Barnsley Opals Women's Institute

A fab WI based in Barnsley, full of lovely Yorkshire lasses (and adopted Yorkshire lasses)! Come and join us, you'll be very welcome.

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Hi all! BOWI love to be able to help the community while social distancing. The lovely Pearl left out a donation on her fence for the foodbank along with some wool for one of our members Jess. Other members are… https://t.co/6gR2erD0YH

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Come and join us at SheFest today at Barnsley Digital Media Centre 💜👍🏻😊

#shefestival2020 #barnsleydigitalmediacentre #barnsleyopals #barnsleyopalswi #barnsleyopalswomensinstitute @womensinstitute #barnsleyisbrill… https://t.co/vSZ6ZE1o9p

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Another awesome night for BOWI, we had the fascinating Jude Warrender come and speak to us about her volunteering in Nepal. Jude spends 2 month each winter out there dedicating herself to educating young people. Lots… https://t.co/EmE0apU6St

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A fabulous evening at our first BOWI Craft & Chat.

The crafts were mainly wool based, with Laney making a fabulous scarf 🧣 for a hamster 🐹 😂 Check out some of our makes below!

Craft & Chat is a sub group for… https://t.co/DGP674r2Bc

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Absolutely awesome night with the wonderful beckyholt376 from Cantley with Branton WI.

Rebecca spoke about American traditions and celebrations, particularly focusing on her home city Cincinnati. Rebecca spoke… https://t.co/OH22IzP56k

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What a fabulous Christmas craft evening for our December meeting. It was lovely to see everyone and new faces too!

Check out our homemade gifts and the odd Xmas Jumper!! We also sold more of our BOWI handmade… https://t.co/ODYN9uZzrP

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The BOWI ladies are all set up and ready for their first craft stall at the St Nicholas Fayre at St John the Baptist Church, Royston. Everything you see is hand crafted or upcycled by our lovely members.

Come and… https://t.co/TDm96assO9

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Woo hoo! BOWI made this months WI Life magazine 💜😊👍🏻

This is from our September meeting where we raised awareness of fast fashion. Members look out for yours in the post soon!

@womensinstitute #barnsleyopalswi… https://t.co/B2eM8ibXhg

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The weather was grim (again) on Thursday for our re arranged November meeting. However, we had a fab time at our social/craft evening. We found out that crochet is hard (well it is for some of us - not for pros like… https://t.co/2Mka7v00nP

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Although we didn’t win the quiz (or come anywhere near winning - a respectable 38 though) the WI ‘supper’ is awesome!! A sandwich platter (hoovered up before I could take a pic) followed by this tray of homemade… https://t.co/PWPNPxNwRy

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Totally nailed this selfie at the SY Federation Quiz @womensinstitute #womensinstitute #barnsleyopals #barnsleyopalswi #barnsleyopalswomensinstitute #bowi #barnsleyisbrill @ The Gordon Bennett Memorial Hall https://t.co/fCiVCsf3qS

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A fabulous meeting tonight, where we welcomed lots of visitors and new members too (22 in total!)

Our session tonight was with the very talented glass artist Pam Goodison, who led a session on making beautiful… https://t.co/FXeAs64DCR

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Our first official Barnsley Opals WI outing was to take part in the Great British Beach Clean (organised by the Marine Conservation Society). We (along with family and friends) cleaned up Flamborough North Landing,… https://t.co/v9CvXQKHSl

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Barnsley Opals are famous!! Check out this article in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle all about the Barnsley Opals 😊. Our next meeting is on the 3rd October - please get in touch if you’d like to attend as we love to… https://t.co/6HWpL6jWxD

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Absolutely fabulous September meeting 😊 Our theme this month was around the use of plastic, global warming and fast fashion. It definitely made us think! We had a quiz about the environmental impact changes in our… https://t.co/oRmSf1Z0A9

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Perfect Saturday afternoon, with the new WI Life magazine and a brew. Look out for yours in the post or if you’re not a member come join us (Old Post Office, 7-9pm 1st Thursday of the month)! #barnsleyopals… https://t.co/ujStCgxEQa

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A fabulous evening was had by all at BOWI’s second meeting. It was lovely to see all of our members and welcome visitors too.

Our theme was getting to know you. We played a few games and found out fascinating… https://t.co/pY75uQsDzk