Our Next Meeting
Wednesday 6 November
2pm
Violet’s Titanic Escape
Presented by
Jane Glennie
Actor, Jane Glennie will become Titanic Stewardess Violet Jessop, describing her adventures on both RMS Titanic and RMS Britannic, based on her memoirs published in Titanic Survivor by John Maxtone- Graham (2007)
Video – Looking for William Day
June 15, 2024
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Meeting Venue
Boxgrove Village Hall,
PO18 OEE
Membership details are on the About page.
There is a large free car park and a bus stop outside the venue.
Details
Wednesday 6 November
2pm
Violet’s Titanic Escape
Presented by
Jane Glennie
Violet (played by Jane Glennie) will give us an eye witness account of the most written about disaster of the 20th century. While in the lifeboat someone threw her a “forgotten baby” and she watched fascinated as the ship went down “as if by looking I could keep her afloat”.
See below Photos and reports (Journal/Talks page) on our recent meetings.
Local Literary News and Events
CLS Member Publishes War Memoir
David Warwick, one of our long term members has published a WW11 memoir called Home Front Wickham (Crumps Barn Studio, £9.99, 140p, illustrated with photos and sketches) based on his memories and his mother’s diaries, written in secret and only discovered after her death. Their house in Hampshire became a shelter for evacuees from the Blitz and she was appointed to the role of billeting officer by the Rural District Council.
David is a retired University lecturer. He has served as a teacher, senior lecturer and professor at schools and universities across the UK and abroad. He studied History and Theology at London University, College of St Mark and St John. and has written widely in the fields of Education, Management and Religion. He and his wife Ann recently celebrated their Diamond Anniversary. Congratulations David on the book and the anniversary!
Copies are available for purchase at our meetings and online and at any bookshop.
Open Mic Poetry Chichester
For more information please go to the website below.
Guest poets launch each session followed by an open mic. Listeners equally welcome. 7.30pm
JUBILEE HALL, NEW PARK CENTRE, CHICHESTER, PO19 7XY.
We welcome old and new members and visitors to Boxgrove Village Hall.
