Find out what our WIs have been up to and what they have planned….
Ulgham WI – 100th Birthday celebrations keep going….
Ulgham WI celebrated their one hundredth birthday in 2024 but the celebrations keep on going. In order to create a memento of the 2024 membership all members signed their name on a square of cloth and these were embroidered. The squares of cloth were then joined...
Great Whittington & Matfen WI – Blood Bikes
We had an excellent talk at Great Whittington and Matfen WI from Peter Robertson of Northumbria Blood Bikes at our May meeting, and afterwards were invited to inspect the bike. I’m sitting on it, and to the left are Eileen Connelly and Joan Goodfellow, with our new...
North Shields WI – trip to Harrogate Flower Show
Some of the ladies from North shields WI had a wonderful trip to Harrogate flower show.
Slaley WI
Slaley the village or the WI didn't do anything specific for VE day celebrations as we have been successful in incorporating the theme into our annual Slaley Show held in August with a VE day themed dressed peg doll into the handicrafts section and a VE poster design...
North Gosforth & Gosforth Central – Dual member Janet Grout
I recently spent 2 days in Glasgow to record for a new series 'The Inner Circle' which will be aired some time on BBC1 and Iplayer (not date confirmed yet). Sadly I can't share any information about this yet, but once aired I will be able to tell all about the...
Pegswood with Bothal WI – 3 generations…
Pegswood with Bothal WI had a great AGM Tuesday 6th May not only do we have three generations of one family but Amber our youngest member is expecting a baby in July. We had a baby reveal after the business part of the meeting and members voted for boy or girl. We had...
Lunch with the Chairman – Doxford Hall (May 2025)
Well, what a day. 101 ladies attended the lunch which was wonderful and we were thoroughly entertained by the witty, funny and amusing Marie Thom of 'Midlife Dramas in Pyjamas' fame... who knew so much about getting older could be so funny and entertaining.... ....
VE Day Celebrations around our WIs (2025)
So many of you wonderful WIs held special events celebrating the 80 years of VE Day - here are a few ... Newbrough WI: hosted and catered for a village celebration of the 80th anniversary of VE day. W we asked for donations to SSAFA [Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and...
Acklington WI – celebrates 103rd birthday
Just look at these lovely ladies, out celebrating the 103rd birthday of Acklington WI. They were enjoying a wonderful afternoon tea at Doxford Hall - that's celebrating in style. Well done ladies you all look fabulous.
Willow Weaving – Bird Feeders
So, some of our ladies enjoyed the amazing Willow Weaving event held recently at Cresswell House. They were tutored by the wonderful Ruth Thompson who recently appeared on the Robson Green 'Weekend Escapes\ TV series. If you want to know more about Ruth, you can...
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