Welcome to the Brightwell-cum-Sotwell WI website

Brightwell-cum-Sotwell WI

We meet on the second Tuesday of each month in the Village Hall, doors open at 7.30pm - start at 7.45pm. Look out for posters with more details. We don't sing Jerusalem, make jam and haven't any plans for a calendar - yet! We're a friendly, lively crowd and you will be welcomed most warmly. Why not come along?

 

Forthcoming meetings:

13th April 2010

Antiques Time Machine

Antiques explained, followed by a light hearted quiz

Sylvia Vetter

11th May 2010

Resolutions ( for NFWI) +

‘A woman in politics’

Non party political –

Empowerment & how to make your voice heard

C. Bearder, MEP

8th June 2010

Car maintenance for ladies

Bring your own car and see what you can do

Steven Andrew Flinders

13th July 2010

The subtle art of lip reading

Life as a lip reading tutor – practical demonstrations

Moira Byast

10th August 2010

Summer picnic

Treasurer hunt

Di Burtonshaw

14th September 2010

A local comprehensive

A talk on social and political aspects of educating our young

Mr. N. Willis, Headmaster Wallingford School

12th October 2010

Graphology

Handwriting analysis & basic rules without embarrassing anyone

Angela Spencer-

Harper

9th November 2010

A Hundred and 1 Dogs

Volunteering to support Guide dogs for the Blind

Leslie Hummerston

14th December 2010

Being Santa

A light hearted account of Christmas in Lapland

Derek Parkes

11th January 2011

Birthday party +

Malaysian cookery

Demonstration and buffet of Malaysian food

8th February 2011

Kings, Boxes + Dots

A lively history of the post office from earliest times to now

Mr J D Rogers

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"Ten members of Brightwell WI  have been out walking and running round the village to get fit for the Race for Life event , which was in Oxford on June 7th. It was  fun doing the training as well as taking part on the day with thousands of other women, old and young, walking and running the 5k course - and also quite emotional as we read some of their back signs and saw that some were not as fit as us. We have  raised so far an amazing total of over £1,300 for Cancer Research through sponsorship and our coffee morning and plant sale. A big thank you to everyone who has supported us." - Helen Connor

Celebrating our 1st birthday

What a first birthday party we had - starting with the Doyle Academy of Irish dancers. Aged nine to seventeen, in three hundred pound dresses adorned with Celtic motifs, they performed reels (assisted by some of the audience at one point) and pieces from River Dance, introduced by Ann Marie Gallacher, their founder and ex-world dancing champion who had taken over from Michael Flatley when he was dancing with the Chieftains. After an immense shared supper we cut a beautiful cake, made by Jo Saunders, and toasted our future in bubbly. It's been a brilliantly successful first year and can only get better.

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Here we are celebrating our 4th birthday - our membership had grown to 79 by July 2008

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