Lambourn WI Programme 2022-2023
All of the meetings are in Memorial Hall, Lambourn on the second Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm.
For more information on the Lambourn Women’s Institute, and how to join please visit
berkshire.thewi.org.uk/find-wi/lambourn
For more information on a single event click on the topic description.
| Date | Topic |
| 8th March 2022 | Bramshill Jacobean House |
| 12th April 2022 | Make up demonstration |
| 10th May 2022 | Lambourn Walk followed by tea and cake |
| 14th June 2022 | The Foundling Museum |
| 12th July 2022 | Lebanese Cookery |
| 9th August 2022 | Ragbag and Cocktails |
| 13th September 2022 | Pandemonium Folk Music group |
| 11th October 2022 | Honeybees & Pollinators |
| 8th November 2022 | Lundy Island |
| 13th December 2022 | Tracing the Cinderella Story |
| 10th January 2023 | Talk & Taste (a do it ourselves event) |
| 14th February 2023 | Annual Meeting |
| Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Apr-22 | Make Up Demonstration | The Lambourn-based beautician from Pure Beauty will be making up a volunteer and telling us about other treatments that she offers. |
| 10-May-22 | Lambourn Walk Part 2 led by Sue Cocker, followed by tea and cake in the Memorial Hall | Part 1 last year took us around the oval surrounding St Michael?s & All Angels Church. This time our WI member and local historian will tell us about buildings on Lambourn High Street. |
| 14-Jun-22 | The Foundling Hospital | Our speaker spent his early life at the hospital, in London, Britain's first home for children at risk of abandonment. It is now an excellent museum. |
| 12-Jul-22 | Lebanese Cuisine by Wafaa Powell | Wafaa of Dancing Flavours who was born and brought up in Lebanon, will prepare some Lebanese dishes for us. The cuisine is influenced by the Mediterranean. Using fresh ingredients, each dish is aromatic and rich in delicate flavours ? tasty and healthy but not hot and spicy. An Open Meeting with visitors from other WI branches. https://www.dancingflavours.co.uk |
| 09-Aug-22 | Ragbag and Cocktails | Our speaker spent 28 years abroad as a diplomatic wife. She will give us a glimpse into a way of life which has now all but disappeared. It may not have been quite as you imagine! |
| 13-Sep-22 | Musical entertainment from a Wantage-based folk group | Pandemonium will make our meeting go with a swing. An Open Meeting with visitors from other WI branches. |
| 11-Oct-22 | Honeybees and Pollinators | Our local beekeeper from Hillside Honey in Great Shefford will explain how clever bees are. |
| 08-Nov-22 | Lundy Island | We even have a local expert on Lundy in Lambourn and look forward to seeing and hearing more about it. |
| 13-Dec-22 | Tracing the Cinderella Story | A suitable Christmas meeting theme with Pantomimes in mind. There will also be seasonal refreshments |
| 10-Jan-23 | Talk and Taste Evening | Members bring along a prepared food or drink item, plus the recipe, and tell us a little about the choice. Then we test them all, of course. |
| 14-Feb-23 | Annual Meeting | Normally followed by a talk, as yet to be decided. |
