Hordle WI

	Hordle Women's Institute
	Past Happenings
	2006
	15^th December A Service of Carols and Lessons at South Baddesley Church with the other WI’s from the Lymington Group was very well attended. Mince pies and tea were served afterwards.
	9^th December Outing to Salisbury Theatre to see My Fair Lady was enjoyed by everyone who was on the trip
	4^th December A Christmas Tea was enjoyed by all and was followed by a few quizzes with a general chat and raffle
	7^th November Our Annual General Meeting was very well attended, and a new committee was elected with this years president being re-elected. Two long serving committee members who had stepped down from their roles were presented with pot plants for all their previous hard work they had done for the committee.
	1^st November The New Forest Show committee held their meeting at Boldre with representatives from each of the Hampshire WI groups. A cream tea was followed by a cookery demonstration giving ideas for an easy meal for over the Christmas season.
	27^th October had a few of Hordle members attending Lymington Community Centre for the Annual Meeting of the Lymington group.
	25^th October was the Annual Council Meeting at Basingstoke which representatives from our group attended.
	17^th October saw teams from around the area competing in a skittles match at Pennington followed by a pub lunch. Our team did not disgrace themselves by finishing around the middle of the winners table.
	13^th October we provided another cream tea for over 30 visiting WI members from Brookwood and guests who were visiting the area.
	12^th October a group of our members had a delicious lunch at a pub in Hordle.
	3^rd October our monthly meeting was very well attended and we heard and enjoyable talk and slide show about Cyprus by John Coomb
	29^th September nearly 60 members and guests enjoyed a delicious Harvest Lunch made and served by our committee
	16^th September we provided a cream tea for 50 visiting WI members from near Winchester, who had enjoyed a tour around the New Forest and a short visit to Lymington
	5^th September our monthly meeting with a very interesting and amusing speaker explaining about his experiences as chief salesman and then buyer in the china section of Harrods in the 50’s and 60’s.
	2^nd September We manned the refreshments for the Village Fair, and had our own area to show off our NFS entries and host a Tombola stall which sold out despite moving inside to defeat the weather.
	30^th August We entered two teams in the Village Festival ‘Wine and Wisdom’ evening, and one of these came in joint third with the WISH (Women’s Institute Supporting Husbands) team.
	9^th August saw a group out on a visit to the American Museum near Bristol, which proved very entertaining and interesting
	1^st August a lovely evening at our president’s house with an American Supper provided by us all
	25^th 26^th and 27^th July had all our hard work during the year on display in the WI tent of the New Forest Show. Our Institute had the most entries submitted by any branch and we gained a few Gold, double silver and silver stars for our efforts. Here are some pictures of our co-operative entries

	4th July saw the group on a visit to a Milliner in Vaggs Lane in Hordle. The theatrical milliner had many stories to tell and some wonderful hats and masks to display which we all had fun trying on. A lovely tea in the many nooks and crannies of her garden followed.

Hordle Women's Institute

Past Happenings