We had a fantastic night of festive fun. Most of us made a good effort to look festive and Julia Ogden led the crafting by showing us how to make lovely paper stars and a whole host of other things
Our Christmas hamper raffle was drawn and won by Vanessa Kay. The funds raised from the raffle are for our charity
We had outside caterers who provided a fantastic Thai buffet for us and we all left the meeting feeling very full of Christmas cheer
December saw us celebrating at our Christmas party
We started with our usual ‘stand-up-sit-down’ Bingo and then proceeded to take part in some swing dancing
Our teachers were TC and Joyce. They gave us a demonstration of the 1940s dancing style and then taught us some 1940s strolls. This kind of dancing was very popular in the war years because it could be enjoyed by groups of people and partners were not required
Many of our members dressed in 1940 style clothing and looked fantastic
We learnt several strolls and had a really good time We mostly remembered the steps and no toes were broken in the process!
We had a really good supper and obviously some very nice cake to complete the evening
There was a Secret Santa opportunity so many of us even went home with Christmas presents
Ruth Gosden had asked members to donate toys for the Children’s Refuge and there was a good response. Ruth was able to take lots of toys away at the end of the evening and along with Sowood WI make the donation to the children
A great evening was had by all
Hi everyone,
This newsletter is a bit long, I apologise in advance but there’s loads going on this month.
Firstly, it’s our 5th birthday party this month and our Social Secretary, Karen Cunningham has been hard at work planning a fabulous Bake-Off party.
So please come along on Monday 21st March for canapés, cakes and culinary quizzes. We’re inviting guests from local WI’s and it should be a fun evening of relaxed socialising. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start and guests are welcome for £4.
We’ll be selling the cakes at the end to raise money for our charity of the year, so please bring some extra cash.
Hi everyone,
I know this time of year is hectic but I hope you’ll find the time to come along to our Christmas party on Monday 21st December. As usual, we’re in the Waterfront Hall in Hebden Bridge Town Hall, doors open around 7pm for a 7.30pm start and guests are welcome to attend for £3.
We’ll provide the drink but as it’s a party, please bring food to share and please label your contribution if it contains any allergens like nuts, gluten or dairy. There will also be a quiz and activities, so it should be a fun, social and informal evening.
Hi everyone,
As you may know, it’s the WI centenary this month. It started in a small hut in Wales on the 16th September 1915 and from those humble beginnings has grown into the largest women’s voluntary organisation in England and Wales.
So to celebrate a hundred years of amazing WI women, our September meeting is a fancy dress centenary party. Since it’s fancy dress, we’d like you to come dressed in any fashion from the last hundred years (if dressing up is not your thing, it’s fine to dress as a woman from now.) The meeting is on Monday 21st September in Hebden Bridge Town Hall from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Guests are welcome for £3.
As this is a Jacob’s Join, please bring food to share – either sweet or savoury – and we will provide the alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink. There will also be silly games and a prize for the best costume.
Hello my lovelies,
this will be brief because I am in the middle of packing to go to Tea & Tents, the unofficial WI camping trip, which is happening this weekend. 530 WI women in a field in Nottinghamshire with lots of booze and cake – what could possibly go wrong!
This month’s meeting is on Monday 20th July. The doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start and visitors are welcome for our usual charge of £3.
The most important thing to remember is that Monday’s meeting is NOT in our usual venue. Instead, we will be visiting The Egg Factory at Windsor Works Adjacent Unit, Victoria Road, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8JX.
On Friday 17th April, we were to be found dancing the night away at The Trades Club in Hebden Bridge at our Nutclough City Limits club night.
The lovely Fliss organised the evening as a joint fundraiser for our Charity Of The Year, Smartmove and Hebden Royd Primary School PTFA’s book fund.
Our next fundraiser is a fun night out of music, dancing, beer and WI cake.
Organised by HBWI member, Fliss, the profits will be split between our charity of the year, Smartmove, who help homeless and vulnerably housed people in Calderdale and Hebden Royd primary school’s book fund. HBWI are passionate about our community and we’re pleased to be helping two great local causes.
It’s bound to be a great night out, we hope you’ll come along and party with us – all genders welcome, just make sure you’re wearing shoes you can dance in and bring plenty of money for a slice or two of delicious homemade cake!
Written and posted by Kirsty
December’s meeting was our annual Christmas party and we had such a good time that not a single person remembered to take any photos! We all brought delicious food to share as well as donations for our local foodbank in Todmorden. Alison Bartram, HBWI member and owner of The Heart Gallery, kindly organised and led several fun quizzes, including Dingbats, which many of us hadn’t played before. It’s always good to have a purely social meeting; they’re a pleasant contrast to the more structured meetings with speakers or activities.
After the excesses of Christmas, January’s meeting was appropriately themed around ‘thrift’. TV presenter and blogger, Nicolette Lafonseca-Hargreaves from Archie & The Rug gave an entertaining talk on the subject.
Ah, it’s that jingly time of the year again. Are you ready? I’m not!
This month it’s our Christmas party and it’s a Jacob’s Join so please bring along a dish to share – either sweet or savoury, it’s entirely up to you. We’re providing alcoholic and non-alcoholic fizz and there will be quizzes, games and hopefully much merriment. If you remember, bring a pen and paper. Dressing up is entirely optional but I shall be putting on my glad rags and of course, a new hat!
Hebden Bridge WI 