As this was our WI Christmas Party, there was no official business to begin the evening. Members were greeted by canapés and a glass of Prosecco or a soft drink to start the evening off…
W.I. 2022 Christmas Party
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Wickhambrook W.I. Christmas Shopping Event 2022
A very successful Christmas Shopping Event was held in the WI Hall on Saturday 3rd December. An array of colourful stalls was on offer, some managed by WI members and several by outside stall holders…
W.I. Meeting – Talk from Suffolk Police
This month’s talk was given by members of the Suffolk Police and proved to be an enlightening look into modern police work…
Ukulele Band Concert at the W.I.
Wickhambrook WI hosted a lively concert by the Ukulele Band of Bury St Edmunds on Saturday 29th October in the WI Hall. The band has played at the hall previously and two of our members were so taken with the idea of playing the ukulele that they subsequently joined the group!
W.I. Meeting Report – Vegetable Sculpting
The term “Vegetable Sculpting” conjures up all sorts of images but it turned out to be more of an artistic display. Chris Burford turned out to be a former chef who had worked in several top class hotel kitchens in London and around the world…
W.I. Meeting Report – Cry in the Dark
This month’s meeting began in a sombre mode as a one minute silence was held in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The President then asked the Secretary, Wendy Mansfield to read out the poem published that day by the Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage…
The Members Take Over
Once a year the monthly meeting is handed over to the members with the idea being to give the committee a break from organising and running the meeting. This can sometimes be a foolhardy undertaking as we never know what to expect! In the event this year’s Members Meeting turned out to be a decorous affair…
Wickhambrook WI Literary Lunch – Juliet Blaxland
Our guest speaker this year was Juliet Blaxland who has written about life on the edge of a cliff in Suffolk and how climate change is affecting us all…
Wickhambrook W.I. Ladies Bowled Over!
For our June meeting members were asked to meet at the Wickhambrook Bowling Green at 7-00pm…
W.I. AGM 2022
It was decided to hold our usual monthly meeting first and get the normal business out of the way…
WI Meeting Report – SERV Suffolk and Cambs Blood Runners
The term “Blood Runners” conjures up all sorts of images but this is just the nickname of a group of dedicated people who make up SERV. We were expecting a young, long-haired youth on a flashy motor bike but Kerry arrived by car instead!
WI Meeting Report – Show and Tell
Who would have thought that an evening presented as a “Show and Tell” could have turned out to be a fascinating and enlightening meeting?
WI Meeting Report – The Trials of a Tour Guide Manager
This month Wickhambrook welcomed Graham Dossett who spoke of the Trials of a Tour Guide Manager. Graham described how he had been a police officer before retiring and frequently holidayed in the South of France with his wife. It was after watching groups of tourists following a guided tour and a chance remark from his wife to the effect of “ you’d be good at that!” that he decided to take up a new career…
WI Meeting Report – SULSAR – Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue
At this month’s meeting we learnt about SULSAR – Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue. Most of us had to admit that we were not aware such an organisation existed. Everyone knows about Mountain Rescue Organisations and the RNLI which covers the sea but SULSAR covers all the area in between…
WI Celebrating 95 Years!
Wickhambrook Women’s Institute celebrated their 95th Anniversary at the Bedford Lodge Hotel in Newmarket on Saturday 11th December 2021…
Wickhambrook WI Tree Planting for Queen’s Jubilee 2022!
In preparation for the Queen’s Jubilee next year celebrating 70 years on the throne, Wickhambrook WI planted a tree outside their hall on Saturday 4th December…
Wickhambrook W.I. Shopping Afternoon
On Saturday 4th December Wickhambrook Women’s Institute held a Christmas shopping Afternoon in the WI Hall. There were many colourful stalls selling cards, gift wrapping, silver jewellery, cosmetics, garden plants and Christmas wreaths as well as local honey and Farmer’s Market preserves and jams…
Build a Gingerbread House
With Christmas just around the corner what could be more appropriate than a demonstration on how to build a Gingerbread House? Andrea began with the templates needed to put together a house and a bowl of royal icing which she had prepared beforehand…
Helen’s Herbaceous Garden with Helen Hilliard
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…
Wickhambrook W.I. Hall Open Day
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..
Artistry in Cocoa
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…
Wickhambrook Women’s Institute
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…
W.I. AGM
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…
Lockdown Freedom! – poem
Poem about coming out of lockdown by Wendy Mansfield
Suffolk West Federation of WI’s Federation Annual Meeting 2021
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…
WI News September 2020
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…
Covid Blues – poem
Poem by Wendy Mansfield written whilst in lockdown
All WI Meetings and Events have been cancelled until further notice
All WI Meetings and Events have been cancelled until further notice.
How to have a Healthy Back
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…
Dad’s Army
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?