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AGM with a Difference

8 July 2023 ed

Our 2023 AGM was unusually well attended. Not that the annual reports or elections were especially riveting, but following routine business, the Society was given a fine conducted tour of […]

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The Lost Wax Process

20 June 2023 ed

In the foundry, 6 mm of hot molten green wax has been painted into the silicon rubber mould of the statue that Christine Charlesworth made (see previous images) to produce […]

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Aphra Behn reborn!

19 June 2023 ed

This remarkable image from the studio of the incomparable Christine Charlesworth shows the artist removing the rubber mould from the original clay version of the statue. The mould and its […]

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Ready for the foundry

1 June 2023 ed

Sculptor Christine Charlesworth has encased the clay model of the Aphra Behn statue in rubber and resin. The casing is divided into bolted sections, each of which will be cast […]

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Roving again!

1 June 20231 June 2023 ed

On Wednesday 31 May, the intrepid Aphra Behn readers chuckled and snorted their way through a cut version Aphra’s bawdily complex drama, The Rover Part II. Commissioned by James Duke […]

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Joint meeting a great hit

9 May 20239 May 2023 ed

The first ever joint meeting with the Canterbury Branch of the Historical Association, held on Thursday 4 May,  was an undoubted success. The packed hall in the King’s School greatly […]

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THE PLAY THAT LAUNCHED A DOZEN READERS

28 April 202328 April 2023 ed

Gathered around a maquette of the proposed new statue of the playwright, on Wednesday 26 April, twelve members of CCS and their friends spent a highly enjoyable evening reading Christopher […]

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We shall remember them

29 March 202329 March 2023 ed

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 […]

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HOW TO CREATE A STATUE PART III

13 March 2023 ed

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 […]

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