Welcome to Wickhambrook
Wickhambrook is one of the parishes of West Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council
This was the title of the talk by Jenny Gibbs for the September meeting of Wickhambrook Women’s Institute. Jenny appeared for her talk dressed in the most dazzling local costume made by the ladies in the Turkish village where she has made her home for the past 20 years…
“The Members Take Over” was the theme for the August meeting of the WI with the rider that “anything can happen”! This year it turned out to be a visit to a local vineyard complete with wine tasting. We were invited to Cooper’s Croft at Ashfield Green where Nick Watson gave us an interesting insight into setting up and maintaining a wine making venture…
With the end of the season drawing near it is time for the Club to look back, see where we are now and make plans for the 2020 season..
Although there are no meetings in June, July and August, members of the History Society have had a busy time…
The Annual Wickhambrook Village Carnival and Flower Show took place on Saturday 13th July 2019. The weather was kind and the sun shone, though not as hot as last year. As usual it was down to the Women’s Institute to provide refreshments and the WI Hall was decked out with bunting and fresh flowers for the occasion…
This scarf was left behind in the WI Hall on Carnival Day (Saturday 13th July 2019)…
In July Oggie Weldon gave us a a talk and demonstration of “Couture Millinery”. Oggie was originally a private secretary but when her boss sadly died she took up hat making as a hobby. She did several courses and then began making hats for family and friends before eventually turning her hobby into a business…
There is an opportunity for anyone interested in having some practical archaeological excavation experience locally in Clare between 9th and 13th September…
The Wickhambrook Local History Society has been invited to be involved in an exciting oral history project being taken forward by the India Overseas Trust…
The Eleventh Wickhambrook WI Literary Lunch was held in the WI Hall on Friday 21st June. This year we were very fortunate to have Terry Waite as our guest speaker…
On Tuesday 18th June a group of Wickhambrook WI members plus one or two husbands and friends made a third visit to Lackford Lakes. As on previous occasions the manager of the site, Will, took us round on a guided walk…
“There’s a book in Everyone” was the title of this month’s talk. Jeanette Moser- Bardouleau, accompanied by her husband Alan, came to inspire us to take up writing as a form of therapy and a way to commit to paper memories of life and experiences…
With the playing season now well under way the weather has been particularly kind mostly being dry for the Club sessions (10.30 a.m. start Tuesday and 2.30 p.m. Sunday for those who wish to come along) with enough rain in between for the watering system not to have been deployed so far. The after-school club run by the Wickhambrook Primary Academy each Monday at the green has not had rain stop play to date!
by Dorothy AndersonFollowing our Spring Fair at the WI Hall in April, one of our advertising boards has gone missing. They are large boards with photographs which we use to publicise WI events. It was securely tied to a pole in Ashfield Green, so it is unlikely to...
At our last meeting of the season before the summer outings, we welcomed Ian Robertson who talked on the Elveden Estate and how it evolved from a country estate to a modern farm…
As usual the May Meeting of the WI takes the form of the AGM. This involves a recap on the year’s activities plus reports from the various groups which run throughout the the year. This includes two walking groups, two reading groups and a newly formed craft group meeting on a Saturday morning. We also had the Secretary’s report and a roundup from the President…
At the April meeting of the History Society, the evening started with the AGM. The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer reported on a successful year and members re-elected all committee members to serve for a further year, thus showing great faith in the team…
The weather for the Spring Fair was a bit chilly, but there was a warm welcome in the WI Hall for those in search of tea, cake, craft and books. There was a chance to win a hamper or one of the many raffle prizes and eight children braved the hail showers to look for treasure (well, 20 pieces of Lego each) which could be exchanged for an Easter Egg or Chocolate Rabbit…
The April meeting was originally billed as a talk by the RNIB but in fact turned out to be an interesting introduction to CAMSIGHT. Sally Nott spoke passionately about an organisation that many of us were unaware of…
By the time you read this the new playing season will have started and the use of the bowls green will be in full swing…
What a surprise to discover King Charles II in the hall for our meeting! Alas, it was not the merry monarch himself, but John Sutton of Newmarket, who entertained us with his talk on The Muse of Newmarket…
We had all heard of the Animal Health Trust at Lanwades Park near Newmarket, but no one was exactly sure what went on there. Andrew Simmons, from the Trust, soon put that right…
Members of the History Society enjoyed an evening with Brian Norman and his Magic Lantern collection. Long before radio, film, tv and the internet, this way of showing pictures was very popular. In the 1600s, the pictures were shown using a hand held device and the content was usually scary…
The title of this month’s meeting reflects the fact that this was Mark’s second visit to Wickhambrook. With such a vague introduction it was impossible to know what to expect from our speaker. As it turned out it seems the talk was as much a surprise to Mark as to us!…
Just a short report from Wickhambrook Outdoor Bowls Club this edition to keep everyone ‘in the loop’ before the start of the playing season, date to be decided at the 14 March evening meeting of the club…
Our first meeting of the year was entitled ‘Sanitation; how we used to go’ and this amusing title was a taste of what was to come. In the able hands of Tony Redman, we were led through the history of how we kept clean and how human waste was dealt with over the centuries…
New Year/ New Year’s Resolutions! Why not make this year the time to visit Denman College? Our speaker for the January meeting was Janet Brown, member of Rickinghall WI and a trustee of the the West Suffolk Federation. More importantly she is also a Denman Ambassador and a fervent advocate of all that the collage has to offer…
Hello All and a very ‘Happy New Year’! Yes 2019 is upon us and the Wickhambrook Outdoor Bowls Club is looking forward to the start of the season in April. No ‘leagues’ for us (unless anyone is really keen and wishes to take us forward) but just good, old fashioned, gentle sport for one and all…
The annual Autumn Fair was held at the WI hall on Saturday 17th November. There was a good variety of stalls selling cakes, books, American style cookies and jewellery, together with home-made Christmas decorations which members had gathered to make on a previous Saturday morning…
Crisp white tablecloths, scented red candles, an abundance of artistic greenery and tasteful place settings. It can only be the Wickhambrook WI Christmas party! This was held at the WI Hall on Tuesday 11th December and everyone turned up in their party clothes expecting an enjoyable evening…