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Nov 24, 20232 min read
WI Meeting November 2023
As this was our last AGM to be held in November - the powers that be (East Sussex Federation) have moved our year end from September to...
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Oct 27, 20231 min read
WI Meeting October 2023
This month instead of a speaker we had Barbara Hibbert leading us in an interactive workshop. She encouraged us to write three-word,...
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Sep 16, 20231 min read
WI Meeting September 2023
Did you know that Justices of the Peace and/or Magistrates have been in England and Wales since 1195 with the first woman JPs sitting in...
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Aug 8, 20231 min read
WI Meeting August 2023
The WI Committee like to take a break in August to re-charge their batteries ready for the Autumn, and, dare I mention it, Christmas. ...
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Jun 13, 20231 min read
WI Meeting June 2023
Summer and light evenings gives us the opportunity to go on an outing - so off we went. Our destination was the Only With Love Brewery...
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May 9, 20231 min read
WI Meeting May 2023
Our original speaker was asked to speak on a Caribbean cruise and, although obviously a tough choice, he decided on the cruise instead...
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Apr 22, 20231 min read
WI Meeting April 2023
So when do you think crop circles were first recorded? In the 1970s? In the 1960s? Or, perhaps, even earlier? Well, earlier is right!...
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Mar 27, 20231 min read
WI Meeting March 2023
We celebrated our one hundred and second birthday at our March meeting with a 70s evening. In 1971 we were but a youthful 50 years old,...
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Feb 16, 20232 min read
WI Meeting February 2023
As our speaker, the award-winning crime writer William Shaw stood up, we heard creaking coming from the back rooms. Was that the furtive...
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Jan 15, 20231 min read
WI Meeting January 2023
To some it might seem that the WI is an institution set in stone with monthly meetings, speakers, craft, jam, and Jerusalem. This is not...
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Nov 20, 20222 min read
WI Meeting November 2022
There were two distinct parts to our November meeting: first, Wendy Agate talked about the St Peter and St James hospice; and second, we...
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Oct 15, 20222 min read
WI Meeting October 2022
So what did happen to Christopher Robin once the Winnie-the-Pooh books became international bestsellers? Sadly, according to our speaker...
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Aug 30, 20221 min read
WI Meeting August 2022
In August we have a dinner - this is to give the Committee a month’s holiday and to give the members a break from WI business and to get...
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Jul 13, 20222 min read
WI Meeting July 2022
Sadly, our advertised speaker was unable to make it, but, ever resourceful, our President engaged, at the very last minute, Joanne Foat....
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Jun 20, 20221 min read
WI Meeting June 2022
Our aim is to have variety: we celebrated our Birthday in March with a Murder Mystery, in April we made cards, in May we drank Vermouth,...
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May 10, 20222 min read
WI Meeting May 2022
Last month we made cards, this month we tasted vermouth: vermouth made from English wines and sustainably sourced botanics; vermouth made...
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Apr 29, 20223 min read
Strictly Fairwarp WI
We went on a trip! What sort of trip, you might ask? A FAB-U-LOUS trip to the magical place where the costumes for Strictly Come...
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Apr 27, 20221 min read
WI Meeting April 2022
Danielle, the card guru, came to our meeting this month to demonstrate the crafty art of card making, and, once demonstrated we then were...
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