Welcome to Wickhambrook
Wickhambrook is one of the parishes of West Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council
We were very pleased to welcome a popular speaker, Geoffrey Kay, to the October meeting. This time his talk was on the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Crystal Palace and the illustrations, taken from periodicals of the time, really did the talk justice…
What was billed as a talk on Gardens in fact turned into a really interesting display of flower arranging! Helen had brought lots of plants and flowers from her garden to demonstrate how to make stunning but simple displays which anyone could achieve…
As one of the few Women’s Institutes to have their own hall, we decided to hold an open day on Saturday 2nd October between 11.00am and 3.00pm for all the other organisations who use the Hall for various activities..
Wickhambrook Beaver Scouts are holding their AGM on the 18th October at 1800 -1900 at the WI hall in Wickhambrook. If you are have time to spare and would like to get your teeth into something, then we would really appreciate the help…
What a marvellous evening we had with Neil Catchpole! His talk was billed as ‘Tales and Songs of the Countryside’ but it was so much more than that…
With a title including references to chocolate it was not surprising to see a large turnout of members for this month’s meeting! Cheryl began by telling us about how Artistry in Cocoa came into being…
The society held its AGM this month, 18 months late because of the pandemic…
Finally! After what seems like a lifetime Wickhambrook WI were able to hold a meeting in the WI Hall last Tuesday. It was officially our AGM which should have been held in May but as one member said it felt more like a reunion…
After two successful tea parties – held outdoors and socially distanced – we now feel ready to start holding meetings for all our members. On Tuesday 10th August 2021 we will be holding our AGM, postponed from May…
Poem about coming out of lockdown by Wendy Mansfield
This was definitely a first! Never let it be said that the WI would be held back by a Pandemic and a fear of technology! Delegates from all parts of West Suffolk and guests from far-flung corners of Great Britain duly logged onto Zoom in order to take part in, what was for some of us, their first virtual Federation Meeting…
It has been a difficult time for the WI through lockdown and beyond as meetings have not taken place. We would have had a Vintage Fair, Literary Lunch, monthly tea parties and of course provided tea and cake at the Carnival and Flower Show…
Poem by Wendy Mansfield written whilst in lockdown
2019 saw the recovery of the green focussed towards having the whole area playable in time for the Carnival in July when everyone attending this event would be invited to ‘have a go’…
Take a look at the Programme for a VE Day Concert in 1995…
All WI Meetings and Events have been cancelled until further notice.
We have probably all experienced some sort of back pain in the course of our lives and often put it down to “old age”! Our speaker for the March meeting however put this down to “bad habits” instead…
We were very pleased to welcome back Martyn Roper, a popular speaker on many subjects. His talk this time was ‘A Voyage round East Anglian Place Names’ and with clever use of maps and photographs we did just that…
Our photo of thirty quid is all it takes to become a member of the Bowls Club for the 2020 season…
We were not sure what to expect from the title of this month’s meeting entitled simply “Dad’s Army”. Was it a talk about how the real Dad’s Army functioned during the war, or about how it was originally set up or even a re-enactment of the brilliant TV series still being shown today on the television?
Our first meeting of the year was an opportunity for members to share their interest in history and Roger medley and John Norton gave contrasting talks of interest to all…
Anne Morley and Derek Wilding from SARS (Suffolk Accident Rescue Service) were our speakers. Anne gave a very comprehensive and interesting presentation on the set-up, training of volunteer clinicians and fund- raising undertaken by the charity…
December is traditionally the month for the Wickhambrook WI Christmas Party and this year was no exception. The WI Hall was duly decked out in Christmas mode with committee members providing the festive fare…
Mike Wabe came to our November meeting and his subject was ‘Father Christmas, Myths and Mistletoe’ and in his cheerful style, Mike explored the customs we now associate with Christmas. Here are a few dates that might surprise you! They refer to the first recorded mention of each item…
As someone who has worked in all areas of the jewel/ jewellery industry, Jason Middleton was well placed to give an introductory talk to buying and selling jewellery…
Sarah Doig’s talk to the society was about fires in Suffolk and as well as the well-known town conflagrations, we heard some quirky, lesser-known tales too…
Most of us agreed we only had a vague idea of the purpose of medical detection dogs. Norma Howell came along to tell us all about the amazing work these dogs do in the field of medicine…
We have said a tearful farewell to the end of the 2019 season which has proved so much fun for our members, with ladies and gentlemen alike enjoying this social game…
‘Good old-fashioned fun’ was the comment of one of the audience at a recent concert in the WI Hall, Wickhambrook, and it certainly was…
On 27th April 2019 a very successful meeting was held at Hundon Village Hall with Bob Flowerdew speaking on the subject of ‘No Work Gardening’. It was run jointly by Hundon, Cavendish, Wickhambrook and Clare Horticultural Societies. Bob gave a tongue-in-cheek and very entertaining talk, heavily laced with humour…