The People's Cathedral

The Story of the People’s Cathedral
Between 1952 and 1961 200,000 brick-givers made the construction of Guildford Cathedral possible. Can you help us bring these stories to life?

Guildford Cathedral has successfully secured initial supportfrom the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for repairs to the Cathedral fabric and development of its project: Securing Guildford Cathedral’s future: treasures, memories and stories revealed.

We are now looking for people to take part in an oral history project to capture the memories of the brick-givers and others involved in the Cathedral story.

There are two ways you can get involved in the project:

1) As a volunteer

From Manor to Palace - excavating the moated site at Woking

Events: 
Lecture
Groups: 
Non-Society
Periods: 
Medieval

As part of the spring/summer 2014 programme of talks organised by the Friend of Woking Palace for their HLF funded project "Woking Palace and its Park" Rob Poulton, the director of the excavations, will be giving a talk about excavating the moated site at Woking. This is a ticketed event and tickets, which are free, should be obtained by calling 01483  518722 or e-mailing education.scau@surreycc.gov.uk. Please use the application form on the reverse of the attached flier.
 

Redivivus

Groups: 
Non-Society
REDIVIVUS Textile Artists
March 24th – April 12th 2014
An exhibition at Godalming Museum
 
An exhibition by Redivivus, a group of three experienced textile artists will take place at Godalming Museum from 25 March to 12 April. The group have been exhibiting together since 2006 in many shows in the UK.

Items Acquired by the Library in February 2014

New Items
February 2014
(Classification in Bold at the end)
 
Books
 
The Museum Guide to Dorking: a brief history of the town and surrounding villages, by Kathy Atherton, The Cockerel Press, 2013 P31 DOR
 
John Hassell’s watercolours of Effingham Surrey: a window onto the 1820s, by Vivien White, Effingham Local History Group, 2013 P31 EF
 
Periodicals
 
Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society

Medieval Studies Forum Meeting - "Belief and unbelief"

Events: 
Conference
Groups: 
Medieval Studies Forum
Periods: 
Saxon
Medieval

A meeting will be held at The Education Centre, Guildford Cathedral when the keynote speakers will be Prof John Arnold of Birkbeck and Prof Diane Watt of Surrey University. There will also be contributions from four members of the Forum. The cost of the day is £10 per person (£5 for students under 21). Please see the attached programme for details of all the presentations and of time, location etc.

St. Luke's Hospital Heritage Project

A team of volunteers has recently completed a research project on the history of the Guildford Union Workhouse Infirmary, which became St. Luke's Hospital. An exhibition has been created for display in the Education Room of the former hospital building. Once part of the complex, the Spike is available for tours.

For more information contact the co-ordinator, Jane Thompson 07799 0633699; jane@charlotteville.co.uk; or visit www.hospitalproject.co.uk

An information sheets about the hospital project is attached as a pdf.

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