Brockenhurst WI Press Report May 2019 In May Brockenhurst WI have their AGM so a good turn out by the members was required and, of course, they didn’t disappoint us. We had 41 members and 7 visitors who all warbled Jerusalem with great gusto and enjoyed a glass of wine! We had our speaker first because of other business to conduct later so the magnificent … Continue reading Press Report May 2019
44 members attended the April meeting of Brockenhurst WI, on Monday 8th April, 7.30pm at the Village Hall. A brief report was given by the president, Janette Smethurst, on the Spring Council Meeting held in Portsmouth that 14 members had attended. It was a very enjoyable day, with winning acts from the talent competition performing in the morning, and in the afternoon Pam Ayres did … Continue reading Press Report April 2019
As February was the 101st Birthday for Brockenhurst WI it was decided to celebrate the occasion with a dinner at the Balmer Lawn Hotel. 37 members congregated for the evening which began with a chat over a glass of Prosecco and ended with a fun quiz. After singing “Jerusalem”, the only business to conduct was to start eating! However there were 13 birthdays to … Continue reading Press Report February 2019
A very happy 2019 to everyone, not only those in our WI but also to all the local WIs in the area and, of course, the good people of Brockenhurst. We had a magnificent turn out for our January meeting with 45 members attending and 3 visitors. We were serenaded when singing Jerusalem by our speaker, Mr Simon Morgan, playing a soprano saxophone which made … Continue reading Press Report January 2019
June is a busy month and no less so for Brockenhurst WI. We welcomed two guests and 43 members, Jerusalem was heard (due to the open windows) nearly a mile away and we hope they enjoyed our singing. A record month for the birthday posies and celebrating this month were June Helyer, Pat Farr, Anne Nolan, Mel Carter, Sue Griffiths, Liz Wingham, Geraldine Angel, Mary … Continue reading Press Report June 2018
On a beautiful summer’s evening we gathered for our AGM, it always comes around so quickly every year. We welcomed 42 members and 3 visitors, the usual rendering of Jerusalem in the warm summer breeze was enjoyed by everyone and birthday posies were given out to Pat Worn, Anne Panayi and Christine O’Connor. Welcome packs were given out to our new members Elaine Blachford, Anne … Continue reading Press Report May 2018
The latest news, birthdays and updates, as well as a very knowledgeable guest speaker on the Indian Tribes of the North American Plains. Continue reading Press Report April 2018
After the excitement of our 100th birthday celebrations in February, Brockenhurst WI settled back into our normal meeting in March. As usual we sang Jerusalem, welcomed 4 new guests and gave out birthday posies to Hilary Blurton, Sue Kingsley-Thomas, Karen McFarlane, Hilary Turner, Wendy Wallace, Diane Webster, Kathryn Whalley and (belatedly) Karen Whitty. There were photographs on display from the birthday party along with the … Continue reading Press Report March 2018
Brockenhurst WI celebrated its 100th birthday with a fabulous evening at The Balmer Lawn Hotel. 70 members and guests attended and were treated to some close up magic, a delicious meal and a wonderful cake made by one of our members, Liz Wingham. We were delighted to welcome 4 presidents from the Brockenhurst WI group, also Maureen Levenson who is Chairman of Hampshire County Federation. … Continue reading Press Report February 2018
Our November meeting was held at 7.30pm on Monday 13 November 2017 at the Village Hall as usual. On this cold evening 40 members and 1 guest learnt of the latest centenary birthday plans as well as a summary of events from the Autumn County Meeting, before hearing from guest speaker, Val Cawsey, and Elvis impersonator, Alvin! Continue reading Press Report November 2017
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