Our New Year activities included our January meeting and the speaker Bob Sinfield who talked about “The Gag Trade – Misadventures is TV and Comedy”. It was funny and entertaining! Rita has been heading up bandage making for Ukraine and the team are doing sterling working making rolled bandages which will be sent to Ukraine. The Craft Group Six members of the Craft Group met … Continue reading January Round Up
The first meeting of 2023 took place on Monday 9th January and it was really lovely to see so many members and guests at the meeting. It was a busy meeting! There was a raffle run by Maureen and April. Our ‘Competition of the Month’ was a cracker joke and we had a good number of entries. Anne Nolan got the most coins for her joke … Continue reading Our January Meeting
Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2023. Here is a round-up of our forthcoming activities for January (and beyond!) Monthly Meeting Our monthly meeting on Monday 9th January should be very interesting. Bob Sinfield is talking about The Gag Trade. We will be having a raffle, so don’t forget to bring you money The competition of the month will be to provide a cracker joke. … Continue reading January Activities and News
Our December meeting was a Christmas party for our members. We had a show and tell from Kim and her quilters and those who recently did her patchwork elephant course. Kim also told members about the Quilting Course she is going to be running in January. For more details click here. Janice collected knitted hats, scarfs and socks for Ukraine. We were entertained by Sway … Continue reading Our December Meeting
On Thursday 8th December we have the Brockenhurst Group Carol Concert starting at 2pm at St Mary Magdalene Church, New Milton. If you would like a lift to this event, please contact us to arrange this. On Friday 9th December 2pm we have our final Craft Group Session of 2022 at Carole’s house. We will be Christmas card recycling. All welcome. Please contact us for more information and for … Continue reading December Activities
On Friday 2nd December, Brockenhurst WI had a stall at Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening selling the decorations that our members and the craft group have been busily making since September. On the night, Janette set up the gazebo and Jane and Christine K set up the stall. A rota of members manned the stall on the night and as always its was a great team … Continue reading Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening
Our November meeting was once again a busy one! We had 3 Birthday girls, visitors and guests. We had a raffle run by Maureen and Liz D The Competition of the Month was a flower and this was won by Evelyn. Janice continued to collect hats for her “Hats off for Ukraine”collection. They will be much needed in Ukraine this winter. We had a collection … Continue reading November Meeting & Press Report
Here is a round-up of our forthcoming activities for November: On Monday 14th November we have our monthly meeting. The theme is Christmas & Celebration Crafts, with a demonstration by Annette Williams. It will be held at Brockenhurst Village Hall arrival from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Annette will will have kits for sale, so bring money with you if you would like to purchase anything. Janice … Continue reading November Activities
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
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
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