Report on The Snailbeach and Stiperstones Beach Party
Tuesday, July 11, 2017What a pleasure to take part in The Snailbeach & Stiperstones Beach Party Event on Saturday 8th July. Thanks to the organisers, particularly Rachel North who organised the poetry and painting competitions from Stiperstones School. There was a tremendous response from the children with such delightful creative entries, making it very difficult for us to […]
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Snailbeach and Stiperstones Beach Party 7-9th July 2017
Monday, July 3, 2017The annual Beach Party will take place over the weekend from Friday 7th July – Sunday 9th July with fun events for the whole family at various locations around Snailbeach & Stiperstones. The Mary Webb Society will have a stall on Saturday on Snailbeach Football Club’s field from 2pm with displays, books & CDs for […]
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Mary Webb Exhibition at St Luke’s Church, Snailbeach SY5 0NY
Wednesday, June 28, 2017Our exhibition designed by Sue Hughes is now in place inside the beautiful St Luke’s Church, Snailbeach. This Victorian church was in danger of closure, but thanks to the efforts of local vicar, Reverend Giles Tulk and the parochial church council, it has now been designated a festival church with limited services but more community […]
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Summer School 2017
Wednesday, June 28, 2017Summer School 2017 was held on Saturday 24 June at The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock.See the report in “Previous Events” section
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Gordon’s Walk 2017
Tuesday, June 27, 2017See the report on Gordon’s Walk in “Previous Events” section
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Much Wenlock Museum Display
Wednesday, June 21, 2017Our exhibition is now in place at Much Wenlock museum until October. It features some of the panels from The Treasures exhibition designed by Sue Hughes and previously on view at Shrewsbury Museum and Ludlow resource centre. Limited space couldn’t accommodate all the panels but nevertheless we are so pleased to see Mary Webb honoured […]
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Only 12 days left for Shrouds campaign
Friday, June 9, 2017Thank you so much for what you have already done to support the Shrouds of the Somme project. You will know that on 10 May they launched a campaign to fundraise £150,000 to bring this extraordinary commemoration to fruition. The ‘all or nothing’ crowdfunding campaign will end on 18 June. Despite an overwhelmingly positive response […]
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Opportunity to visit Longner Hall / “Undern” 28th May2017
Wednesday, May 24, 2017Longner Hall in Atcham was the setting of “Undern,” home of Squire Jack Reddin in the 1950 film of Gone to Earth. The owners Mr & Mrs Burton are opening the beautiful gardens to the public on Sunday 28th May from 2-5pm. Admission £4 Children free Home-made teas In aid of Atcham Church. Historian […]
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Shrouds of The Somme Campaign
Wednesday, May 17, 2017Shrouds of the Somme. Bring Our Boys Home. On 10th May, celebrated singer-songwriter and Patron of Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Steve Knightley, helped to launch a crowdfunding campaign to raise £150,000 by 19th June to take ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ to London for an extraordinary and moving memorial exhibition to commemorate lost soldiers of the Great […]
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“Matilda” is alive and well!
Friday, April 21, 2017“Matilda” the Foster traction engine featured in the film of Gone to Earth has been lovingly restored. We are hoping that it will make an appearance with engines of similar vintage at our joint events with Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust (6th August) and County of Salop Steam Engine Society (27th & 28th August). Photo of […]
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Birthday Lunch 2017
Monday, April 3, 2017Please see the report of the Birthday Lunch 2017 in “Previous Events” section Picture shows Dr Gladys Mary Coles and Lisa Blower with Lisa’s novel structure from her Writer in Residence experience during our Treasures Exhibition at Shrewsbury Museum from March to June 2016
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Society supports purchase of Bergum Wood
Monday, April 3, 2017Simon Cooter, Senior Reserve manager, Stiperstones & Downton Gorge NNRs wrote:” It was in 2010 that John Lawton wrote his “Making Space for Nature” report for the government,which highlighted the problems caused by habitat loss and fragmentation and argued the case for better managed nature reserves. All of the nature conservation bodies in England have […]
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