Milford-on-Sea W.I.

Welcome to Milford-on-Sea W.I.
All visitors will be made most welcome at All Saints' Church Hall,
Greenbanks Close, Milford-on-Sea SO41 0SQ
on the third TUESDAY of each month, come along and meet our friendly members from 6.45p.m. (the meeting starts at 7 p.m.)

We have a wide range of speakers and throughout the month members may also take part in a variety of activities. It is not all Jam and Jerusalem! We offer - Darts, Skittles, Produce, Walks, Drama, Play reading, in addition to various Craft based skills - try them all in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.

We can proudly boast of recent successes at the 2009 New Forest Show where we like to show off our traditional handiwork! Congratulations to Marcia Baker who won Best in Show with her artistic floral display of pink roses. Eight of our members entered beautifully crafted fascinators and won much praise and many stars from the judges! We are justifiably proud of our gifted photographers, artists, knitters and embroiderers, not forgetting the very accomplished cooks!

for more details, please call the Secretary,
Pam Stevens on 01590 645997 or email: wpstevens@kiwinet.org

PROGRAMME FOR 2010

January 19th: the Test Valley with Mrs Jill Daniels and competition: a favourite scarf

February 16th: Birthday Meeting with John James and competition: party hats

February 25th at 7 pm: A cheese and wine party to Welcome New Members

March 16th: Behind the scenes of Dad's Army with Chris McColl and competition: short poem/limerick about the Homeguard

Saturday, 20th March - Spring Bazaar

April 20th: Stories of the Land Army with Dr Gill Clarke and competition: wartime photo

May 18th: Resolution Meeting and competition: mini garden on a saucer

June 2nd: NATIONAL AGM in Cardiff

June 15th: Ripping Yarns from our Beefeater storyteller, Tony Trafford and competition: an old book

July 20th: Garden meeting - we hope! competition: plant grown from seed/pip/stone

AUGUST: no meeting but preparation and participation in Village Carnival - a really fun experience

September 21st: Stories/Crafts of Japanese women PoWs with Dr Bernice Archer competition: a Japanese item

October 19th: Crafts for Christmas with Annette Williams and competition: home-made xmas tree decoration

November 16th: Annual Meeting and competition: old school photos - identify the committee members!

December 14th: Drama Group to entertain and competition: a masque

January 18th 2011: Stunt work in film + TV with Denise Edwards and competition: favourite earrings and why

HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2009

In April we made a visit to Highgrove - a wonderful garden tour with an extremely knowledgeable guide who made it most enjoyable. Mottisfont in June, at the height of the rose season, was a popular outing. We had excellent representation at the New Forest Show and at the Lymington Group Autumn Meeting in October we heard John Smith speak about the Special Operations Executive which was most informative and entertaining. Our Skittles team excelled, winning the cup in October and our Darts team sporting smart new team T-shirts came second this year. The Drama Group has entertained us brilliantly under Cicely Ling's direction and their Christmas show was definitely one of the very best.

AND FROM 2008

In February we celebrated our 90th birthday in a music hall setting, the members dressed appropriately with an amazing array of hats and entertainment by the Old Thyme Music Hall Players. Tales of training Hearing Dogs for the Deaf was our June talk. The New Forest Show saw more successes, most notably, Chris Mawer won 1st prize in the Photographic Section, Julia Thomas scored a 1st for her "Melting Moments" and Marcia Baker, true to her name, won a 2nd for her bread rolls. In August we participated in the village carnival with great success. The preparation of the float and costumes caused much laughter, fun and hard work, but another first prize made the effort worthwhile. In September our most entertaining speaker of the year told us about Life as a Beefeater and everyone agreed his stories of the "ladies of the Tower" were fascinating. In November our Darts Team won the cup! A cause of much celebration.

Support our Women's Institute - IT'S FUN and IT'S PART OF VILLAGE LIFE, LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY!

for more details please call the Secretary, Pam Stevens on 01590 645997 or email: wpstevens@kiwinet.org