Kirk & Green Hammerton WI meets every 2nd Tuesday. We enjoy being part of the wider WI experience from making jam to major political statements and affecting public opinion. Most meetings are held in Kirk Hammerton – but occasionally Green Hammerton Village Hall is used. Membership is £41 per annum – with occasional guests being […]
January 8thWiltshire Farm Foods. Talk and samples of their dishes.At Kirk Hammerton V.H. February 12thSam Blacker & Steve Ross recall their epic Pennine Way walk with slides etc.At Green Hammerton V.H. March 12thThe Magic Circle & Great Magicians with Stephen Wells.At Kirk Hammerton V.H. April 9th Ambulance to Romania. Aid convoys into Eastern Europe with […]
At our January meeting Sam Blacker and Steve Ross gave a very interesting & informative talk with slides about their journey on the Offa’s Dyke walk. This is a 177 mile walk following the English/Welsh border. A very entertaining evening. Our next meeting is on Tuesday 13th February at Kirk Hammerton village hall starting at […]
Our November meeting included our AGM. Ann Johnson stepped down as President after her 3 year term of office expired and she also came off committee. Sue Bowe has taken over as President for the coming year. After the official procedures were carried out the presentation of trophies and prizes commenced. Carol Wake received the […]
KIRK & GREEN HAMMERTON WI Our meeting this month saw a local resident Susan Goss- Clements talking to us about the ‘Yorkshire Coastal Cottages’. Susan started this company some years ago with 3 cottages on her books this has now grown to a multi- million pound company with 110 letting properties along the Yorkshire Coast […]
Kirk & Green Hammerton WI At our last meeting Patrick Boucher gave us a very interesting talk about the Yorkshire Air Ambulance it’s origin and the continuous service to the people of Yorkshire. Patrick explained that the colour of the helicopters (yellow) came about because of sponsorship from the AA. Also to note is that […]
KIRK & GREEN HAMMERTON WI A group of members enjoyed an outing to Crimple hall to view the many artefacts and shabby sheik items on display together with the art gallery and other retail outlets. The next meeting of the group will be on Tuesday 12th September at 7.30pm in Kirk Hammerton Village Hall where […]
The WI enjoyed a most wonderful display of fashions presented by M&Co in the Village Hall, Green Hammerton on Tuesday May 9th. There were some very lovely clothes and one tends to want to replace ones whole wardrobe when you see an array such as we experienced. A number of members modelled some of the […]
At our WI meeting this week Tuesday 14th March, Mr Roger Mattocks took us through a walk at the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve at Staveley, recounting the different species of animal, insect and bird life one could encounter during each month of the year, his photographs were superb and it was altogether an enlightening […]
KIRK & GREEN HAMMERTON W.I. Our February meeting was also Valentine’s Day and we decided to celebrate the Climate Change Green Hearts campaign by make green hearts. Workshops took the form of dry felting, embroidery, needlework and air drying clay, all the members participated and all were rewarded with a green heart to hang in […]