Janice sends her thanks to everyone for their generosity in knitting and donating for Hats off for Ukraine. It was received very gratefully when she took all that she was given down to The Hub at Ampress Lane. These hats were previously delivered from Brockenhurst WI New Forest for Ukraine are appealing for thick knitted hats and scarves from those who are happy to knit.Donations … Continue reading Hats Off for Ukraine
We are delighted to announce that our Darts Team consisting of Janette, Kathryn, Janice, Karen and Tricia were victorious in the Darts Final on Tuesday 4th October. Congratulations ladies. Continue reading Our Victorious Darts Team!
On Tuesday 4th October members of Brockenhurst WI, partners and friends embarked on a guided tour of Southampton with a guide from See Southampton. This came about after our July Speaker whetted our appetite about the history of Southampton. The guide took us to the monument to the Pilgrim Fathers (and mothers!). We looked at the wall and learnt how the water used to come … Continue reading Tour of Southampton
Here is a round-up of our forthcoming activities for October: On Monday 10th October we have our monthly meeting upstairs at Brockenhurst Village Hall. The speaker is Mrs E Barron MBE and the talk is entitles “in Grandpa’s Footsteps”. Janice will have a table for anyone who has kindly donated knitted hats for her ‘Hats Off for Ukraine’ campaign. She will then deliver them to … Continue reading October Activities
On 30th September, Ann H led the craft group in Iris folding, a paper folding technique. Maureen, Sue and Corrine attended this session. As you can see from the photos, the results are superb! All three now want to do tea bag folding which Ann has demonstrated before. Thank you for hosting this Ann. The next craft group session will be held on: Friday 14th … Continue reading September Craft Group
On 28th September, 18 members from Brockenhurst WI were taken on a tour of the kitchen garden of The Pig Hotel in Brockenhurst. Alex, the head gardener took us on a tour, starting with the herb garden. This included some herbs that were new to some of us! We saw the range of apple trees that the kitchen garden has. We then went through into … Continue reading Kitchen Garden Tour of The Pig
This month Carole, Rita and Julie have hosted bandage making sessions and have been ably assisted by a great team of helpers from Brockenhurst WI. (Sadly, I’ve forgotten to take many photos of our helpers – apologies!) We have continued to prioritise making triangular bandages as these go in trauma packs as these are what are most needed. We have just heard that 2000 trauma … Continue reading September Bandage Making for Ukraine
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
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
