WELCOME TO THE
SPARKLING WYE WIAbout Our Group
Our story tells that Shirley Eastwood, an existing WI member, felt so strongly that she didn’t want to lose the WI completely, that she presented herself at the gates of the local primary school where she knew she would find a good source of new recruits.
The new group was established with the aim of offering evening meetings and the name was chosen from the playful suggestion of a combination of sparkling wine and our lovely, river Wye.
From that time we have gone from strength to strength; having started with a mere eight members.
SWWI now has fifty-one members registered in 2024, and we are in the lucky position where we regularly receive enquiries from prospective new members throughout the year.
As a relatively new WI we are still evolving our traditions; we don’t sing Jerusalem. We now have a beautiful waterscape banner made for us by our members and our wishes for a Clean River.
The social evening meetings are filled with a lot of chat and laughter, home made cake and the odd glass of wine.
We have an interesting and varied speaker programme, a series of social events held throughout the year including theatre trips and dinners, a monthly walking group, and the newly established craft group and monthly coffee mornings.
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Our Next Meeting
The Sparkling Wye WI meet on the second Wednesday every month at 7.30 pm in the
Ross-on-Wye Bowling Club,
Ross-on-Wye. HR9 5AR