WeyBay Country Fayre
One of the favourite evenings in the WeyBay calendar is the Country Fayre and members are invited to submit items in several traditional categories, cakes, photography, preserves, home-made alcoholic drinks, craft or artwork, poetry, and floral. This year’s Fayre took place on 15 October at the usual meeting venue and the theme for the year is ‘Autumn’. While the judging was taking place there was a quiz on the theme of food. Many congratulations everyone for a good turnout of product to the usual high standard. See more photos of the evening in the Gallery.
Thursday 17 October is the Annual Meeting of the Dorset Federation at Poole Lighthouse Theatre. The morning speaker is Jan McNeil, entertainer and singer from Somerset and in the afternoon Christian Orner, private chef and chocolatier. Let the committee know if you would like to join with other members for a very good day out.
July in WeyBay WI is usually a beach party but this year the monthly meeting took on a different idea, with over 50 members enjoying a Tea Dance to celebrate the 80 years D-Day Commemorations. The theme was to dress in 1940s vintage outfits, which ranged from lovely tea dance dress to land girls, music was by Glen Miller and a delicious cream tea with Prosecco was provided in boxes for members. Everyone said it was good to do something differently, to mix it up a bit, and they had enjoyed a wonderful time.
As summer comes to an end, groups within the club are starting up again - walking, book clubs and a lunch club. An informal beach party was held at Greenhill Beach with everyone enjoying a sunny afternoon. A new experience for this year, members put on their dancing shoes and went to the Silent Disco at the Nothe Fort. The Nothe is a popular museum and heritage attraction but at night it opens its doors and becomes a fun venue. WeyBay ladies enjoyed watching the various dance routines and strutting their stuff. It was a great evening, lots of fun and sure to become an annual event.
The Weymouth Angling Club has proved to be a popular town centre venue for WI members and ideal for meetings and other get togethers. On Saturday 6 July 2024 the WeyBay WI ladies had a cake and coffee fundraiser for Weldmar Hospice. A total of £420 was raised. A big thank you to everyone who contributed and all the help from the Angling Club.
For the first time this year, members were able to sit in the sun overlooking the harbour boats, to enjoy a drink before the start of the June meeting. Steve Belasco, local press former photographer gave a talk on his varied career with a selection of wonderful photos. At the May meeting, with speaker Charlie Wheeler from Abbotsbury Swannery, the president Sheila Vogwell listed a series of future events; a walk with an herbalist around Portland, special card making craft session, a coffee morning to be held at the Angling Club. The usual tradition of having a special outdoor meeting in July is going to be in a different form this year, to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day the meeting will be a cream tea and dance with members encouraged to dress in the style of the era. An informal get together will be organised on the beach in place of the August meeting. Details of all events and those from Dorset Federation WIs are sent to members by email. The town is getting busier, and summer feels as if is finally here. Enjoy the celebrations have a good summer.
Photo Steve Belasco showing his books on Dorset with President Sheila Vogwell
Hats! February's meeting of WeyBay Wi was a fun evening of modelling hats and finding more about the millinery trade. What a great way to cheer up miserable time of year. Full details of the evening are on the News pages and lots more photos in the Gallery.
Thank you to Sue Snook from Snooks Hatters and Outfitters of Bridport.
ANNIVERSARY ALBUM
The celebrations for the ten-year anniversary of WeyBay WI in April 2020 were suddenly and very disappointingly put on hold (it is still hoped to have some celebrations in 2021) but it was decided to put together the memories of the first ten years into a photo book. What a lot of memories and a lot of work to put them together into a coherent format to reflect the diverse activities, and the fun that everyone had. The photo book is now published and will be available to see when the WI is able to have its next meeting. But reminiscing over the past years has reminded us again of how important WeyBay has become for so many members and the certainly that it will continue to provide this support to members again as we come out of the pandemic.
Photo shows the original poster in March 2010 inviting everyone to come to the first meeting and a memory of the first venue at The Clipper in St Thomas St.
PRIVACY NOTICE
Your privacy is important to WeyBay WI. This privacy notice provides information about the personal information that we collect and the ways in which we use it.
When do we collect personal information about you?
We will collect personal information from you when you join or communicate with us by any means.
What happens to your personal information?
a. Contact details will be input into the NFWI Members Communication System (MCS) which is password protected.
b. We will also hold details of current members for administration and communication purposes.
c. For non members we will only capture the minimum amount of information that we need in relation to your visit or enquiry.
Who will hold the information?
Information will be held securely by designated person/s, usually an Officer, who requires it for administration purposes. Electronic files will be password protected and paper copies will be held securely.
How do we use your personal information?
There are legitimate reasons to hold personal information for running the WI, to comply with legal obligations or to carry out a contract to which you are a party. For any other purposes we will request your consent.
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You are entitled to ask us to see your personal information, correct it or have it deleted. You have the right to be forgotten. You can also ask us to restrict how we use it.
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Who do I contact about personal information that has been collected?
Firstly contact our WI Secretary and/or DFWI Federation Secretary about your concern. If they cannot resolve it you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commission’s Office at www.ico.org.uk/concerns
Our contact email: reception-dfwi@uwclub.net