Brixham WI - the future!

 What a brilliant first institute meeting of our new year! Welcome to all of our new members and to all of our members who have renewed their membership.

Thank you to Mary H for her wonderful programme booklet - be sure to keep it at hand so that you have all of the information right there!

We can look forward to some new faces, with new energy, enthusiasm and ideas to join our committee next month! How fabulous to see Brixham WI moving forward yet again! We have a number of past presidents in our mix: Barbara L, Mary C, Sparks, Jayne S and Lynn - each one of whom has played their part in enabling Brixham WI to move forward - and we are all very happy indeed to step back and let others take us forward. Ready to lend a hand if asked, of course!

Hooray for Brixham WI and here’s to our rosy future!

Life on the Edge Art Display comes to Brixham Library

 We saw this work in Totnes when ours was on display there, too. These pieces created by the students are absolutely stunning and well worth a visit. Especially as it has now come to us, right on our doorstep!

Music Lovers!

This could be just right for you! One of the band members is coming to our WI to give a talk later in the year!

 

Brixham WI on Tour

 What a beautiful day it was, and a glorious place to be! Thank you, Tina, for the photos.

Lovely leisurely walk to the end of Berryhead on Monday morning.

Carol R, Jayne S and Tina enjoying the sunshine.

This looks interesting!

 Have you tried the free Brixham Maritime Heritage Trail?

A new free Maritime Heritage Trail has been launched in Brixham to celebrate the centenary of Vigilance of Brixham.

The self guided trail takes visitors on a journey around Brixham Harbour, uncovering centuries of local history— from notorious smugglers and Dutch invaders to the D-Day landings and the town’s vital role in the deep-sea fishing industry.

The route begins at Brixham Heritage Museum and finishes at Vigilance of Brixham, moored on the Heritage Pontoon opposite the The Prince William, Brixham pub.

The free trail guide, designed by Sam Cork of Brixham, is available from Brixham town hall, Brixham library, Brixham Heritage Museum, and participating cafés, pubs and shops along the route.

If you’ve done the trail we’d love to hear about it… drop us a message on here and let us know what you thought! Did you learn anything new?

Trevor Taylor

Calendar for all of our members!

 Calendar for the coming month: join in with whatever you fancy! All welcome! (Updated weekly)

Book Share evolves!

 

We held our final old style Book Share this afternoon with a lovely coffee/cold drink at the Golf Club.

Ironically, we all really enjoyed the final book offered to us from our library subscription! We enjoyed a good discussion about the characters and the plot - in much greater depth than any other post book discussion I can recall! Many thanks to Jayne for organising it all, as well as doing the majority of the heavy lifting involved.

Books recommended for members to read this month are: Amor Towles’ ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’, Tracey Chevalier’s The Glass Maker and Kate Moreton’s The Forgotten Garden. One suggestion which was not taken up by anyone was about a dog in wartime - we decided it would be a ‘weepy’ and no-one could face it!

Next month, Thursday 7th May, we will discuss some or all of these titles.

Please feel free to come along and join in, all welcome, no pressure!