Grasmere WI was founded in February 1919.

Grasmere WI is one of the oldest in the country, and we celebrated our 90th birthday in 2009 with a special lunch.

In 2010 we celebrated our 91st Birthday with a party and a cake, which you can see here on our table cloth which was embroidered for our 80th birthday.
Margaret Holden has researched the history of Grasmere WI, and has produced a wonderful scrapbook of memories and photos, which she presented to the WI at the party. The book is to be kept in the Jerwood Centre at Dove Cottage, as part of the village archives, but all members of the WI have been fascinated to take it home and read our about our history.