Whiteley Jambusters WI

Whiteley Jambusters WI We are a newly formed fresh, friendly and fun group of women. Our meetings are relaxed and informal and we try to cover as many diverse interests as we can

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of wome...
08/03/2025

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality.

IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organization specific.

Well it was always destined to be an interesting evening having The Bee Sting and Lincoln in the Bardo to discuss.First ...
25/02/2025

Well it was always destined to be an interesting evening having The Bee Sting and Lincoln in the Bardo to discuss.
First up was The Bee Sting, Paul Murray's depiction of the highly dysfunctional and hapless Barnes family who live in a small claustrophobic Irish town .The lives of the four family members are told through their dedicated chapters which over time build to a catastrophic conclusion. At 656 pages long this is a read requiring a degree of commitment and opinions were divided. Some of the group found the dedicated character chapters off putting especially if they didn't feel empathy with that family member. Others believed this story telling device was extremely effective as a means of learning the background to why this family is as it is. Scores therefore varied from 5 to 9 but overall it scored a strong 8.5
Lincoln in the Bardo the 2017 Booker Prize winner by George Saunders was not well received. Described as an experimental novel it was felt to be just a little too much so as to be described as enjoyable. Telling the story of Lincoln's grief through the voices of three main ghosts and a whole host of others was undeniably 'clever' and at times displayed a degree of humour albeit very dark. However everyone agreed it was odd, at times difficult to follow and quite disturbing. It may have won a Booker Prize but the Jambusters scored it a lowly 3.
Next month we will be discussing the merits of The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd Robinson and The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. We meet on Tuesday 11th March at our usual venue The Solent Hotel at 7.30pm.
Have a great month of reading everyone 📚😁📚😁

We are so...looking forward to welcoming Dawn Gracie to our 8th Birthday Meeting this week. Dawn is going to give us a s...
17/02/2025

We are so...looking forward to welcoming Dawn Gracie to our 8th Birthday Meeting this week. Dawn is going to give us a song and an introduction to Burlesque. There will an intro to the basic moves, (which can be seated or standing), and she comes with her own boas, gloves and pasties. But if you have any items lurking in your cupboards please bring them along 😉

A 7.30pm start in the Gym this Thursday. See you there ! ❤️

Christmas Spirit, Light Up Trail and our Gals at Hillier's Gardens, Romsey
12/12/2024

Christmas Spirit, Light Up Trail and our Gals at Hillier's Gardens, Romsey

Festive fun with our gals at The Bold Forester
11/12/2024

Festive fun with our gals at The Bold Forester

Woohoo 🙌 our puppy graduated ❤️
11/12/2024

Woohoo 🙌 our puppy graduated ❤️

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