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ALLUVIA REBORN

2 February 20242 February 2024 ed

It’s looking good for Jason deCaires Taylor’s fine Alluvia underwater statues in the Stour beside the Westgate. After years of neglect, thanks to CCS and with the backing of the […]

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SIMMONS REMEMBERED

4 December 20234 December 2023 ed

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 […]

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Aphra welded and blasted

15 November 2023 ed

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) […]

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Save Sudbury!

15 November 2023 ed

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 […]

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Robin Hawkins RIP

21 September 20236 October 2023 ed

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 […]

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Enlightenment in the Franciscan Gardens

18 September 2023 ed

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 […]

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Michael Steed, 1940-2023

4 September 2023 ed

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 […]

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APHRA POURED OUT, Part ii

31 July 2023 ed

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 […]

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APHRA POURED OUT, Part i

31 July 2023 ed

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 […]

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