
September has already been a busy month for us! We helped serve refreshments at the weekend for the Needlework Fiesta. Members baked beautiful cakes and scones. On the evening of 13th September, we had our first in person meeting since March 2020! It was lovely to see a big turn-out and to catch up with each other. Our president Elaine welcomed 6 visitors. We had … Continue reading September Meeting and Press Report
August Newsletter from our President Elaine
We managed to salvage our summer outing which had to be cancelled, by meeting up on the Forest instead. A very chilly but happy couple of hours with our own drinks and snacks. Carole Blaylock has kindly agreed to run the craft group. She has invited those who are interested to a meeting at her house on Thursday 19th August at 3.30pm for a general … Continue reading August Newsletter from our President Elaine
Press Report – May 2021
On 10th May, 33 WI members met together on Zoom for a talk by Peta Allingham entitled “A Woman’s Experience of Participating in Scientific Expeditions on 4 Continents”. It was indeed a no holds barred revelation of Peta’s involvement in many scientific expeditions in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA. She covered the training required, preparations, living conditions, transport, meals, hygiene and relationships with expedition … Continue reading Press Report – May 2021
Press Report April 2021
The beginning of April saw a flurry of activity amongst some of our members who were committed to demonstrating their craft skills. Some had produced samples of their work for a display in the window of the Parish Council office in Brookley Road and others had been busy knitting and crocheting squares to be used for decorating 2 large Easter Eggs sited at the front … Continue reading Press Report April 2021
Press Report March 2021
WI spirits were lifted to new heights in March with the news of the possible reduction of Covid restrictions in the summer. It gave us renewed hope that we may be able to hold meetings in the Village Hall again, go for ‘chatty’ walks, gather for afternoon tea or morning coffee, and plan our customary August Outing to a local venue. These plans were driven … Continue reading Press Report March 2021
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