Press Report June 2019
Brockenhurst WI On June 10th 41 members and 3 visitors left the comfort of their own homes to brave a horrid wet and windy (Summer?) evening to attend the meeting in the Village Hall. After stretching our lungs with a rendition of “Jerusalem” we embarked on quite a lengthy business agenda. A Welcome Pack was presented to new member, Janice Pettigrew, who is already making … Continue reading Press Report June 2019
Press Report May 2019
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
Press Report April 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
Press Report February 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
Gingerbread House Making Competition
Our monthly meeting in November 2018 saw our members formed into teams to take part in a Gingerbread House Making Competition! Each team was provided with pre-made gingerbread house walls, roof and chimney and a host of different icings and sweets to adorn the house when it had been constructed. Well, talk about hilarity! Putting the house together proved to be not quite as straight … Continue reading Gingerbread House Making Competition
Press Report January 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
Press Report June 2018
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
Brockenhurst, A History
Brockenhurst WI member, Di Fletcher, has kindly written an article on Brockenhurst’s role during WW1: “I am a member of Brockenhurst W.I. in the New Forest, Hampshire. Having been ‘weaned’ on the W.I., my mother was secretary of Hawley W.I.,Hampshire Federation, my mother-in-law was V.C.O. in Berkshire and Oxfordshire, and in the 70’s I was secretary of Parkend W.I. in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. … Continue reading Brockenhurst, A History
Press Report May 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
Ladies Wot Lunch
Lovely afternoon tea at Foxlease. Our ladies know a good scone and jam when they see it! Continue reading Ladies Wot Lunch
