Diary for 08-07-2011
Dead Interesting
08/07/2011 - 10/07/2011
Enjoy exploring places celebrating life and death, such as Sherborne cemetery and discovering stories of the past. This may prompt you to reminisce about your own family histories and share these with the group. You shall see how the dead of different generations are represented in various forms, be it simple headstones and memorials or elaborate monuments, mausoleums and stained glass windows. You shall consider how changes in burial practices reflect attitudes of the living towards the dead, and discuss alternatives to traditional practices in an increasingly secular age.
Tutor: Dr. Karin Mew
Please contact the centre for further details.
Contact
The Kingcombe Centre,
Lower Kingcombe,
Toller Porcorum,
DT2 0EQ
Tel: 01300 320684
Email: office@kingcombecentre.org.uk
Website: www.kingcombe.org
Literature(ly) Walking in Hardy's Footsteps
08/07/2011 - 14/07/2011
Thomas Hardy was a great walker, knew Dorset as only a walker can and was very observant of the natural world. It will be in this spirit that you shall set out on foot to discover some of the settings for his novels. The five walks will be based on the following works, not necessarily in this order: Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Return of the Native, The Woodlanders, The Distracted Preacher (short story), The Well-Beloved. The longest walk is approximately 8 miles; none strenuous and will be followed in a leisurely pace in order to fully appreciate the locations and scenery.
Tutor: Arthur Simmonds
Please contact the centre for further details.
Contact
The Kingcombe Centre,
Lower Kingcombe,
Toller Porcorum,
DT2 0EQ
Tel: 01300 320684
Email: office@kingcombecentre.org.uk
Website: www.kingcombe.org
8th This Day In 1993 - Three Days Full Of Fun
The Maiden Newton Summer Event is a high point of the village’s life. It has events spanning three days and starting tomorrow evening with a disco in the village hall – from 8 pm and just £1 admission. Saturday of this week sees a whole day of activities which should be right for all ages. So successful is this annual day that no less than 76 would-be exhibitors have regrettably been turned away due to their being no room to accommodate them. So Saturday prom...read the rest of the story
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