Hepworth & District Womens Institute

No, you are not too young! No longer dominated by Jam and Jerusalem, the Women’s Institute is an organisation with a voice. It is a place to make new friends and to learn new skills. Few people realise that the … Read More

It is with much regret that Hepworth & District WI decided to close at their meeting in January. It was especially sad after celebrating our 70th Anniversary last month when we welcomed back some ex members and friends and had … Read More

After our enjoyable although damp outing to Helmingham Hall in August we were back at the Pavilion for our September meeting. Unfortunately we had a few apologies so Geoff Evans only had 8 of us in his audience. He showed … Read More

We had an enjoyable talk from David Lilley on the life and works of P G Wodehouse in June. I think many of us were surprised at the number of different novels he had written even with his long life … Read More

A very busy evening this month with our annual meeting and reports on the past year, a vote on our national resolution and a session on hanging baskets with John Hewson. John brought a lovely selection of plants with him … Read More

Louise Brouwer gave an enjoyable resume of Thomas Gainsborough’s life and works and his deep connection to Sudbury and Suffolk. While he would have liked to concentrate on landscape painting, in his times portrait painting was the economic necessity although … Read More

We spent the first half of our first meeting of the New Year discussing the short list of five resolutions to go to our National AGM in Cardiff in June. All five had good reasons for being chosen and our … Read More

At our October meeting we enjoyed an entertaining visit from the Perennial Mr Potter alias Bryan Thurlow. Before our eyes he was the aged gardener looking back on his life from the time in 1913 when he left school to … Read More