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Meetings & Events
Meetings North West Group Manchester Meetings Gaskell Society Meetings at Cross Street Chapel The Manchester meetings are usually held on the second Tuesday of the month in Cross Street Chapel, Manchester at 1.00pm. The Chapel will usually be open at 12 o’clock so that you can bring in lunch from one of the local sandwich bars. All are welcome £2.00 members £3.00 non members. Tuesday 9th March Elizabeth Gaskell and the 19th Century Jewish Cultural Scene by Susan Fox Knutsford Meetings Our meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month in St John's Church parish rooms, Knutsford, Cheshire. An excellent buffet lunch is served at 12.15 (cost, £8 to pay on the day) followed by a talk which will start about 1.30pm. Meetings should finish about 3 '0' clock. In the Autumn meetings we are going to be studying Gaskell's tales of 'Mystery and Macabre' published by Wordsworth starting on October 28 with 'The Old Nurse's Story. Wednesday 28th October St John's Church, Knutsford 12 noon for the first monthly lunchtime Autumn meeting of the Gaskell Society Our meetings will continue throughout the Autumn and Winter on the following dates- November 25th, January 27th 2010, February 24th, March 24th and April 28th. General Meetings Saturday April 17 11am Gaskell Society AGM at Cross Street Chapel, Manchester. Coffee will be served from 10.30am Further information from Joan Leach hon.secretary@gaskellsociety.co.uk or Elizabeth Williams chairman@gaskellsociety.co.uk London and South East Branch Saturday September 25 2010 3pm Westminster Abbey celebration and dedication of the Gaskell window in Poets Corner Tickets will be sent well in advance of the event which is preceded by the afternoon service and followed by drinks at Westminster School. Booking is essential and members already know about this via mailings. Please check the Gaskell Society web site or contact the membership secretary, Christine Lingard for further details. Saturday November 13 2010 Gaskell and Unitarianism With Rev Dr Ann Peart Ann Peart is a Unitarian Minister, Vice President of the Unitarian General Assembly of Great Britain and was previously Principal of the Unitarian College in Manchester. Saturday February 12 2011 The Restoration of the Garden at the Gaskell House with Dr Ann Brooks Ann’s doctorate was about the Manchester Botanic Garden so she is an expert in the field. Ann writes of the restoration project: An examination of the 1848 ordnance survey map of Longsight, Manchester shows that the garden at Gaskell house and its neighbours exhibited many features of the villa gardens and give a basic outline we can use. I am also examining Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels and letters for references to plants that would be suitable to include in the planting and design of the garden. This will be a fascinating insight into both the genre of Victorian gardens and a chance to share in Ann’s plans for the future garden at the Gaskell House, as it is now known! Saturday May 14 2011 Elizabeth Gaskell: Dreams and Visions with Professor Barbara Hardy Barbara is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of London She will certainly refer to North and South and Sylvia’s Lovers and will let us know nearer the time which other stories we need to have read! The form of this meeting will continue the pattern of the last couple of years when the speaker gives an introduction to texts and a topic/theme of their choice and we have the opportunity to discuss as well as listen. A sandwich lunch will be provided from 12.45pm onwards and tea and cake is available after the meeting that begins at 2pm and usually lasts in the region of an hour or so. A bring and buy bookstall is available so please bring and buy. Proceeds go to the restoration of the Gaskell House.
We meet at Francis Holland School for Girls a two-minute walk from Sloane Square. The Tube station is served by the District and Circle lines or it is not a long walk from Victoria Station. Access is via a doorbell in Graham Terrace please press the bell that is marked ‘Reception’ and someone will open the door for you. There are security reasons for this type of access. Tel: 0208 693 3228 Yorkshire Group Saturday May 1st 2.00pm at the Friends Meeting House, York David Taylor will give a talk on “Vernon Lushington- Mrs Gaskell’s Cousin V”. Lushington was a lawyer who helped Mrs Gaskell when she set up an Assistance fund for the Cotton Workers during the Cotton Blockade. He became a firm friend, so much so that a room at Plymouth Grove was put aside for his work whenever he was in Manchester. The talk will cover their friendship and also Lushington’s friendship with other famous names of the time such as George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Saturday October 9th 2.00pm Janet Allan will give a talk on “Plymouth Grove - Then and Now”. Janet’s talk will cover the time the Gaskell’s lived in the house and also the progress of the work being carried out on the house today. In addition to the above, in this bicentenary year links have been established with the Unitarian Chapel (Saint Saviourgate) in York and several events are planned to take place there: May 22nd A talk on “Unitarianism” by Adrian Lovett (Chairperson of the Chapel) September 10th “Elizabeth Gaskell” a talk by Elizabeth Williams Date to be arranged “Manchester New College in York” a talk by Adrian Lovett For information regarding the Yorkshire Group please contact Kate Smith shepleysmiths@tiscali.co.uk The Gaskell Society South-West Events are held in Bath. Saturday, March 13th, 2.30pm Discussion Group at Bren Abercrombie's, 12 Mount Road, Lansdown, BA1 To continue the discussion on Mary Barton Tel: 01225 471241 Saturday, April 24th, 2.30pm at BRLSI, Dr Frances Twinn, editor of the Gaskell Journal, will speak on: From Monkshaven to Middlemarch - the Provincial Landscapes of Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot Tea/Coffee will be served after the talk. £2.00 to members; £4.00 to non-members Sunday, 1st August, 12.30pm Summer lunch at Kate and Alec Crawford's, Vallely View, Bath Road, Norton St Philip, Somerset. £7.50 per person Saturday, 13th November Bicentenary Gaskell Study Day The Gaskell Society South West will hold a Study Day in celebration of the Bicentenary on Saturday,13th November, at the BRLSI, Queen's Square, Bath. Speakers will include Alan Shelston on Gaskell's biography of Charlotte Bronte; Boyd Schlenther on 'Lois the Witch' and the Salem witch crisis; and Janet Allan and Ann Brooks on Plymouth Grove house and garden. The day will begin at 10:00 am and finish about 4.30 pm. The cost will be £6 for the full day for members of the Gaskell Society and BRLSI, £8 for non-members. Coffee and tea will be included. Any queries about the programme to Mrs Elizabeth Schlenther, 14 Vellore Lane, Bath, BA2 6JQ (Tel: 01225 331763. For further information of forthcoming meetings and events contact Mrs. Elizabeth Schlenther 14 Vellore Lane, Bath BA2 6JQ Telephone: 01225 331763
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Mrs Gaskell 1864
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The Gaskell Medallion, Knutsford
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