Spring Cottage under threat again!
Saturday, January 9, 2021Firstly, Happy New Year to you all, let’s hope that 2021 and the roll out of the vaccines will help to lift us out of this pandemic and a return to something like normal life. Unfortunately we are still unable to plan our programme of events in these uncertain and ever-changing times. We are sorry […]
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Happy Christmas One and All 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020On behalf of the committee of The Mary Webb Society we would like to wish all our members and all who share our love of the work of Mary Webb, a very happy Christmas and a more hopeful, healthy new year. Let’s hope that some of our society’s gatherings can continue in the near future. […]
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Christmas Lunches Remembered
Saturday, December 5, 2020Today, Saturday 5th December 2020, we should have been looking forward to our annual christmas lunch, a chance to enjoy a lovely festive meal and friendly company in a choice of many Shropshire venues, from a grand Shrewsbury hotel to an intimate beautifully decorated village hall. Sadly, this was not to be this year but […]
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Launch of a new book “Smile Awhile in the South Shropshire Hills” by Patricia Evans
Monday, November 16, 2020This beautiful new book by Patricia Evans is lavishly illustrated with 36 paintings inspired by the South Shropshire Hills. Pat is an accomplished professional artist with a distinctive style which she says has been influenced by “both the simplicity of Japanese art and the poster art of the early 20th century.” Her studio, Tankerville Gallery […]
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Images of “House in Dormer Forest” by Gordon Dickins
Saturday, November 7, 20202020 should have been the year to celebrate the centenary of the publication of Mary Webb’s fourth novel, “The House in Dormer Forest,” the story of the Darke family living in the oppressive atmosphere of Dormer Old House. It explores the influence of the house and its environment on the inhabitants. Sadly, Corona virus put […]
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Screening of Gone to Earth at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 11th and 12th Sptember 2020
Saturday, September 5, 2020Theatre Severn are showing Gone to Earth on Friday 11th September at 7.00pm and Saturday 12th September at 2.30 and 7.00pm. This timeless classic adaptation of Mary Webb’s novel filmed in Shropshire in 1949 is still fondly remembered today by locals whose family members appeared as extras. The landscape is as big a star as […]
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Cancellation of Annual General meeting and Christmas Lunch 2020
Friday, August 28, 2020Owing to the ongoing uncertainty about Coronavirus and after discussions with the committee, we have regrettably decided to cancel the A.G.M. planned for 26th September and also the Christmas lunch on 5th December. The health and well-being of our members is our priority in making this decision. We are hoping to reschedule the 2020 programme […]
Read moreCancellation of Alliance of Literary Societies AGM 12th -14th June 2020
Tuesday, May 19, 2020Unfortunately the Alliance of Literary societies AGM has been cancelled due to Covid 19 . The event was due to be hosted by the Leo Walmsley Society at Robin Hood’s Bay. This is sad to hear as so much work goes into this weekend event by the host society. It provides a marvellous opportunity […]
Read moreCancellation of Summer School and Walk 2020 due to Covid 19
Monday, May 11, 2020After discussion with committee members and in line with Government guidelines during this Covid19 crisis, we feel that we have no option but to cancel this year’s summer school and walk scheduled for 27th & 28th June. We are so sorry to cancel our main events of the year particularly as so much work has […]
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Mary Webb’s grave has not been forgotten despite Coronavirus lockdown
Thursday, April 30, 2020Mary Webb’s grave situated in Shrewsbury cemetery, Longden Road, Shrewsbury SY3 7HS is usually tended by members of the society on a monthly rota. However this has been difficult to maintain during the current restrictions. So special thanks must go to local members, Sue & Nigel Hotchkiss for visiting the grave and placing these beautiful […]
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Springtime in Shrewsbury
Thursday, April 23, 2020This quote from “The Spring of Joy” written when Mary Webb was recuperating from her many bouts of Graves’ disease, seems appropriate for our lockdown days, but we can still turn to nature to bring comfort and hope: “It does not matter how shut in we are. Opportunity for wide experience is of small account […]
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Coronavirus Outbreak
Monday, April 6, 2020As the Corona virus deepens world-wide leaving us feeling isolated, depressed and frustrated at not being able to travel and explore the countryside as spring awakens; Please enjoy these pictures of our beautiful Shropshire landscape taken by chairman & landscape photographer, Gordon Dickins. Gordon knows the county intimately and his pictures feature in his various […]
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