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September 2019 September 2019
BERE REGIS WI

The end of July saw a first for Bere Regis WI. Our
member, Nancy Jones, joined ladies from WIs all
over Dorset to volunteer at Camp Bestival
manning the annual WI Tea Tent. Nancy reports
that the WI
team, and the logistics involved, were amazing –
making and selling about two thousand
sandwiches, six hundred bacon rolls, two
thousand slices of cake and five hundred
cupcakes and biscuits, as well as innumerable
cups of tea and coffee, over the three days.
Nancy’s personal contribution was equally
i m p r e s s i v e .
During the day
she was there,
she helped put
t o g e t her a
hundred cream
teas, which sold as soon as they were made, as
well as working on the counter taking orders,
making hot drinks and collecting money from the
very appreciative public, who came in a steady
stream from the moment the tent was open, and
clearing tables and washing up. Undaunted by
all of this, she found the day so rewarding and fun
that she’s already said she’ll do it again next year!

Everything is back to normal in September after our August break. At our meeting
on Wednesday, 18 September 2019, local artist, Marilyn Allis, will be giving us a
short demonstration of her work. In a change from the venue announced in
August, the Lunch Club will visit The Scott Arms in Kingston on Thursday, 5
September 2019 and Stitch and Twitch will restart on Wednesday, 25 September
2019 from 9:30am to noon at the Bere Regis Sports Club. All these activities are
open to non-members but, in particular, we’d like to invite non-members to join us
free of charge for Stitch and Twitch. In the coming months, we’ll be running a
programme of small projects for anyone at all interested in sewing. Our first
project, we hope, will be sewing a simple square which could be a centrepiece
or joined with other squares to make a larger item. All materials and equipment
will be provided, together with tea/coffee – we just need you!
For details of future meetings or further information about the WI, please contact
Di Pitts on 01929 471322 or Moira Mathers on 07900 906278. You can see more
about our past meetings and activities on our Facebook page @BereRegisWI.

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