Brockenhurst WI Storm Ciara was in full flow when the windswept ladies arrived for the birthday meeting of Brockenhurst WI.  Some 46 Members and 3 guests attended for our fish & chip supper although it was proudly announced that our membership this year had reached a record total of 72 ladies.  Business of the day included handing out the birthday posies to Barbara Ball, Karen … Continue reading Press Report February 2020

Brockenhurst WI On a wet and windy evening, the good ladies of Brockenhurst Women’s Institute arrived at the October meeting with a total of 45 members and 2 guests attending.  There was so much to cover that the President made the decision not to sing Jerusalem – it was one of those tumbleweed moments!  We quickly got on with handing out birthday posies to Louise … Continue reading Press Report October 2019

Brockenhurst WI An autumnal chill was in the air last Monday at the September gathering of Brockenhurst Women’s Institute, where some 35 members and 3 guests attended our evening.  After singing Jerusalem our president, Liz Wingham, presided over the meeting and Pam McInnes stood in for secretary Karen Whitty’s absence.   We firstly had a heart warming and moving chat from a lovely lady called … Continue reading Press Report September 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

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