This year’s Truro Christmas Primestock and Produce Show will be held on Wednesday 7 December at the Truro Cattle Market. There are domestic classes available for WI members to enter, including cookery, photography, handicraft and photography classes. And there are trophies up for grabs! The Tinney Cup will be awarded to the WI gaining the […]

After a three year absence it was a ‘welcome back’ to the Pensilva WI Horticultural Show on a beautiful September day. Hopes were high that the long break would not have put people off entering, and the WI was not disappointed. The standard of entries was once again outstanding and all the hard work in […]

We have some fabulous Christmas-themed craft taster days (formerly known as corner days) coming up this autumn. Although the closing date for the first session at Marazion has passed, there are still spaces available. If you’re interested in one of the sessions at either Marshgate or St Erme, you still have time to book your […]

The theme for the 2022 Blaikley Salver Poetry Competition was “Enchanting Pathways”. The entries were all impressive, but our judge chose her top three. The winners are: 1st – Tamsyn Gillie, Mevagissey WI 2nd – Judith Littleford, St Mary’s Isles of Scilly WI 3rd – Jill Pentin, Falmouth WI We would like to share with […]

Eleven members of Crantock WI recently paid a visit to Kresen Kernow, the Cornish archive and library. The group was met by Tamsin Mallett, Kresen Kernow’s Collections and Development Manager. Tamsin explained the background to the new building housing Cornish archive material, some dating back 800 years. The old Records Office located in Truro had […]

Here’s some information for those of you will who will be attending our Annual Council Meeting at the Hall for Cornwall on Wednesday 26 October. Please note that the Hall for Cornwall accepts card payments only in their cafe and bar. So if you’d like a cup of coffee before the meeting or during the […]

The bells were certainly ringing for the members of Pensilva WI when the Pillaton and St Mellion Handbell Ringers came to give the group a wonderful medley of tunes on their handbells. These ranged from My Grandfather’s Clock to Jerusalem to an excerpt from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and many more. Then came the highlight […]

This afternoon, the Cornwall Federation of Women’s Institutes was represented by Chair Helen Kestle and Trustee Penny Picton at the Special Commemorative Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II at Truro Cathedral. You can see the full stream of the service here:

In August 2016, I left the Isles of Scilly and travelled to Penzance ready to board the sleeper train for a very special, much anticipated trip to London. Along with my-sister in-law, the Secretary of Catford WI (West Kent), I was going to see a display of the Queen’s wardrobe covering her entire life and […]

Memories of the Coronation in 1953: I was 12 years old in 1953 and my dad bought a 9-inch  black and white TV so that we could watch the Coronation. We were the only family with a TV and so all our neighbours (in Liverpool) were invited to come and watch with us. I remember […]