An Evening with Sabine Baring Gould & Thomas Hardy
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Where: Rosehip Barn, St Clether, Launceston, PL15 8QN
When: Saturday 5th May 2018
Time: 7pm
Thomas Hardy and ‘Thomas Hardy in Cornwall’
Speaker : Andrew Leah
While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life, and he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891)
However it was the North Cornish coast, the Valency Valley was where English novelist and poet, Thomas Hardy, met his first wife, Emma, in 1870. Both the place and Emma herself provided inspiration for Hardy’s works for years to come.
Thomas Hardy was a 30 year old architect who came to survey the building and prepare the design for St Juliot Church and the rectory it was then he met Emma on 3 March 1870. Emma Gifford was living at the rectory with her sister, the Revd Cadell Holder’s second wife. The first visit lasted four days during which Hardy visited Tintagel, Beeny Cliff and the Valency Valley.
Hardy returned to St Juliot in August that same year when he stayed longer. As well as working on the church he and Emma continued to explore the North Cornwall coast including Bude, Trebarwith Strand and The Strangles beach.
Other visits followed and they married in 1874. Thomas Hardy’s third novel, ‘A Pair of Blue Eyes’, had been published in 1873 and Emma was the model for the heroine of the book. However, many places were deliberately disguised and created by Hardy as a fusion of great houses he once visited.
The marriage between Hardy and Emma turned sour but when she died in November 1912, Hardy, consumed with remorse, wrote several poems in her memory. He returned to St Juliot the following spring. There, he designed the memorial tablet to Emma on the north wall of the church, and had it made by a Boscastle stonemason.
Sabine Baring-Gould in Cornwall
Speaker: Martin Graebe
Though Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) is most closely associated with Devon, his home in Lewtrenchard was close to the Cornish border and he was a frequent visitor to the county to study its history, archaeology and its people.
He described them in many of the books and articles that he wrote, and he set several of his popular novels in the landscape of East Cornwall. He was a President of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. He was a leading figure in the restoration of the Well-Chapel of St Clether in 1898.
Baring-Gould regarded the collection of songs that he made in Devon and Cornwall as his greatest achievement and he made many visits to the county to hear the songs of Cornish men and women and to make a permanent record of their songs and their lives.
Martin Graebe will talk about Baring-Gould’s discoveries in Cornwall at the end of the Nineteenth Century, and about the songs that he heard from its people. Time permitting, some of these songs may be performed by Martin and his wife, Shan
Biography:
Martin Graebe researches and writes about folk song. He lived and worked for many years in West Devon where he took a particular interest in Sabine Baring-Gould, and the collection of songs that he made in the area around his home at Lewtrenchard. He sings with his wife, Shan, and they have performed Baring-Gould’s songs to audiences around the world. Martin’s book, As I Walked Out, Sabine Baring-Gould and the Search for the Folk Songs of Devon and Cornwall, was published in the Autumn of 2017.
Organised by Barry West Cornish Researcher and the people of St Clether.
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White Hart Arcade
Play Reading 24 April 2018 at 7pm
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Tuesday 24 April 2018
7.00pm
Elmfield House
Northlew EX20 3NP
The intention is to read two of J B Priestley’s classic plays, namely “Eden End” and “Dangerous Corner” with a view to possibly producing one of them later this year.
Everyone welcome.
Please RSVP to Martin Perry if you are planning to attend so that we can organise scripts. martinperry.northlew@gmail.com
Warm regards
Amanda, on behalf of the Committee
“All The Fine Young Men” Final Show in Okehampton Tonight
“ALL THE FINE YOUNG MEN”
A musical drama commemorating the sacrifices made by the men and families in and around West Devon villages of Lifton, Lewdown and Bratton Clovelly during the First World War coming to
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Mount Kelly College Tavistock
Monday 19th September 2016, Doors open 6pm for 6.30pm
Tickets available from:
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http://www.tavistockheritagefestival.org.uk/
Octagon Theatre, Okehampton College, Okehampton
Friday 23rd September 2016, Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets available from: Koast Store in Red Lion Yard, Okehampton call 01837 657500 or from Donalds Menswear in Fore Street, Okehampton
or buy online at www.crbo.co.uk/ATFYM Tel: 01726 879500
More details at www.atfym.co.uk
All The Fine Young Men…A New Production from Red Spider Company
A musical drama commemorating the sacrifices made by the men and families in and around Lifton & Lewdown in World War 1 staged at the 100 year anniversary of the Battle of the Somme
14, 15 & 16th July 2016 Lewdown Victory Hall Doors open 7.00 for 7.30 p.m.
An exhibition associated with this project will be on display in the Victory Hall on Saturday 9th July and in local libraries throughout June Tickets at £7.50 from www.crbo.co.uk/ATFYM Tel: 01726 879500 More details at www.atfym.co.uk
Produced by the Red Spider Company in collaboration with the Heritage Lottery Fund
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