Aphra welded and blasted
The Society’s statue of Aphra Behn, playwright, poet and spy, is almost finished. After being cast in sections, the piece was welded together and sand blasted (hence her pale complexion) […]
The Society’s statue of Aphra Behn, playwright, poet and spy, is almost finished. After being cast in sections, the piece was welded together and sand blasted (hence her pale complexion) […]
CCS Chair Stewart Ross and Canterbury Society Chair Hilary Brian joined forces to talk to the Kentish Gazette about opposition in both their societies to the Council’s plan to sell […]
The Society is in the last stages of constructing a scale model of Whitstable Harbour as it was in 1923. There will be a grand opening of the permanent exhibition […]
We have learned of the death, in April this year, of Robin Hawkins, a longstanding member of the Society. We send our commiserations to Erica, Robin’s widow, the other members […]
On the afternoon of Saturday 16 September, the last fine day of the summer, 16 members escaped the turmoil of the High Street and found refuge in the delightful tranquillity […]
It is with great sadness that we report the death after a long illness of our hugely respected President, Michael Steed. Following his retirement from a notable academic and political […]
A pot of bronze is heated in a furnace until molten. The liquid metal is then raised on a hoist and poured into the sand-encased moulds. (We were shown how […]
On 25 July trustees Hilary Brian, Brian McHenry and Stewart Ross joined sculptor Christine Charlesworth and Aphra afficionado Elaine Hobby at the Milwyn Foundry, West Molesey, to witness the final […]
The CCS Pork ‘n’ Cider party on Friday 7 July was a delightful sell-out success. The St Augustine’s Cellarer’s Garden (generously offered by the King’s School) made an ideal setting, […]