One Hundred Years Of Friendship

Alex Corlett celebrates the continuing success of the Scottish Women’s Institute.

No doubt when Catherine Blair started the “Rural” in 1917 (two years after the formation of the first British WI), she would have been delighted to think that the Scottish Women’s Insitute would still be thriving 100 years on.

Indeed, in its centenary year the Institute is once again growing – and it’s adapting to the times, too, with its own Facebook page and classes in everything from playing the ukulele to making cocktails! The principles remain the same, though – that it is for all women, that it offers friendship and the opportunity to share skills and learn new ones, both traditional and modern.