North Somercotes WI

24/12/2025

The committee would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
See you in 2026

07/12/2025

06/12/2025

Didn't we do well!
This month's meeting certainly felt like Christmas was nearly here. Lots of creative ideas for our center piece for Christmas dinner table. We were guided by Karen, a fellow NSWI members with help from Annerley. The room smelt lovely like a walk in woods. A lovely meeting of friends with lots of laughter, chatting and sampling the Christmasy supper afterwards.
The competition was won by Isobel, 2nd Viv, 3rd Jenny and flower of the month was won by Sue G, 2nd Sue R, 3rd Pip

04/12/2025

Famous! On the front page of Grainthorpe News The 'Germundthorpe' Our Christmas Tree at last years Christmas Tree Festival in Grainthorpe church.

27/11/2025

Ladies, at December's meeting, we will be making a Christmas decoration out of greenery. Please bring the following:
Scissors suitable for cutting greenery.
Optional - An apron, Christmas ribbon, and/or Christmas decorations.

🎅🤶🎄Supper will be Christmas themed so anything festival would be lovely🌲🎅🤶

19/11/2025

Sad news, Clare Watson, Carole Plummer's daughter, has let us know she has passed away suddenly of double pneumonia. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.

10/11/2025

Yesterday on Remembrance day, on behalf of North Somercotes WI, our president, Carine, laid a wreath in remembrance of those who lost their lives, serving for our country.
We will remember them

07/11/2025

Last night speakers were the Donna Nook Search and Rescue team who are based in North Somercotes for easy and quick access to the local area. The team is the most northerly station in Lincolnshire and runs from Saltfleet Haven to Haile Sand Fort in Hull. Donna Nook is lucky enough to have a Coastguard Rescue Vehicle, usually a 4 wheeled drive off the road vehicles which are used for search and to transport manpower and equipment. The officers are all volunteers and available 24 hours a day to respond when called upon by the full time staff based at the Coastguard Operations Centres.
We were given a history of how the coastguard started. During the 1800’s, smugglers were getting out of hand, so the service was created to help fight and bring under control. They became known as Preventative Water Guard and was part of Customs and Excise. In 1825, the first Mortar Rocket started to be in use. A line attached to a rocket with a range of 275 yards could be fired out to vessels in distress and were in regular use by 1825. In 1822, the name of the service changed to HM Coastguard. This caused the usual arguments regarding who was going to fund it. By 1845, the Admiralty took over, and the workers became regular navel personal which is turn increased the size of the Navy. In 1856, anti-smuggling became a minor part of the service and attention was turned to life saving and safety. Stations began to be built across the coast of Britain, one of which was Donna Nook, built in 1859. In 1894, the board of trade was given the responsibility for the establishment and maintenance of rocket and other life saving stations around the coast, for the purpose of giving assistance towards the preservation of life in cases of shipwreck and distress at sea. Coastguard were assisted in manning the life-saving apparatus by local men. In 1922, a new Donna Nook station, lookout and cottages were built. After WWII, the Coastguard became responsible for the Rocket Equipment and in 1946, it ceased to be an Armed service and in 2005, became the Coastguard Rescue Service (CRS) we know today.
The team then gave us a demonstration of CPR, explaining what happens and what to do should someone have a heart attack to keep them alive until the medical help arrives. Several members had a go and found it quite tiring and understood why it was important to keep going and take it turns.
After all that exercise, we were ready for a light supper, chat with friends then ended the evening rushing off to watch the Traitors Final!
www.donnanookcoastguard.org.uk https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064333615458&locale=en_GB
Competition was a piece of art made by yourself about the coast won by Pip, 2nd Lynda, 3rd Karen BS.
Flower of the month was won by Paula, 2nd Sue R 3rd Sue G

05/11/2025

Just a reminder, if your planning on going to the ranch for Christmas meal, please bring your deposit tomorrow night.

16/10/2025

How lovely is this? While on holiday, Annerley visited Coniston where she found this delightful display made by Coniston WI. The detail is so fine.