Monthly Meetings
The next event is on 24th June when Delia Taylor will prsent her talk entitled The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB) was a group of British artists founded in 1848 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, and John Everett Millais.
They rejected the conventional style taught by the Royal Academy of Arts and looked back to the detailed, vibrant art created before Raphael. Their work emphasized realistic observation of nature, bright colours, rich symbolism, and subjects from literature, religion, and medieval history.
Although the Brotherhood existed for only a short time, it had a lasting influence on Victorian art and inspired later movements such as the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Finding Crockham Hill Village Hall
Previous monthly meetings
Linda talked about her acting roles and subsequent successful career as a Crime writer
Lucy Allen, Stunt Actor
Lucy Allen took us through her exciting life as a Stunt Actor
Paul Robbins and the 1960s
Many memories of the 1960s were stirred up during the talk by Paul Robbins.
Singer, Speaker and Entertainer Ms Katherine Collett took us from the Edwardian era to the 1920s.
Former TV presenter and newsreader Nicholas Owen entertained us with lots of anecdotes from his time on TV and in print.
Chris Lloyd spoke about his book 'Terra Carta' which was written for children to engage them in environmental issues.
Baby Boomer Nostalgia
Alan Haines had everyone entertained at our first meeting for 19 months with anecdotes from the baby boomer years.
Wilf Lower took us through programmes produced during BBC Television's Golden Years, from Cathy Come Home to Monty Python.
Debbie Lewington entertained us not only with stories of the origins of Flamenco but with demonstrations of the rhythms and steps.