Copmanthorpe Women's Institute

Mindful sewing at our Make, Do & Mend session last night as we stitched these lavender sachets. Stem stitch, French knots and back stitch were executed with varying degrees of success but everyone managed to finish and we had fun! Thanks to Rita for the lavender from her garden.

August 2026 meeting: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Many thanks to Andy Wilson from Yorkshire Cancer Research for a super presentation on the life of Henrietta Lacks based on Rebecca Skloot's book.

Henrieta was born into poverty in the US during the 1920s and unknowingly changed medical history by providing cancer cells. Eventually these were known as HeLa cells, which helped test the polio vaccine and cancer treatments amongst other research.

Followed by a idea gathering session for our 27/28 meetings, new sub group ideas, outings and more community links. Members if you'd like to add more suggestions, please comment below

Thanks too Andy for the lovely raffle prizes and the kitchen team for lovely sweet treats 🤩

July 2026's book group read:
Brotherless Night by V V Ganeshananthan
A 2024 Women's Prize fiction winner

Thought provoking book about the Sri Lankan civil from the 1980s onwards. A challenging read created a wide-ranging discussion. Mainly enjoyed with scores ranging from 6-9

Next month's book: Long Island by Colm Toibin

📍7pm last Tuesday in the month

Lovely evening at Cop Cooks last night - with a World Cup theme ⚽️ !🏆

We enjoyed sharing

Mexican empanadas 🇲🇽

Japanese miso glazed tofu

Greek Boureki 🇬🇷

Spanish meatballs + patatas bravas 🇪🇸

Moroccan tagine + cous cous 🇲🇦

Scottish tattie scones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

American apricot + pecan bake and choc chip cookies 🇺🇲

New Zealand biscuits 🇳🇿

Some of our members took a trip to Salt’s Mill and Saltaire yesterday. A great mix of social and industrial history, art, shopping and eating. The Gallery is, of course, home to an impressive collection of works by the late, great David Hockney. Lunch in Salt’s Diner was good - we all enjoyed the salads we chose - and well priced. Glad we’d booked as there was quite a queue for tables.
A grand day out!

Make, Do and Mend tonight saw us making bookmarks with simple water colouring and silhouette stamping of grasses and stems. As always, a great evening of crafting with tea, biscuits and chat too. Lovely results!

Very interesting July meeting based around 250 years of US independance 🇺🇸 learning about the 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head with Margaret and John.

Followed by a delicious tea tasting including Lady Hebden, smoky Hebden Bonfire and the group favourite Himalayan Rose ☕️Thank you Hebden Tea Shop