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A Brief History

The first meeting of the Wyke Regis WI was held on October 23rd 1923 in the Assembly Rooms of the Wyke Hotel.  The Institute flourished and in 1933 an offer of £750 was made for the Primitive Methodist Chapel in Gallwey Road.  On March 24th 1934 the Hall was opened.  However, the Bank debt stood at £615 and many years of worry and struggle lay ahead.

In 1943 mention was made of "their prisoner of war - John Bright" when letters from him and his mother were read out at the November meeting.  Members of the Institute were buying Savings Certificates for John.  In 1945 when the war in Europe had ended, a social evening was held to welcome home "our POW" and he was handed thirty Savings Certificates.  No further mention was made of him.  

The Institute is very fortunate in holding records and scrapbooks for all the years from 1923 to the present. Extracts and photographs from these we are hoping to put on the website.


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