Society Events

Date	Time	Event	Venue	Price	Notes/Tickets
Thursday 21st March	7.30 p.m.	*While Blossom Blows and Severn Flows*, a concert celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Gloucestershire poet F.W. Harvey, Doug McLean and Jan O'Neill supported by Keith Morgan.	The Venue, Whitemead Park, Parkend, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire GL15 4LA	Tickets £5.00	See report of this event: News and Reports
Monday 15th April	7.30 p.m.	Members Evening at the Railway Inn, Newnham. This annual event will feature *The Dialect Poems of FW Harvey*. It will include a rare recording of a collection of F.W. Harvey poems being recited by an eloquent but unknown reader from forty years ago. Help us guess who this reader was. Please come prepared to recite your favourite dialect poem by FWH or anyone else. The usual refreshments courtesy of David Price will be available. This will be preceded by: F. W. Harvey Society AGM, 6.30 p.m. – All welcome	The Railway Inn*, Station Road, Newnham-on-Severn, Gloucestershire GL14 1DA Bar available	Admission Free	An informal evening for society members and their family and friends. *NB - The Railway Inn has been awarded 'Gloucestershire Cider Pub of the Year 2013' by CAMRA
Thursday 23rd May	7.00 p.m.	*A Walk through Yorkley Wood and Pillowell Woods. Geoff Davis and Steve Cooper will lead a tour from Yorkley Wood to Pillowell featuring F.W. Harvey landmarks and poetry. In Pillowell Woods* and other works was published in 1926 by Frank Harris of Lydney and contain s some of FWH’s most evocative work about the Forest of Dean. Enjoy the timeless display of bluebells during this walk.	Start location to be advised nearer the date.	Tickets £5.00	Numbers limited - Pre booking essential To reserve a place please call Marie Fraser Griffiths 01594 843107 or contact us via the website www.fwharveysociety.co.uk
Saturday 6th July	2.00 p.m.	*Looking Back at Harvey's Minsterworth*, with Dr Anthony Lynch and Terry Moore-Scott, combined with a visit to Bill Pugh’s Cider Press courtesy of Pat Haisell-Neves. Terry recently published his latest Minsterworth book, and he will be drawing on that and his deep personal knowledge to paint a picture of Minsterworth at the start of the twentieth century. The talk from Anthony and Terry will be followed to a visit to the remarkable cider press used by FWH’s dear friend, Bill Pugh.	Minsterworth Village Hall, GL2 8JH A48 near Gloucester	Tickets £3.00 and leaving collection in aid of M’worth Hall	Tickets on the door or please call Marie Fraser Griffiths 01594 843107 or contact us via the website www.fwharveysociety.co.uk
Saturday 21^st September	11.00 a.m.	A visit to see a Nick Bull's Cider House, traditional cider press at The Old Rectory, Awre. For those who enjoyed the afternoon at Littledean Hill two years ago, this is an essential visit. There will be a demonstration, tasting and a few well-chosen poems recited by Steve Cooper. See how a modern day ‘John Helps’ incorporates traditional methods in the art of cider making and enjoy some samples.	A Cider Press in Awre	A light lunch is available for a small charge on the day	Numbers limited - Pre booking essential To reserve a place please call Marie Fraser Griffiths 01594 843107 or contact us via the website www.fwharveysociety.co.uk
Thursday 3rd October	7.30 p.m.	Melville Watts Memorial Lecture; Grant Repshire of the Gloucestershire Archives and University of Exeter. The FW Harvey Papers: Unlocking Gloucestershire's Literary Heritage, Reflections on his Life and Work. One year into his remarkable project of archiving the papers of FWH, Grant will be setting out the breadth and meaning of this fabulous collection.	The Annexe Venue, 47-49 Newerne St Lydney GL15 5RA 01594 842287 Bar available	Tickets £4.00	Tickets on the door or please call Marie Fraser Griffiths 01594 843107 or contact us via the website www.fwharveysociety.co.uk
To be arranged		By popular demand; a repeat of the F.W. Harvey Society performance of Gunter’s Farm


Friday 31st May – Sunday 2nd June	10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.	Parkend Flower Festival, featuring the poems of FWH.	St Paul’s Church Parkend	Small entrance fee	Enjoy a lovely church and a display of stunning blooms. Featuring poems by FWH and display stands. There is also the opportunity to see the last resting place of Charlie the Black. Coffee and biscuits/tea and cakes available Some stalls - plants, cakes etc. Contact details: Trish Ducker 01594 563074
Friday 2nd August	5.30 p.m.	Choral evensong Sanders A prayer – words by F W Harvey Sanders Gloucester Service Sanders Mandatum novum This service will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of John Sanders, Artistic Director of the Three Choirs Festival Gloucester from 1968 to 1994.	Gloucester Cathedral GL1 2LX		Part of Three Choirs Festival Gloucester www.3choirs.org/gloucester-2013
Monday 29th July	11.00 a.m	Vocal Recital by Philip Lancaster An Elizabethan Centenary Programme to include: Gurney Five Elizabethan Songs Songs and instrumental works by Hubert Parry, Charles Stanford, Marion Scott, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells and Gerald Finzi	St Mary de Lode Church, GL1 2QT		Part of Three Choirs Festival Gloucester www.3choirs.org/gloucester-2013

The F.W. Harvey Legacy - The King’s School, Gloucester, Saturday 27th October 2012, 9.30 – 1.00 p.m.

FW Harvey and Leonard Clark; a Friendship Remembered in Stories and Verse - Tuesday 16^th October 2012, Railway Inn, Newnham on Severn

Exhibition - Saturday 22^nd September 2012; 2-5 pm Minsterworth Village Hall - An exhibition of F.W. Harvey papers and documents that are now on long term deposit at Gloucestershire Archives.

The Edwardian Harvey Family, their Graves and Land interests in Minsterworth and Gloucestershire. An illustrated talk presented by Steve Cooper, F. W. Harvey Society archivist.

The F.W. Harvey Minsterworth Walk Monday 7th May 2012 - Starting at St Peters Church Minsterworth (car park opposite the church). This walk was guided by Steve Cooper and Geoff Davis.

Radio Gloucestershire - Pete Wilson Radio Show - 12.00 pm Sunday 20th May 2012. This regular Sunday show where Pete explores the characters and communities that make Gloucestershire great was very well received. The show was about Will Harvey - recorded with Roger Deeks, Geoff Davis and Steve Cooper and featuring F.W. Harvey's work both recited and set to music.

A Summer Evening with F.W. Harvey, The Yorkley Walk - Friday 6^th July .

This guided walk around Yorkley featured many of F.W. Harvey’s best loved poems.