Sir Gâr Carmarthenshire WI

13/11/2023

World Kindness 🌎 Day 😊

09/11/2023

08/11/2023

Llandybies Craft Group - Crafy Baggers, have been busy decorating Llandybie. This is the second year they have done a display for Remembrance Sunday and this year the display included 400 poppies from the church gate to the church ⛪️ door. The display also included purple 💜 poppies to recognise the contributions that animals made 💜

07/11/2023

From Wandering Willows WI - Ahead of Remembrance Sunday, after the monthly meeting some of the Wandering Willows ladies walked to Hero the horse in Coed Ffos Las in Carway.
They layed wreaths, listened to some readings and a moment of reflection.

05/11/2023

A big thank you to Arts and Leisure for arranging a wonderful trip to the Simply Christmas exhibition at the NEC Birmingham. Superb day out, visiting 3 exhibitions; Create and Craft, Cake International and Simply Christmas.
On the way home the coach was laden down with Christmas and craft goodies. The time 'Simply ' flew by far too quickly, a sign of a good time 😍

02/11/2023

Ferryside WI held a coffee morning on Saturday 21st October. All proceeds from this very successful event will go to Glangwili Chemo Unit. With a fabulous array of cakes made and donated by members, a super raffle with prizes donated by local restaurants and members and other supportive locals. Visitors were also able to enjoy a tombola and a toy and book stall.
We made an impressive £1,300!
I am so proud of the committee and the members who helped out on the day or donated prizes.
As with all WI events all over the county a lot of hard work and planning goes into the many events provided by and for the membership. Aren't we all so lucky to be a part of the WI family? 😍.
Well doneladies - Eve

28/10/2023

Organised by the Promotions subcommittee - On a cold wet Saturday morning 8 ladies turned up at the WI office to try their hand at making a granny square ⬛️ using the magic circle 🔵 method.
There was a lot of chat and laughter 😃 and by the end of the session everyone had mastered and successfully completed the challenge.
Well done ladies, you did yourselves proud 👏 👏😍

26/10/2023

Pwll WI ladies busy busy for Remembrance 😊

25/10/2023

Members of St Cynnwr and Johnstown WI recently visited the Henllan Bridge Prisoner of War Camp, which was built during the 2nd World War to house Italian prisoners. The prisoners were allowed to convert one of the buildings into a Catholic Church. So interesting and would recommend visiting - Shirley.

23/10/2023

Bryn WI hosted the Autumn Illtyd Group meeting on Friday 20th October - the first time the members of the seven WI's within the Group have come together since the Covid Pandemic. Together with special guests including Councillor Gary Jones, leader of Llangennech Community, members enjoyed afternoon tea and were entertained with songs from the Shows, Disney and much more by Chris Hughes.
A wonderful way to spend the afternoon and make, and renew friendships. - Jan

21/10/2023

Report from the Carmarthen Book for Facebook

Fourteen members met in person on the morning of Thursday, 19 October, to discuss the book of the month ““A Terrible Kindness” by Jo Browning Wroe. This was a very memorable book – we hesitated to say enjoyable as it was difficult to read in part, especially at the beginning when the central character, William Lavery, newly qualified as an embalmer, goes to Aberfan to care for the children killed by the landslide. William is a flawed character, traumatised by events both in childhood and early adulthood and unable to build bridges with those he felt he has hurt, but he is eventually redeemed by helping others. This is a ‘Book Club’ book – few of us would have picked it up but it was put forward and, as we read it, we found it was a good book with many layers.



The book for November is “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides. Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer. She lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and she shoots him in the face and then never speaks another word.



Members are asked to note that we will only have a short discussion of “The Silent Patient” as Christine Davies, author of “Trecadno” will be coming to give us a talk on writing this, her first book, which has been described as “suspenseful and side-splitting … a minutely observed portrait of rural Welsh life, a portrayal as affectionate as it is playful”.



All the best



Lynn

21/10/2023

Still time to send in forms for The County Annual Meeting, Creative Crafts Day and Christmas Celebration 😊