{"id":210,"date":"2026-07-29T04:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikecaine.im\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2026-08-03T06:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:53:43","slug":"howstrake-womens-institute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mikecaine.im\/index.php\/howstrake-womens-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Howstrake Womens Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"210\" class=\"elementor elementor-210\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3492e3e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3492e3e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70947ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70947ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Howstrake Women's Institute<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-458fa74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"458fa74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Howstrake Women's Institute \u2013 1988<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762e875 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"762e875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founded to support community life and lifelong learning, the Howstrake Women&#8217;s Institute brought together local women through educational, cultural, and social activities. By 1988, it had become an established part of the Howstrake community, promoting friendship, community service, and the preservation of local traditions while contributing to the social history of the Isle of Man.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2413e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b2413e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb267aa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cb267aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-664f0ea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"664f0ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3056cab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3056cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">01<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5544e49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5544e49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Formation of the Howstrake Women's Institute (1989)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ffbea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78ffbea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Womens&#8217; Institute reached the Isle of Man in 1950. The Onchan and District W.I. was formed in 1953 and soon exceeded its membership limit of 180 and had a waiting list. Additional Onchan institutes followed, Onchan Jubilee in 1965 and Avondale in 1976. In 1988 it was felt that the ever-increasing population of Onchan District justified a fourth Institute and that the new housing on and around Bank&#8217;s Howe would be an appropriate area to cover. A Formation Meeting was held at the Howstrake Hotel and The Howstrake Institute came into being in 1989 with Mrs. Moira Vaughan as President. 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