After a heavy downpour, it was a a relief to see sunshine at the start of our walk. But then it clouded over and the sky was dark in the distance. There was also an autumnal nip in the wind as we headed off from Beechern Wood car park across Whitemoor. However, the weather did not detract from our walk. As usual, the New Forest … Continue reading September Walk
On Friday 16th September members of Brockenhurst WI and one guest met at Carole’s house to plan for the coming months. We looked at ideas of Christmas Decorations for our stall at the Brockenhurst fun evening in December and this is something we will work on in the next couple of months. We welcome more members to help us with this, either at our Craft … Continue reading September Craft Group
Our lovely member Janice has had a great idea! Janice realised that many Ukrainian people have left their homes with what they can carry. With winter approaching, people living in Ukraine are going to be feeling the cold. So Janice has been busy knitting hats that she has donated to New Forest for Ukraine. At our September meeting, Janice asked for more members to join … Continue reading Hats off for Ukraine
Despite the terrible sadness of Her Majesty the Queen’s death our meeting went ahead. The Queen was a member of the Sandringham and West Newton WI since 1943. After Jerusalem and a minute’s silence, we sang the National Anthem. It was a busy meeting as we had our “Glorious Gords” competition judged by last year’s winner, Di Fletcher. This year’s winner was Liz Wingham, with … Continue reading September Meeting
1926 – 2022 We are truly saddened by the news of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen and offer our deepest condolences to the Royal Family. Her Majesty the Queen was a loyal and dedicated member of the WI for 80 years, and never failed to show her support for us throughout her time as Queen. We thank her for her dedication, service and … Continue reading Queen Elizabeth II
Six ladies answered Julie’s call for help and aided in ripping several bags of polycotton sheets that have been donated into strips of different widths, that can be made into rolled bandages. Christine, Moira, Margaret, Maureen, Anne N and Ann H worked very hard and at the end of the session there were 15 bags full of strips ready to be sewn together. Christine and … Continue reading Bandage Making – Week of 5th September 2022
Rather than doing separate posts for our activities, this month we are going to trial doing one post that covers all the activities for the month. Dates of these and all our activities are also on our “Diary Dates” page. Monthly Meeting Our meeting is on Monday 12th September. The subject is Violette Szabo GC and the speaker is Jeremy Prescot. At Brockenhurst Village Hall 7pm … Continue reading September Activities
Last week, Rita kindly hosted a bandage making session and herself and Jan V worked hard rolling bandages. This week Julie hosted the session and Carole, Maureen and Julie prioritised making triangular bandages and tourniquet ties which go into the trauma packs. Around 45 triangular bandages and tourniquet ties were made. Ann H has been busy rolling bandages and we have also been helped by … Continue reading Bandage Making 24th and 31st August 2022
The 73rd Brockenhurst Group Show will take place on Saturday 25th March 2023 at 10.30 am. The Presentation of Awards will take be at 3pm The categories are below, so get thinking about what you would like to enter! It would be great if we could have lots of entries and build on our success from last time. The Group Show is not about entering … Continue reading Group Show 2023
This week’s bandage makers were Christine, Moira, Rita, Barbara, Julie & Janette. Approximately 80 triangular bandages were made today. These go into trauma packs (two in each trauma pack) and over 1500 packs have now been sent to Ukraine. Avery from New Forest for Ukraine is very grateful for our help in achieving this. Other rolled bandages were also made at home. Thank you all … Continue reading Bandage Making 16th August 2022
Brockenhurst Women's Institute 