Would you look at this cute little fella...

Not satisfied with encouraging us all to knit a herd of cows, Barbara L has sewn the seed of a teddy bears picnic! Anyone up for this? (Look at his cute little face! How can you resist?)

Feeling crafty, anyone? Please send me your photos!

Additions to our herd. Is anyone else out there helping to increase it? 

Fantastic card makers,  Beryl And Barbara L have been busy. Aren’t these gorgeous? 

This week’s zoom!

We had a very sociable half an hour yesterday morning! So lovely to see smiling faces, exchanging a bit of chat! We also had an excellent quiz organised by Sue!

Final update on our scrubs project!

And it is a huge THANK YOU  to all of the WI members and friends who have been involved! We made 60 sets of scrubs and laundry bags between us! 

People donated, delivered, cut out, threaded tapes and cord and did a lot of sewing! 

Thank you to friends Alison, Anj, Glenda, Rosemary and Jo; to my daughter Anna, 

And to WI members Margaret Thomas, Elly,  Jill, Miranda, Tina, Annie, Mary Constance,  Hilary, Barbara Lawrence, Beryl and Sue Martin.

Also thank you to the many other members who offered kind words of much needed encouragement! 

Happy 48th Birthday!

Brixham WI was 48 yesterday! Two of us held a little celebration to mark the occasion!

Torbay Recycling Centre at Yalberton - news!

Sue has discovered this very useful item of local news:

The Tip at Yalberton Road is re-opening from next Wednesday.  In order to gain access you have to ring 01803 208777 and book a time slot.  You then, with your car loaded for that day, prior to your time slot, go to Goodrington Beach over flow car park and collect a voucher.

VE Day afternoon tea!

Miranda and her neighbour Maureen enjoyed. VE Day afternoon tea together in their gardens - keeping apart, of course!

 What a great photo! Thank you Maureen!

Virtual meetings are fun!

Another successful zoom today - I invited lots more people, so with any luck more will be able to join in next time. Beryl organised a great quiz for us all!

A fun activity!

Since the lockdown began, Brixham Library has been offering lots of activities and interest for us all - they are asking for support in this project!
We have some experience in making bunting! This time, you can use any medium you prefer - so, why not have a go and join in?

Some of our VE Day photos are coming in.....

It looks as if several of our members joined in with the VE Day celebrations!

Brixham WI zoom includes more members this time!

We had a bit of a pirate theme this week! 

               And a couple of lovely pets joined in!

Preparations for the weekend!

People are preparing their gardens! Woo hoo, Barbara and Karl!

Here is a message from John Brennan:

This Friday marks the 75th Anniversary of the end of WW2 ( 1939-1945) in Europe.The conflict continued in the Far East for another 3 Months until 2 atomic bombs were dropped and Japan surrendered.

WW2 was the greatest disaster in human history . It resulted in the direct deaths worldwide of at least 63 Million recorded deaths and countless millions suffering injury and bereavement.  In Brixham with a population of circa 8,000 people ( swollen with thousands of Belgium Refugees and evacuees from the cities)  the loss of life was also significant with over 125 people. There were 25 local awards for gallantry  showing that the level of `active service` was high.   Several are buried in St. Mary`s Churchyard.

The UK as a whole lost over 400,000 people -around 10% of the population. Winston Churchill was asked after the conflict what name shall we give it ? He replied `The Unnecessary War` . Therein lies the best reason for why we and all future generations should REMEMBER and learn from this historic conflict. We do not want future generations to endure the suffering and sacrifices.

VE Day Celebrations!

Have you invited your neighbours to join you in celebrating VE Day with a Spaced Out Street Party? ! Everyone in their own garden and shouting at each other?
I have heard from two WI members who have set this in motion!
Ann has been doing some research into what food to serve:

Don’t forget to wear your 1940s gear! 

Thank you, Ann! 

Barbara L has been busy!

Wow! I feel a song coming on.....

                                                          What a very beautiful mosaic!

Are you joining our herd?

Here is our founder, discovered by Barbara! Are you going to join in the fun?

Douglas House!

Well done everyone! Let’s keep up the good work!

Scrubs delivery today!

I walked along to Douglas House with 15 sets of scrubs and 15 bags (so that they can be transported and laundered without any cross contamination). Tracey, the manager, was very pleased to receive them!

Well done and thank you to everyone involved! 

On with the sewing, everyone!