An evening of readings and fun around the bonfire.

An evening of readings and fun around the bonfire.

Dr Clive Nuttman will be talking about 'What’s in a Name' - An exploration of the unusual names of British Wildlife.

What glorious weather – so glorious that we moved our dinner from inside The Foresters to outside The Foresters.  Circled by lush hanging...

Annual Dinner at The Foresters Arms this month

If you are thinking of tracing your links to the past, according to Matthew Homewood our July speaker, you need to start in the...

Life as a Genealogist with Mathew Homewood.

It was a clear and balmy evening when we decamped from our usual venue, Fairwarp Village Hall, to Downside Vineyard to visit Gnina...

A visit to Gnina and In the Loop Drinks at Downsview Vineyard

What a busy meeting: a talk on the past and present of the Pantomime by Peter Allen, the 2025 Annual Meeting, and a vote on this year’s...

Learn all about Pantomimes from Pete Alan at our Annual Meeting

If you think that really all that the charity Cats Protection was just about re-homing cats you would be mistaken.  Our Cats Protection...

What better way is there to celebrate a Birthday than a line dance or two? A simple cowboy hustle involves an in out, in out, heel toe,...

Maria Jackson PCSO is coming to talk to us about how to avoid fraud and scams

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...

This month instead of a speaker we had Barbara Hibbert leading us in an interactive workshop. She encouraged us to write three-word,...

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...

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. ...

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...

Our original speaker was asked to speak on a Caribbean cruise and, although obviously a tough choice, he decided on the cruise instead...

So when do you think crop circles were first recorded? In the 1970s? In the 1960s? Or, perhaps, even earlier? Well, earlier is right!...

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,...

As our speaker, the award-winning crime writer William Shaw stood up, we heard creaking coming from the back rooms. Was that the furtive...

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...