We are delighted to announce that the Society’s project to provide the City Cemetery with a new location signboard has come to fruition. The project was driven by Trustee Julian […]

Christine Charlesworth is making splendid progress with the Aphra Behn statue. Having covered the skeleton (‘armature’) with little sausages of damp clay, she shaped these into the rough form of […]

On Thursday 23 Feb, the Society returned to its HQ, St Peter’s Anglican Church, to be warmly received by an interior glowing with new heaters and an equally glowing talk […]

St Peter’s Church, our adopted home, has been fitted with new heaters – hooray! To celebrate this welcome development, on Thurs 23 Feb our hon secretary, the incomparable Brian McHenry […]

A visit to Christine Charlesworth’s wonderful studio before Christmas revealed Aphra’s wire and steel skeleton (‘armature’) emerging into the world: month two of statue pregnancy. The artist has wrapped wire […]

On 15 December, the Society met at St Peter’s church for a fascinating talk by Nicholas Reed on Nell Gwynn and Aphra Behn, two women from the Provinces who made […]

At lunchtime on Friday 9 January, we held a drinks and Lily’s Kitchen cake & sandwich reception for all the organisations and individuals who have so generously supported us over […]

Christine Charlesworth, the artist producing the wonderful APHRA BEHN memorial for our High Street, has started work. First, a steel skeleton (‘armature’ – shown here with a maquette of the […]

Canterbury Commemoration Society is delighted to be working with the City Council’s Cemetery Services on a project to update signage at Canterbury’s cemetery, ensuring that the location of the graves […]