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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NEWS
- Oct 27
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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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- Mar 11, 2022
- 2 min
WI Meeting March 2022
For those WI Members present at the 101st Birthday Meeting, I am pleased to report that Rhoda Dendron has been remanded in custody and...
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- Mar 3, 2022
- 1 min
WI Meeting February 2022
After the excess of calories ingested in the January meeting, adding to the possible overindulgences of the Christmas period, our speaker...
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- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
Derby Day Traditional Afternoon Tea
The ladies of Fairwarp Women's Institute are organising a special Platinum Jubilee afternoon tea on Saturday 4 June 2022, 3pm in the...
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- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
WI Meeting January 2022
So, what does the WI do when a speaker breaks his leg and has to cancel? Well, they are not known as Jam and Jerusalem for nothing. They...
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- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
WI Meeting December 2021
Windows opened, tables well spaced, and lateral flow tests taken, everyone as safe as possible: the WI could party! Sadly, the threat of...
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- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
WI Meeting November 2021
As we are in the run up to Christmas we thought the members would like a Christmas Wreath and Table Decoration demonstration. The...
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- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
WI Meeting October 2021
Remember, Remember the fifth of November Fairwarp WI met again in the village hall for their October meeting where our speaker, Andy...
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