ISLEHAM WI

ISLEHAM boasts a thriving Women Institute whose members meet monthly to follow an interesting annual programme.

NEW MEMBERS

New members are always welcome at our meetings.

If you have thought about joining but have not quite got around to doing so, let us assure you that you will be made very welcome. We are a small and friendly group of women gathered together to pursue a wide range of interests together in friendship.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

Isleham WI hopes that you have found the above information interesting. If you would like to know more, come and see us at the Village Hall on the second Thursday of each month except August (annual outing). Have a couple of taster sessions to see if you like what we do. You will be under no obligation whatsoever to join. Of course, we hope that you will but whatever you decide, your welcome will be very warm indeed.

Visit the National Federation of Women's Institutes' (NFWI) website.

W.I. Eightieth Anniversary Celebrations

On Sept 11 1915 the Women's Institute was formed in the UK. Only seven and a half years later, on Feb 15 1923, the Isleham W.I. was founded and to celebrate the event a special dinner and entertainment was held in the Village Hall in Isleham on Saturday Feb. 15 exactly eighty years since they were formed. An ex-member, Rosie Tat, provided the excellent food. Entertainment was provided by Sophie Turner who demonstrated and gave lessons in Line Dancing and The Band with no Name from Chippenham then played Folk music and led sing-a-longs. Members brought husbands and guests to share



in the event. The oldest serving member of Isleham W.I., Peggy Diver, who has been a member since 1948, cut the celebration cake, which had been made by her daughter, Ruth. The Isleham W.I. still has a membership of forty-five even though numbers are declining elsewhere.