On Friday 1 December, Julian Waltho, Canterbury City Guide and Chair of the Canterbury Branch of the Historical Association, got the Society’s Christmas Party off to a cracking start with […]

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 […]

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, […]