About Broad Town Women's Institute

The Broad Town WI are a friendly group of women. We meet in the village hall on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, apart from December when we meet on the 2nd Wednesday. We start with our speaker so please arrive promptly at 7.30pm for a talk or activity which may be educational, inspiring, amusing and energetic. After the talk we have time for socialising and refreshments. This is followed by a short business meeting. We also arrange visits to gardens, pubs, local attractions, and go on summer walks. With a membership of 27 and growing we are keen to welcome new members. We have had a stall at the Broad Town summer Big Gig for the past few years supplying the festival goers with hot drinks and delicious homemade cakes.

We are affiliated to the Wiltshire federation of WI which in turn is part of the national WI allowing us to make a difference to campaigns such as reducing supermarket packaging, influencing the price of milk at the farm gate and accurate labeling food with the country of origin. Current campaigns are helping to alleviate loneliness, improving hospital arrangements for carers of people with dementia, helping to reduce plastic waste and trying to end food poverty.

There is also a dedicated college of further education; Denman college in Oxfordshire, offering the widest range of courses allowing WI members to learn new skills or further existing ones.

If you would like to meet some new friends in the village, have an opportunity to learn something new and maybe influence a national campaign why not come along one evening soon? Visitors are always welcome and you can try us out without any obligation.

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September Meeting 2013

Anne posted on September 15, 2013 14:55

Our speaker in September was Terry Bracher from the Wiltshire Historical Society and his talk was entitled ‘Wiltshire’s Horrible History’.

He told us stories of events that happened through the ages in nearby towns including Marlborough, Chippenham, Downton, Shrewton, Wroughton and many others.

We heard about some documented stories of the plague, pestilence, disease and their curious cures. The gory crimes with even nastier punishments including hanging, beheading, dissecting and drowning. There is a ducking stool in Wootton Bassett museum which was used to find witches.

The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Wednesday 16^th October. The speaker will be our own Pam Howells and she will be talking about ‘Homeopathic First Aid’ (self-help remedies).

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September Meeting 2013

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