The early bird catches the marmalade!

Members of Stokes Bay WI have been hard at work preparing for the annual Michaelmas Fayre in Alverstoke village, Gosport, on Saturday 26th September.

It takes scores of people to make it successful and we have been collecting jars and produce for a long time to make our stall arguably the best in the Fayre!

President Tracey Whatley said “what an amazing day, and we were so lucky with the weather, bringing out shoppers who visited our stall – and what a variety we had on sale!  We do it to support our charities which, for 2026/2027 is for ‘The Rainbow Centre’ at Fareham and the ‘Let us Play Scheme’ in Gosport.  We enjoy helping our community and the charities are grateful for our support.

With literally hundreds of jars of jams, jellies, marmalade and chutneys on the stall it is normally the first stop for other stallholders too who want to bag their favourites on their way in!  In addition, we offered homemade (of course – we are the WI!) cakes, fruit scones and the MOST delicious cheese scones.  Plants too were on offer, in fact something for everyone!  Thanks to anyone who helped in any way – it was great teamwork from Stokes Bay WI for our chosen charities.