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Wendy Warman
Sep 30, 2020
The Taxi Driver Poet
This month's group meeting was very different as we were joined by Fiona P in Cambridge and our guest speaker James Haddow, The Taxi...


Wendy Warman
Aug 31, 2020
Escape from Chippenham
It was back to Zoom this month with our virtual world transformed into an Escape Room with the prospect of leaving Chippenham as our...


Wendy Warman
Jul 29, 2020
We went to a garden party...
...with apologies to Ricky Nelson... if you remember the song! Threatening rainclouds and a little light drizzle didn't put us off the...


Wendy Warman
Jul 7, 2020
British Sign Language: A new way of speaking
With Zoom meetings on the go, we've all felt sometimes it can be harder to communicate effectively in this new format. It got us thinking...


Wendy Warman
Jul 6, 2020
Staying in touch
We've been amazed at the success of Zoom for keeping our meetings and clubs going during Lockdown; a quick glance at the diary and it...


Pewsham Belle
Jun 26, 2020
Try Denman at Home
Denman College has closed under Lockdown so it's been heartening to see them trial online workshops via Zoom. Firstly it was cookalongs...


Wendy Warman
Jun 18, 2020
Congratulations Teresa!
It seems fitting somehow that Chippenham's first mayor elected virtually is also a Pewsham Belle! We know Teresa has looked forward to...


Wendy Warman
Jun 10, 2020
From a Day in the Life to Lockdown Life
It all started with an idea and a little slip of paper inserted in the goodies we distributed to you all in early May. "Write about your...


Wendy Warman
May 28, 2020
Feet are really COOL!
We had an amazingly informative talk and demonstration for May's group meeting from TT Holistics. We weren’t expecting such a detailed...


Wendy Warman
Apr 28, 2020
April on Zoom
After our successful AM on Zoom in March, Pewsham Belles has taken to operating as a virtual WI like a duck to water. This was helped by...


Wendy Warman
Mar 29, 2020
Zooming to our AM
We did it! Our first virtual group meeting - attended by 29 members - and we managed to have our AM to boot. Thanks to Sally for guiding...


Wendy Warman
Mar 2, 2020
February Meeting: Take Note
This month the Crafty Crew showed us how to make notebooks using an old craft used for book making before today's modern printing...


Wendy Warman
Jan 30, 2020
A bit of plinky plonky and lots of clippy cloppy
What a night we had for our first meeting of the decade! We welcomed our new members, voted on resolutions, and gave out lots of...


Wendy Warman
Jan 26, 2020
Pewsham Belles takes the #DollyPartonchallenge
Social media is all a-quiver since Dolly Parton posted 4 photos of herself recently saying "Get you a woman who can do it all". Well, we...


Wendy Warman
Dec 30, 2019
Review of the Year
Here are 12 favourite photos from 2019 that show the fun we had and the variety of activities on offer both at our meetings and in our...


Wendy Warman
Dec 16, 2019
Love your leftovers!
Michelle used the ugly rindy bits from last week's taste test Stilton to make some Broccoli and Stilton soup. It's a great way of using...


Wendy Warman
Dec 13, 2019
Paaaaartaaaaayyyyy!
Being moved out of our normal home due to the election didn’t stop the Christmas Party, nor some sneaky extra voting! 🎄🎅🏼 We had...


Wendy Warman
Nov 30, 2019
November Meeting: Portrait Photography
We were delighted to welcome Anna Durrant to our November meeting who shared her top tips and secrets for taking better portrait...


Wendy Warman
Nov 23, 2019
Look who's in WI Life!
Our first ever mention in WI Life and it's a major splash! When their call went out on the UWI Facebook Group for stories about inspiring...


Wendy Warman
Nov 1, 2019
Congratulations Lesley and Sally!
From Sally via Facebook: "Really good news today: our WI Advisor, Lesley Holdway, has been elected as Chair of Wiltshire Federation....
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