Martin and Damerham W.I.

Our W.I. is an amalgam of two older Institutes - believe it or not, in Martin and Damerham. One or other of us has been going since the 1920s, but we combined a long time ago now, and hope that there is no rivalry between the Village factions!

We are a small, friendly Institute, based on a very strong community. There is always lots for us to do, in all kinds of ways: We are regarded as the Jumble Sale queens, and turn out for every one that the Villages run, and are to be seen at all the local events. It`s a lovely area to live in.

We would always like to see new members, and have the perpetual cry, "Especially the Younger Ones" - but anyone who comes to our meetings is sure of a warm welcome.

One of our innovations - perhaps because of the strong Community Spirit here - is to open those meetings with a wider, popular appeal, to everyone, dreaded husbands and all. This has been a big success, and each time we do it, more heads appear round the door. Perhaps this might be one way to recruit more members in the long run - or is it time to make an Honorary Membership for men?

Our meetings are held at 7.30pm, mostly at Damerham Village Hall at 7.30pm - but if you are planning to visit, please give our President a call to confirm the time and place. She is Cathy Godber, tel. 01725 518350

January 13th	Memories of my working life	David Tiller
February 10th	Florence Nightingale	Mr. D. Hawkes
March 10th	Hanging Baskets	Mrs. S. Walker
April 14th	Drama for Fun	Mrs. B. Fuller
May 12th	The History of Jewellery	Mrs. I. Davies
June 9th	English Wine	Mr. R. Marchbank
July 14th	A Walk on the Left Bank of the Seine and Summer Party with a flavour of France	Mr. G. Massie
August	No meeting
September 8th	Carry on Cruising	Commodore R. Smith
October 13th	SOE at Beaulieu	Mr. J. Smith
November 11th	Annual Meeting and In house entertainment	No Speaker
December 8th	Christmas Party with the Fordingbridge Handbell Ringers	No Speaker