Bishopstoke WI

07/06/2026

Have you heard any of these?

06/06/2026

New Forest & Hampshire Wartime Association Do you have any helpful information about Bushfield camp and the women’s support roles locally to the men there?

Any evidences like photos/ diaries, etc gladly looked through!

All helps gladly appreciated

D-Day local history.

, we need your help!

Do you know anyone connected to WW2 and the preparations for D-Day in this area (southern end of Wi******er-mid Hampshire.)

At our WI, we are partnering with others to put together a display to be shown at Wi******er library.

So, we want to find out any local memories or artefacts from the older members of the villages, towns and cities.

We are researching the run up to D-Day focussing on the roles of women and experiences of the persons in Bushfield camp (which was just south of Wi******er.)

We are particularly interested in individual stories from the area called Bushfield camp in the war.
We want to know about the lives of the men, women and children/ young people of the area at the time.
We know women did things to help the D-day preparations including creating camouflage, sea sickness bags, riveting the sea craft together etc. It would be great to have personal stories. Artefacts and photographs from the time would also be really helpful.

Do you know anyone who stayed at Bushfield and who they were as people. What they went on to do after their stay.

All the information will be collated with the help of the D-Day Experience museum in Portsmouth and with the assistance and keen eye of professional and amateur historians assigned to us.

The idea is to ultimately produce a large display exhibit explaining the impact of D-Day preparation on the local area.

All help will be gratefully received. DM us here or email our fabulous president: [email protected]
Subject: D-Day Project

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Hampshire WI
Bishopstoke History Society
University of Wi******er
Wi******er Historic District

06/06/2026

As part of our research into the region’s involvement in D~Day we came across this event in Bucklers Hard.





04/06/2026

Oooo how interesting 🤔 the WI is busy all around the Uk.
Some of our super ladies are at the NFWI Annual meeting.

04/06/2026

D-Day local history.

, we need your help!

Do you know anyone connected to WW2 and the preparations for D-Day in this area (southern end of Wi******er-mid Hampshire.)

At our WI, we are partnering with others to put together a display to be shown at Wi******er library.

So, we want to find out any local memories or artefacts from the older members of the villages, towns and cities.

We are researching the run up to D-Day focussing on the roles of women and experiences of the persons in Bushfield camp (which was just south of Wi******er.)

We are particularly interested in individual stories from the area called Bushfield camp in the war.
We want to know about the lives of the men, women and children/ young people of the area at the time.
We know women did things to help the D-day preparations including creating camouflage, sea sickness bags, riveting the sea craft together etc. It would be great to have personal stories. Artefacts and photographs from the time would also be really helpful.

Do you know anyone who stayed at Bushfield and who they were as people. What they went on to do after their stay.

All the information will be collated with the help of the D-Day Experience museum in Portsmouth and with the assistance and keen eye of professional and amateur historians assigned to us.

The idea is to ultimately produce a large display exhibit explaining the impact of D-Day preparation on the local area.

All help will be gratefully received. DM us here or email our fabulous president: [email protected]
Subject: D-Day Project

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Hampshire WI
Bishopstoke History Society
University of Wi******er
Wi******er Historic District

01/06/2026

Happy birthday to us!

80 years of the Bishopstoke WI

Thank you to the wonderful committee and Jane for her funny and fascinating 1950s tea party etiquettes now tea is off rationing!

We all looked fancy in our celebratory gear too.

Such fun 😉

☺️👍🙌🎉🎂🎊🎈🥳🍷

Bishopstoke History Society Bishopstoke Parish Council L

26/05/2026

Get your sun cream on and a hat and pop on down. We all need bees 🐝

Come along to Otter Close play area tomorrow afternoon to have your say about the Tree and Bee Network Art Project. It is a free event and no need to book. We hope to see you there.

23/05/2026

They were such brave ladies